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Will furlough affect your pay gap?

The Government Equalities Office has confirmed how furlough will impact the calculations that are involved in the gender pay gap reporting process

Internal hiring increased 20% this summer

02 Dec 2020by Amber Pritchard

New data from LinkedIn shows that UK companies are hiring more people internally since the pandemic started

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‘Real need for perimenopause workplace support’, says expert

02 Dec 2020

Do Arcadia’s owners have legal responsibility for fixing its pension scheme deficit?

01 Dec 2020

Working from home shouldn’t be taxing

02 Dec 2020

Will furlough affect your pay gap?

24 Nov 2020

Pay gaps: Is the UK “good enough”?

Women more likely to apply for senior roles if flexible

Revealed: The Rewards and Reward 300 Awards shortlist

REC: Government risks leaving key workers behind

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Execs fear for finance departments ability to adapt quickly

Legacy technology is causing UK businesses additional concerns during lockdown, according to new research

Disabled workers requests to WFH denied

Disability equality charity Scope is urging the government to strengthen disabled people’s right to furlough, as they are forced to choose between staying safe from COVID-19 and going into workplaces

Pensions expert says “trustees need to look out for themselves”

Trustees of defined benefit pension schemes should act quickly to protect savers if they spot the warning signs of employer distress or insolvency, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has announced

How to reward employees and improve retention

Seven out of 10 people have said 2020 has been the most stressful year of their working lives, according to a new study

Real living wage for London set £2 higher than NLW

The Real Living Wage has been increased to £10.85 in London (an increase of 10 pence) and £9.50 (an increase of 20 pence) in the rest of the UK

Job Retention Bonus postponed as CJRS extended again

Chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will be extended until the end of March 2021

Employees made redundant can be brought back for extended CJRS

Employees who were made redundant or stopped working for an employer can be brought back and claimed for under the extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), HMRC has confirmed

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Meet the next generation

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Liam Gill is the face of payroll at Booking.com. Find out why he won a Next Generation Award at The Rewards 2019

“Invite yourself to the conversation”

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Maria Hennessey on her 34-year-strong payroll career at McDonald’s

"Reward people love firefighting"

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Tim Robertson of ITN on reward professionals’ characteristics, bias in salary setting and the need for portable benefits

Redefining reward

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Megan O’Shaughnessy of BT on her journey into reward, how to attract and retain talent and the importance of flexible working

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How to achieve global efficiency during COVID-19

by Jeff Phipps

Technology can help global companies weather coronavirus, says Jeff Phipps, managing director of ADP UK

Why payroll is the heart of any company

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By prioritising payroll you are prioritising employees, says Jeff Phipps, managing director of ADP UK

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Charles Cotton

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Director - Group Payroll Services

Armstrong Watson

Neil Hollister

CEO

The Payroll Centre

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Head of Reward

University of Lincoln

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Recognised Overseas Pensions Schemes

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Where transfers of funds are made from a UK-registered pension scheme to an overseas one, that overseas scheme must be ‘recognised’ by HMRC to maintain UK tax benefits. HMRC publishes an updated list of overseas pension schemes that have told them they meet the necessary criteria to be a Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme (ROPS).

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