Nest unveils new chief people officer
Nest pensions has created a new chief people officer (CPO) role and appointed experienced HR leader April Clark. Clark was previously CPO, insurance, at Saga and has held senior...
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Budget 24: three quarters of employer NI hike ‘will be felt by employees’
Rises in employer national insurance are likely to hit staff wage increases, according to economic think tanks and employment sector leaders, following an Autumn Budget that will increase taxes...
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Budget 24: recruitment agencies face tax clamp down
In a bid to tackle worker exploitation, tax avoidance, and people who fail to pay their taxes on time, the chancellor unveiled a £1.4 billion investment for HMRC for...
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Budget 24: no change to 25% tax free pension withdrawals
The pensions industry expressed relief that the chancellor decided not to change how much cash people can withdraw from pensions tax-free. Prior to yesterday’s Budget there had been speculation...
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Budget 24: employer NI hike to 15% prompts pensions and recruitment warning
Employer National Insurance contributions will increase from 13.8 percent to 15 percent from April 2025, chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed in the first Budget from the Labour government. The...
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Employer cost challenges increase as 6.7% living wage hike unveiled
The National Living Wage (NLW) will rise from £11.44 to £12.21 an hour from 1 April 2025, chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed last night ahead of her Budget speech today. ...
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Employers urged to step up dental support as cost and limited access hits 25% of Britons
Regular dentist check ups are falling by the wayside as a quarter of people miss recommended check-ups due to cost and a lack of access, a survey has found....
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UK gender pay gap narrows to 7%; weekly earnings up 2.9% in real terms
The gender pay gap among full-time employees narrowed to 7 percent in April 2024, from 7.5 percent in 2023, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)...
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Better occupational health ‘crucial’ for chancellor’s £240m plans to tackle economic inactivity
A government investment of £240 million to tackle economic inactivity and help disabled people and long-term sick into work has been welcomed as “joined up thinking”, by the CIPD....
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Benefits, especially PMI, could be ‘reduced or cut’ if employer NI costs go up
Government pledges that tax hikes will not appear in the payslips of “working people” were repeated at the weekend, but with an increase in employer national insurance (NI) expected...
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