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.
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.
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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.
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.
National living wage increase of 6.7% confirmed - Personnel Today
Oct 29, 2024 · The national living wage rate from 1 April 2025 will be £12.21, a 6.7% rise, while the national minimum wage for 18 to 20-year-olds increases by a record 16.3% to £10.00 per hour, the government has announced ahead of the Budget.. Chancellor Rachel Reeves said: “This government promised a genuine living wage for working people.
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.
Unethical companies – research reveals immoral practices
Dec 4, 2024 · Employers, by applying ‘organisational moral disengagement’ may be making employees complicit in unethical behaviour and practices, a new study reveals. Research by Aston and East Anglia universities, published in the journal Human Relations, has shown how organisations may – sometimes ...
Worker Protection Act: EHRC issues updated guidance - Personnel …
Sep 26, 2024 · The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published updated guidance on how employers should deal with sexual harassment in the workplace.. The guidance covers sexual harassment, harassment and victimisation, and anticipates changes to employers’ obligations under the Worker Protection Act, which comes into force next month.. Under the new rules, employers have a positive legal ...
Employment Rights Bill: What’s in Labour’s new legislation?
Jul 18, 2024 · The new government confirmed that it would bring forward an Employment Rights Bill in the King’s Speech today (17 July) – legislation that will ‘ban exploitative practices and enhance employment rights’.. Most of the measures were trailed in the Labour Party’s pre-election manifesto, but a briefing note issued by Number 10 has provided some more details of exactly what the Bill will ...