April 2020 statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay rates published
The government has published the proposed statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay and sick pay from April 2020. The current weekly rate of statutory maternity pay is £148.68, or 90% of the employee’s average weekly earnings...
More workers being denied the minimum wage leads to crackdown call
Bosses who fail to pay the minimum wage should face harsher punishments in a bid to stop a quarter of low-earners from being underpaid, according to a new report. Analysis by the Resolution Foundation discovered that the rate of underpayment for those who earn around...Biggest-ever rise in the minimum wage will hand extra 51p-an-hour to three million workers taking total to £8.72 in 2020, Treasury reveals
National living wage will rise from £8.21 to £8.72, according to announcement This will mean low-paid workers will receive a 6.2 per cent pay increase The pay rise will form part of the Prime Minister’s pledge to ‘level up’ the country Nearly three million people...UK annual pay settlements edge up to 2.8% in November – XpertHR
LONDON (Reuters) – British employers offered their staff an average annual pay settlement of 2.8% in the three months to November, up slightly from 2.7% in the three months to October, industry data showed on Thursday. The figures from human resources...