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  • Date:
    26 March 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    April 2024 employment law changes: Eight-point checklist for HR

    With a raft of employment law changes taking effect in April 2024, we provide a final reminder for HR professionals of what their organisation needs to do to comply with the new and amended employment laws. This April, the challenges for HR include: the introduction of carer's leave; reforms to the right to request flexible working; and updated rules on timing and notice to take paternity leave.

  • Date:
    21 March 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Forecasts for pay awards in 2024

    With inflation falling, will pay awards maintain the 32-year high we recorded in 2023? We explore pay forecasts data to provide insight into where pay awards are expected to be for 2024 and the factors that are likely to have an effect on these decisions.

  • Date:
    21 March 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends March 2024: Slowdown in pay awards continues

    Our latest analysis of pay awards shows a continuing slowdown in pay growth as more 2024 deals come into effect.

  • Type:
    Letters and forms

    Letter advising worker they are moving to higher national minimum wage age band

    Updated to reflect that the top rate of the national minimum wage extends to workers aged 21 and over from 1 April 2024.

  • Type:
    Editor's choice

    New resource: Dates for your diary

    Plan for important deadlines and awareness-raising events and celebrations with our new Dates for your diary resource.

  • Date:
    22 February 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends February 2024: First pay awards of 2024 see slight decline

    With the first settlements of 2024 having come into effect, we are beginning to see how organisations are responding following the 2023 unprecedented pay award levels.

  • Date:
    31 January 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: How to prepare for Generation Alpha joining the workforce

    Rebekah Martin, senior vice president of reward, inclusion and talent acquisition at AstraZeneca, joins us to talk about the changing motivations and requirements of the workforce - connection to purpose, skills-based learning, recognition and more.

  • Date:
    30 January 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Should you trust forecasts?

    With so much information at our fingertips, working out which data to trust can be an overwhelming task. To help you, we have put away our crystal ball and taken a look back to explore the reliability of our research and to understand retrospectively how accurate our pay forecast analyses have been.

  • Date:
    25 January 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends January 2024: A first look at new year deals

    As 2024 dawns, we round-up all 2023 pay settlements and set the scene for the year ahead with a look at the first deals recorded.

  • Type:
    FAQs

    When does overtime have to be included in holiday pay?

    Updated to reflect amendments to the Working Time Regulations 1998 confirming the elements of pay to be included when calculating holiday pay.  

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