Pay and benefits

New and updated

• Date:

  17 July 2020

  Type:

  News

  We cannot delay IR35 reforms any further, government says

  There should be no further delay in addressing the long-standing 'unfairness' of contractors paying less tax than employees in situations where their work should be classified as an employment relationship, the government has said.

• Date:

  2 July 2020

  Type:

  News

  IR35 changes will go ahead in April 2021

  The changes to off-payroll working rules in the private sector, known as IR35, will go ahead in April 2021 after MPs voted against an amendment to delay them for at least two years.

• Date:

  25 June 2020

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Pay trends June 2020: Pay awards remain subdued

  As the UK starts to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic, our headline pay award remains depressed as the impact on the economy hits organisations' ability to reward their employees.

• Date:

  25 June 2020

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Pay awards: 25 June 2020

  A table that summarises the latest pay settlements monitored by XpertHR.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Do employers have to pay national insurance contributions for furloughed employees?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Do employers have to pay pension contributions for furloughed employees?

• Type:

  Survey analysis

  Pay awards: Agriculture and forestry

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

• Date:

  21 May 2020

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  HR and coronavirus survey: The return to work begins

  Two months after the UK went into coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic lockdown, workplaces in England are beginning to reopen. We asked HR practitioners about the issues facing them.

• Date:

  21 May 2020

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Pay trends May 2020: Private sector leads a fall in pay awards

  XpertHR's first full analysis including pay settlements effective in April sees the headline pay award drop to its lowest level this year, with the private sector particularly weak.

• Date:

  21 May 2020

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Pay awards: 21 May 2020

  A table that summarises the latest pay settlements monitored by XpertHR.