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Pay and benefits

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  • Type:
    Letters and forms

    Letter providing national minimum wage statement

    Updated to reflect the increase to national minimum wage rates, effective from 1 April 2024.

  • Date:
    6 November 2023
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Pay awards - what's in store for 2024?

    Paula Flores and Hannah Mason, data insight analysts at XpertHR, make their predictions for 2024 rewards based on the findings from our autumn pay forecasts and priorities survey.

  • Date:
    1 November 2023
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Pay transparency - the value of honesty and some pitfalls to avoid

    What is pay transparency and why is it growing in importance? Referencing real-life cases studies and examples, reward specialist Jane Vivier covers the changing attitudes to pay disclosure; the pros and cons of transparency for organisations; and her advice on getting transparency right.

  • Type:
    Economic data

    ONS gender pay gap data: ASHE 2023

    Updated to include the latest headline gender pay gap data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2023. The next ONS release date is November 2024.

  • Type:
    Economic data

    ONS pay rate data: ASHE 2023

    Updated to include the latest headline pay data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2023. The next ONS release date is November 2024.

  • Date:
    19 October 2023
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Forecasts for pay awards in 2023/2024

    Following a year where pay settlements reached the highest value in over 30 years, preliminary forecast data from XpertHR explores the shift in pay awards expected in the coming 12 months.

  • Date:
    19 October 2023
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends October 2023: Record public-sector pay awards

    New analysis by XpertHR has found that public-sector pay deals stand at the highest they have been in over 30 years, following a period of high inflation and pressure from trade unions.

  • Date:
    19 October 2023
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Reward planning 2024: Priorities and key challenges

    With sticky inflation, economic uncertainty and fierce competition for talent, there is great pressure on organisations and their reward strategies. Our latest survey looks at how employers are planning to compensate their workforce over the coming year, their priorities and key challenges.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Supreme Court rules on historic holiday pay claims

    In Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and another v Agnew, the Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeal's decision that police officers and civilian police support staff in Northern Ireland can recover holiday underpayments that stretch back as far as 1998.

  • Date:
    5 October 2023
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Review of pay awards 2023: Manufacturing and production

    Pay awards across the manufacturing-and-production sector remained in line with the whole economy, but some industries have seen higher settlements than others.