Pay and benefits

New and updated

• Occupational pensions and employment law

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on O'Brien v Ministry of Justice, in which the ECJ considered the calculation of pensions for part-time workers.

• Deductions from wages and attachment of earnings

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect that the tables used to determine the amount of earnings arrestments payable in Scotland, and the protected earnings figure, are revised from 6 April 2019.

• Pay and benefits: key differences in Scotland and Northern Ireland

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect income tax rates and bands for 2019/20, proposed in the Scottish Budget.

• How can employers manage changes in childcare provision?

  Date:

  14 November 2018

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  The longstanding Childcare Vouchers scheme ended on 4 October and has been replaced by the government's Tax-Free Childcare scheme. How can employers navigate the new incentive and communicate the changes to staff? Julie Barker from Hawk Incentives looks at the options.

• Campaigners turn to UN to tackle gig economy firms

  Date:

  12 November 2018

  Type:

  News

  There has been a "reversal" in the number of migrants in workplaces as both EU and non-EU workers lose interest in coming to the UK to work.

• Stop asking candidates to disclose salary, say employers

  Date:

  12 November 2018

  Type:

  News

  Three-quarters of hiring managers think the gender pay gap could be reduced if interviewees were not asked to disclose their salary, according to research from recruitment company Major Players.

• Consultation on collective defined-contribution (CDC) pension schemes

  Type:

  Consultations

  The Government consults on the possibility of introducing collective defined-contribution (CDC) pension schemes.

• Consultation on draft guidance in relation to the tax exemption for workplace electric charging facilities

  Type:

  Consultations

  Updated to include a reference to the Government's response to the consultation.

• Women's state pension age rises to 65

  Date:

  7 November 2018

  Type:

  News

  Women qualify for their state pensions at the same age as men - currently 65 - from 6 November 2018. The pension age has been harmonised for both genders, 25 years after the plan was initiated by John Major's government.

• 'Historic' CDC pensions schemes given green light by DWP

  Date:

  7 November 2018

  Type:

  News

  The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a consultation to shape new legislation around collective defined contribution pension schemes, as pioneered at Royal Mail, a moved described by unions as "very important development in social history".