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Statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay confirmed for 2025
Nov 22, 2024 · The 2025-26 rates for statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and sick pay have been published by the government. The new rates will take effect on 6 April 2025. Statutory maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental pay will go up nominally from £184.03 to £187.18 a week.
Flexible working changes 2024: How the new law works
Mar 7, 2024 · Changes to employees’ rights to ask for flexible working are due to come into force on 6 April 2024 when the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023 becomes law.
Pay deals stall in September and set to drop in 2025 - Personnel …
Oct 23, 2024 · Brightmine’s analysis for the quarter was based on 64 settlements, covering 433,000 employees. Its forecast for pay settlements in 2025 is less optimistic, however, predicting that the median pay award will be 3%, almost 2 percentage points lower than the median award of 4.7% for the year up to August 2024.
Budget 2024: Employers’ national insurance up to 15%
Oct 30, 2024 · Delivering the first budget by a Labour government in 14 years, and the first by a female chancellor, Reeves said employers’ NI would go up by 1.2 percentage points from April 2025, a move that will raise £25 billion a year for the Treasury.
What are the models of organisational culture? - Personnel Today
Jan 19, 2023 · There are several models that seek to explain the principles underpinning organisational culture, but the most well-known are the theories developed by Handy, Schein and Hofstede.HR can use these workplace culture models to help define, shape or influence the culture of their organisation.
Ten years of the Equality Act 2010: key cases for employers
Oct 1, 2020 · Ten years ago, the Equality Act 2010 consolidated discrimination laws into a single piece of legislation. We highlight 10 key employment-related judgments decided under the Act since its introduction on 1 October 2010.
Duty to prevent sexual harassment: what employers need to know
Oct 25, 2024 · Katherine Flower. Katherine Flower is a partner in the Employment Team at Burges Salmon. She has a broad employment practice and advises clients across many different sectors, including FTSE 100 companies at board and C-Suite level.
Retention payments to tackle decline in armed forces - Personnel …
Nov 22, 2024 · Rob Moss. Rob Moss is a business journalist with more than 25 years' experience. He has been editor of Personnel Today since 2010. He joined the publication in 2006 as online editor of the award-winning website.
Reward strategies for 2024 and beyond - Personnel Today
Oct 27, 2023 · After the austerity of the 2010s, the pandemic, and now the cost of living crisis, the pay and benefits offered to employees are on the move. Dr Duncan Brown, co-author of the Handbook of Reward Management Practice, examines the fairer, more compassionate reward strategies that are emerging to help drive engagement and high performance.