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£3.85bn boost | 16,000 employers now paying the real Living Wage
Campaigners hail continued growth of Living Wage employers...
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CIPD report | Employer confidence falls to record low as UK firms face rising costs
CIPD urges the UK Government to consult and set out a clear implementation plan for the Employment Rights...
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'Mistakes occur' | London Underground defeats part-time worker discrimination appeal
Tribunal upholds dismissal of worker's overtime complaint...
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£75k missing | Manager deducts money from staff wages but fails to pay it into pension scheme
A GP practice manager who failed to pay more than £75,000 into the pension funds of staff at her surgery...
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Reclaiming wages | Huw Edwards asked to return £200k pay - what can HR do if he says no?
The BBC has asked disgraced news presenter Huw Edwards to return a huge chunk of the salary he was paid...
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BBC gender row | Female newsreaders "set up to fail" in 'rigged' hiring process - tribunal
Four female news presenters from the BBC are suing the broadcasting company for having a “rigged”...
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'Catastrophic effect' | 'Distraught' staff left struggling to pay bills after months of errors in £30m payroll system
Council employees have been facing 'catastrophic' mental health concerns after months of incorrect...
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'Hijacked the system' | Payroll assistant swindled employer out of £85k with fake expense claims
A payroll assistant conned her employer out of nearly £85,000 by making false expenses payments...
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CIPD warning | Nearly 1 in 5 major firms not carrying out pay gap reporting despite legal obligation
Nearly one fifth of large employers don't carry out gender pay gap reporting, despite legal requirement...
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HMRC investigation | Greggs, EasyJet & Harrods among firms named for minimum wage violations
Over 500 of the UK's biggest companies have been named by the government for failing to pay some employees...
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Australia Post | Payroll system errors force firm to repay millions to 3,600 underpaid staff
This article talks about payroll, and the importance of getting payroll processes right.
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Embezzlement | Oregon newspaper lays off entire workforce after employee fraud
An Oregon-based newspaper shut down its operations and laid off its entire workforce after a former finance...
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'It's not right' | 3 in 4 young workers miss out on protection from unfair dismissal and redundancy pay
Young employees are most likely to miss out on key employment rights, such as redundancy pay and protection...
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Exploiting WFH | Fraud watchdog targets staff secretly working two full-time jobs
This article explores a recent rise in WFH and hybrid staff working more than one full-time job, and...
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Talent wars | Firms struggling to match rivals' pay and benefits as fight for skilled workers continues
UK employers are struggling to match the pay and benefits being offered by competitors as the war for...
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Carnival UK | Cruise firm withdraws 'fire & rehire' threat facing 900+ staff
Fire and rehire proposals have been withdrawn by a major cruise company after discussions with union...
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Gig Economy | Deliveroo riders are not employees, UK's Supreme Court rules
This article reports the recent decision of the Supreme Court that Deliveroo delivery riders and drivers...
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Equal Pay Day 2023 | 'Still a long way to go' to close gender pay gap, HR expert warns
This article highlights the most recent data on the gender pay gap in the UK, marking the nation's Equal...
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'Shameful' | TUC slams 'zero progress' on disability pay gap in a decade
This article explores new statistics which reveal the pay gap between disabled and non-disabled employees...
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'Not enough quitters' | PwC slashes headcount in lieu of cutting executive pay, blames low attrition
This article talks about attrition, executive pay and workplace ethics at PwC.
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