These uncertain times are often seen as a window of opportunity for scammers looking to prey on vulnerable individuals, with a recent report by Action Fraud finding that pension scams had become one of the most common types of fraud to occur last year[1]. In fact, the...
HM Treasury in the United Kingdom released its sixth direction concerning the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on 26 January 2021. Many of the central features of the furlough scheme have not changed, including the level of the government’s contribution to employees’...
Three quarters of UK office workers said they would take a pay cut to guarantee a fully remote role allowing them to work from anywhere. Following the pandemic and switch to remote working back in March, employees said they would be willing to take a 14% pay cut to...
Changes to bonuses, as businesses are impacted by the pandemic and Brexit crises, could well lead to tensions and legal cases, writes Ivor Adair Bonuses can be an effective business tool to incentivise, acknowledge and reward good performance. A bonus can also correct...
Latest ONS statistics reveal that: (a) Among full-time employees the gender pay gap in April 2020 was 7.4%, down from 9.0% in April 2019; (b) The gender pay gap among all employees was 15.5% in 2020, down from 17.4% in 2019; (c) The gender pay gap remained...
CIPD chief executive Peter Cheese has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak to request a three month extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). Instead of stopping at the end of the March, the CIPD has recommended furlough is extended to June to create...
