Pay packets are smaller than they were in 2008 in most local authority areas in the UK, according to analysis by the Trades Union Congress,…
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Salary sacrifice: how British workers can take home more by getting paid less
No, it’s not a delayed April fool: putting in a request to have your wages cut may actually result in you being better-off at the…
View More Salary sacrifice: how British workers can take home more by getting paid lessRise in UK minimum wage leaves millions short of real living wage
Millions of UK workers will still be left more than £1,000 a year short of a real living wage, despite the biggest cash boost in…
View More Rise in UK minimum wage leaves millions short of real living wageUK pay growth slows less than expected as workers bid up wages
Pay growth slowed less than expected in December, prompting predictions the Bank of England could start cutting interest rates later than previously expected. Earnings growth,…
View More UK pay growth slows less than expected as workers bid up wagesUK workers should expect smaller pay rises this year, warns HR body
Workers in the UK can expect less generous salary settlements this year, as employers rein in hiring plans, according to a report from the professional…
View More UK workers should expect smaller pay rises this year, warns HR bodyDivert national insurance cut bonus to a UK pension, experts say
The millions of workers who will get a bit more cash in their pay packet from this month have the perfect opportunity to increase their…
View More Divert national insurance cut bonus to a UK pension, experts sayGender pay gap for UK women aged 40 and over ‘will not close till they are pensioners’
UK women aged 40 and older will not experience the closure of the gender pay gap until after they reach state pension age, according to…
View More Gender pay gap for UK women aged 40 and over ‘will not close till they are pensioners’UK inflation expected to fall to 6.5% in September
Headline inflation eased again in September, official figures are expected to show this week, while pay growth is slowing. Economists polled by Refinitiv expect the…
View More UK inflation expected to fall to 6.5% in SeptemberUK workers will be worse off in 2024 than in 2019, thinktank warns
UK workers’ living standards will flatline next year, leaving them on track to be 4% worse off heading into the next election than they were…
View More UK workers will be worse off in 2024 than in 2019, thinktank warns‘They were earning £10,000 more than me!’ What happens when colleagues come clean about pay
When Martina, a 35-year-old IT analyst, told colleagues what she earned, they confirmed her worst suspicions. It wasn’t what they said, but what they didn’t…
View More ‘They were earning £10,000 more than me!’ What happens when colleagues come clean about pay