Pay and benefits

New and updated

• Expenses policy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include information on changes to the system for benchmark scale rates and overseas scale rates, from 6 April 2019.

• EAPs justify investment according to new benchmark

  Date:

  4 October 2018

  Type:

  News

  Employee assistance programmes (EAPs) deliver return on investment according to data suggesting that employers can typically save more than £12 for every pound spent.

• Amazon increases minimum pay above voluntary Living Wage

  Date:

  4 October 2018

  Type:

  News

  Amazon is to increase its minimum wage in excess of the level recommended by the Living Wage Foundation for almost 40,000 permanent and temporary staff.

• Plans to ban employers from taking staff tips announced

  Date:

  2 October 2018

  Type:

  News

  New legislation to ensure that tips go to workers and not to their employers will be introduced in a crackdown on poor tipping practices.

• New legislation to ensure that tips and gratuities go to staff

  Type:

  Legal timetable

  The Government intends to introduce legislation to prevent employers from taking tips and gratuities that should go to staff.

• TUC study highlights low earnings and slams 'sham' self-employment

  Date:

  1 October 2018

  Type:

  News

  Almost half of self-employed people aged over 25 are earning less than the minimum wage, according to new research.

• Gig economy: Uber drivers earn above the London Living Wage

  Date:

  1 October 2018

  Type:

  News

  New research shows that Uber drivers are earning £11 an hour, 80p more than the London Living Wage.

• Pay awards: Paper and printing

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Updated to include the details of two new pay awards across the sector.

• Pay awards: Professional and business services

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Updated to include the details of three new pay awards across the sector.

• Pay awards: Transport and storage

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Updated to include the details of two new pay awards across the sector.