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Cost-of-living | Firms focus on mental & financial wellbeing plans as staff money concerns mount
The cost-of-living crisis shows little sign of ending anytime soon, and new research shows that with...
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ONS figures | Wages outpacing inflation and unemployment still rising
The most recent employment data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows wages increased 7.8%...
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Racial pay gap | Leaked files reveal Google's Black staff earn £16K less than colleagues
Black employees at Google are paid nearly £16,000 less than their White or Asian colleagues, new leaked...
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Embezzlement | Worker plunges employer into debt by stealing £150K - but only pays back £1
A finance employee at a formerly successful restaurant has been ordered to pay back one pound to her...
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'Talent doesn't have a radius' | Employee takes £28k pay cut to continue working remotely
Research continues to show little shift in employee attitudes to remote and hybrid working - they love...
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Bohemian Grove | Men's club for rich and famous faces wage theft lawsuit
Bohemian Grove has been known to accommodate some of the world's most famous and powerful men. The...
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'Grotesque extremes' | UK's top CEOs received 16% pay rise, think tank reveals
The CEOs of some of the UK's largest companies received a 16% pay increase in the last year, the think...
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Lost time | Archaic payroll technology is crippling the HR function
This story discusses the time lost to archaic payroll technology, and the need to optimise this process...
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Overtime issues | Half of UK employees regularly work unpaid hours
Unpaid overtime appears to have become the norm in the UK, with new research revealing that millions...
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Bidding wars | Employers turn to counteroffers to keep wantaway staff from leaving
This piece looks at new research on how the war for talent is ramping up, with many firms desperately...
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ONS stats | Wages have highest annual growth since records began
UK unemployment has grown in the three months to June as the average pay of workers reaches record levels,...
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£80,000 error | Firm accidentally pays worker 367x their salary
Pay slip mistakes aren't uncommon. An employee might complain that they've received less than they...
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Show me the money | One in three workers feel underpaid, but men most likely to ask for a pay rise
Women were less likely than men to have requested a salary increase this year despite being equally affected...
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Troubling times | Cost-of-living crisis and paying wages among biggest concerns for UK firms
Business leaders across the UK say the cost-of-living crisis is the leading risk to their performance,...
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'Do the minimum' | Worker goes viral by leaving work at 5pm after pay rise rejection
Peeved by their request for a raise being rebuffed, an employee's plan to stop going above and beyond...
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Long-term sick row | DHL driver sacked after two-year absence loses disability discrimination tribunal claim
An employment judge said the logistics firm's move to sack an employee on sick-leave was a proportionate...
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ONS stats | Government 'scapegoating' wage hikes as cause of inflation
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that wages are at a record high, seeing a 7.3% increase...
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Tribunal | Royal Mail pays out over £2m after whistleblowing worker wins court case
Royal Mail has been forced to pay a former employee more than £2m in compensation following a tribunal...
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Spinning plates | Worker used sick leave to hold down second full-time job
Bosses believed their employee was too ill to work. In reality, she was earning a second full-time income,...
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'Absolute ineptitude' | Employee finally sacked after avoiding work for 20 years
Worker who showed up in just four out of the past 24 years 'made up work' and spent days texting during...
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