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  • How will the EU Directive on adequate minimum wages affect global employers in 2024?

    Date:
    2 April 2024

    Global employers operating in the EU will have seen the flurry of member states increasing their minimum wages at the beginning of the year. Is 2024 the year for fairer minimum wages in the EU? How should global organisations prepare?

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

    Date:
    26 March 2024

    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.

  • Should you trust forecasts?

    Date:
    30 January 2024

    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.

  • Six strategies to attract talent and remain competitive in 2024

    Date:
    1 December 2023

    Organisations are struggling to attract talent, but it doesn't have to be that way. Based on our survey findings, we explore ways to help employers address the skills shortage and stand out from the competition.

  • April 2023 employment law changes: Four tasks for HR

    Date:
    24 March 2023

    HR professionals must ensure that their organisation is on top of the raft of employment law developments in April 2023. These changes include rises in national minimum wage rates, gender pay gap reporting deadlines, and increases to statutory redundancy pay and maternity pay.

  • Employment law 2023: six key tasks for HR

    Date:
    13 January 2023

    We look at what HR needs to do to meet its employment law obligations and prepare for the coming year.

  • Six findings from the national living wage review

    Date:
    23 June 2022

    The Low Pay Commission's review of the national living wage found it has reduced regional pay inequality and contributed to narrowing gender and ethnicity pay gaps, but it has not led to higher incomes and or any measurable increase in productivity.

  • April 2022 employment law changes: Six tasks for HR

    Date:
    14 March 2022

    HR professionals must ensure that their organisation is on top of the raft of employment law developments in April 2022. These changes include rises in national minimum wage rates, gender pay gap reporting deadlines, increases to statutory redundancy pay and maternity pay, and the end of HMRC's IR35 enforcement "grace period".

  • The 10 most important employment law cases in 2021

    Date:
    8 December 2021

    Despite the coronavirus pandemic, HR professionals have had their fair share of employment law rulings to keep track of in 2021. We count down the 10 most important judgments of the year that every employer should know about.

  • Employment law in 2022: Eight action points for HR

    Date:
    3 December 2021

    As well as continuing to deal with workplace issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic, there will be many other important employment law developments for HR to grapple with in 2022. What does HR need to do to meet its obligations and prepare for the coming year?

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