Is your business clear or opaque when it comes to pay transparency?
Sabina Mehmood, Pay Equity Leader at XpertHR, explores the current state of affairs of pay transparency in the UK, the benefits of gender pay equality and the practical steps organisations can take to implement a more equitable workplace.
Are your pay policies genuinely treating all employees equally?
To mark the UK’s Equal Pay Day 2023, we explore five speedy checks to improve pay equity in the workplace.
Why it’s time to lean into the water cooler chat about pay disparities
Pay equity and transparency are still seemingly out of reach for employees, but this needs to change.
Why now is the time to make salary transparency a legal requirement
The UK needs to be more progressive and make salary transparency a priority
Equal Pay Day: Why are women still being paid less and what can HR do?
As the UK’s Equal Pay Day on 20th November approaches how can HR take steps to help close the gender pay gap?
Financial wellbeing: Should salary-linked savings be made an opt-out product like pensions?
HR can help employees better manage their money with salary saving schemes, but should these be opt-out products?
Why employees don’t want to talk about money in 2022
Research shows that employers are the last people employees want to discuss money with. How can HR encourage them to be more open about their finances?
Why do employers underestimate employee money worries?
Finances are tight for everyone but employers are not seeing the bigger picture. Perhaps it is time for HR to refocus on monetary benefits and rewards.
The bank of HR: How to build employees’ financial resilience
In the last year, many people have realised too late the importance of having emergency savings but not everyone is finance-savvy. Here’s how HR can help
Financial wellbeing in 2022: Employers must step up to support the huge cost of living
With the cost of living sky-rocketing, now is the time for employers to step up to help support staff in 2022.
How streamlining payroll and HR data supports diversity and inclusion
How streamlining HR and payroll data can help organisations tackle important diversity and inclusion issues
The future of the furlough scheme: a roadmap through changes, contributions and closure
What you need to know about the new flexible furlough scheme and how to prepare for it.
Join our upcoming webinar to have your furlough questions answered
Looking for more clarity on the UK Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme? Join our webinar on 15th April to get your questions answered.
Thinking furlough? Here’s your questions on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme answered
Thinking furlough? Here’s a run down on all you need to know about the Government’s Job Retention Scheme.
How to close the gender pay gap
The gender pay gap revealed huge inequalities within organisations. Thankfully HR teams are uniquely placed to change cultures from the inside, ensuring women are paid fairly. In April 2017 organisations in the UK with more than 250 employees were required to publish their gender pay gap figures. All but a very small number of organisations declared a pay gap […]
IR35 legislation: what HR teams needs to know
IR35 is coming to the private sector, and from April 2020 will change the face of contracting as we know it. This legislation has the potential to disrupt how contractors are used if firms fail to prepare adequately. Tax legislation IR35 was announced in a slightly different capacity than was expected, with small firms exempt for now, […]
Pay as an engagement tool: time for a rethink?
Salary incentives have historically been used as a way of boosting employee performance, but do increasing economic pressures mean companies need to find alternative ways of engaging staff? The sticky issues of restrained wage growth and talent shortages are not going away. With pay budgets continuing to hover around 2-3%, any form of differentiation based on performance or contribution […]
It’s time to tackle the race pay gap
The gender pay gap received a lot of press coverage in the wake of the BBC salary scandal, but there is another significant group who are also victims of pay inequality and it’s time they were recognised. Over the past year, it feels as though a lot has been said about the gender pay gap. Whether it […]
Closing the gender pay gap: what HR is doing wrong
Many organisations say they want to close the gender pay gap, but rebalancing the scales requires a bigger cultural shift. Brilliant people instinctively try to ‘fix’ problems. To address senior female under-representation and the gender pay gap, executives often focus on ‘getting’ more women. This fix of representation over culture is rapidly becoming part of […]
Payroll versus HR: why we need to value our differences
In my previous article I hoped to convince as to why I’m not about to click any magic button to run a payroll. The comment “Payroll is just a click of a button” might for you conjure images of wry smiles or gritted teeth, but it deserves some defence. The implication of the line is unfortunate, often inflammatory […]
