Pay and benefits

New and updated

• Pay awards: Agriculture and forestry

  Type:

  Survey analysis

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

• Pay awards

  Type:

  Indicators

  Updated to include the XpertHR pay settlement data for the three months to the end of November 2018. XpertHR will publish the next pay figures on 24 January 2019.

• The national minimum wage

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information about the Low Pay Commission's response to the Government on minimum wage rates for workers with unpredictable hours, a consultation on salaried hours work and salary sacrifice and the Government's announcement in its Good work plan concerning tips.

• Cases on appeal

  Type:

  Law reports

  Updated to reflect that the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal in Uber BV and others v Aslam and others on 19 December 2018.

• Consultation on salaried workers and salary-sacrifice schemes

  Type:

  Consultations

  The Government consults on proposed changes to the national minimum wage rules regarding salaried workers and on the operation of salary-sacrifice schemes.

• Podcast: HR developments 2018/2019

  Date:

  14 December 2018

  Type:

  Audio and video

  We review the key employment law developments of 2018 and the impact of these for HR, including: Brexit; the GDPR; the apprenticeship levy; pay reporting; parental bereavement leave; and family-friendly policies.

• 'Wages worth third less in some areas than decade ago': TUC

  Date:

  14 December 2018

  Type:

  News

  The TUC has found that the average worker has lost £11,800 in real earnings since 2008 and that the UK has experienced a worse real wage slump than many other leading economies.

• 2019 employment law: eight changes to look out for

  Date:

  13 December 2018

  Type:

  Legal guidance

  Although Brexit dominates the news, there will be a number of important employment law developments in 2019. We set out an eight-point plan so employers can prepare.

• Pay staff the 'real' Living Wage, investors urge FTSE 250 firms

  Date:

  11 December 2018

  Type:

  News

  A group of investors has written to FTSE 250 companies urging them to commit to paying their staff at least the "real" Living Wage.

• Biggest rise in average pay since 2008, but growth remains slow

  Date:

  11 December 2018

  Type:

  News

  Average weekly earnings have seen the biggest rise for almost a decade, but not to the levels expected during periods of low unemployment.