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Author Archives: Gary Webb
The introduction of Gender Pay gap reporting in the UK has thrown up the differences in male and female pay within companies. But are HR teams missing a more important issue. Should ‘Diversity Gap’ reporting be next on the Government’s agenda? The British Academy of Management’s ‘Delivering Diversity’ report in July 2017 makes interesting reading. […]
Businesses could see a potential significant increase in Employment Tribunals following a Supreme court ruling today, leaving many SMEs unprepared and exposed to new actions against them. There is no doubt that the ruling from the Supreme Court that the government was acting unlawfully and unconstitutionally when it introduced Employment Tribunal fees has reintroduced some basic fairness. The […]
There’ll be no need for a Gender Pay Gap report to be produced at Lewes Football Club any time soon as they have become the first in the UK to pay their men’s and women’s football teams the same amount. Pay Inequality 0 : 1 Pay Equality! Since the 6th April 2017, it has been […]
How many times do things need to go wrong for you before your patience breaks and you look for change? New research from America suggests that employees in America are becoming far less tolerant of payroll issues. The research, from the Workforce Institute published in June 2017, suggests that nearly 50% of US employees would leave […]
Of course our specialism in this sector is outsourced payroll, ensuring you can comply with HMRC rules and legislation, leaving you to do what you do best. Cyber security in health and social care is a very serious and pressing issue and the healthcare sector who are at risk of cyber-attacks. Payroll data is extremely vulnerable, […]
New research from Middlesex University has revealed that a significant number of employers may be in breach of employment law and employment rights. The ‘Unpaid Britain’ report estimates that £2.7 billion of wages and holiday pay are not paid each year. Worryingly the employments rights breaches seem to fall into two categories – those that […]
You may have missed it but if you’re setting up a new business you’ll soon need to factor in immediate auto enrolment – according to The Pensions Regulator. Under the old system all businesses which existed before April 2012 were given lots of time to reach their staging date based on when they began trading. But […]
Are you working in a positive working environment? You should be, because you spend over 20% of your entire life at work. 39 hours a week, 50 weeks a year are spent in the workplace for most people, so spending it in a toxic environment is neither fun or healthy. Some red flags are obvious […]
Seven in ten UK employees feel as though they are ‘stuck in a job rut’ and are unhappy with their future career prospects – a level of job dissatisfaction that is costing employers £16,000 per employee in staff turnover, according to the CIPD. When hiring new talent is both expensive and increasingly difficult, organisations, especially […]
New gender pay reporting regulations came into force in April 2017 – here’s what you need to know. Since the 6th April 2017, it has been the law that employers with 250 employees or more must publish calculations that show the pay gap between their male and female employees. Gender pay reporting is different to […]
With charities and not for profit organisations continued to suffer funding pressure it would be easy and amazing if volunteers came along and offered their services for nothing, wouldn’t it? Relying on volunteers has been the mainstay of a lot of organisations but you could inadvertently be falling foul of the law. If you find […]
