How does your organisation manage ethnicity pay differences? Is this something that your organisation thinks about? Do you feel that the salaries you offer to staff are fair to all ethnic groups? On 17th April 2023 the Government published guidance for employers on how to measure, report on and address…
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New Statutory Pay Rates – April 2023
There are new statutory rates in relation to Family Leave, Sickness Absence and Redundancy as of April 2023. Statutory Maternity/Paternity/Adoption/Parental and Bereavement Leave Pay from 2nd April 2023 – New Rate £172.48 per week Statutory Sick Pay from 6th April 2023 – New Rate £109.40 per week Redundancy The new…
Read moreNational Minimum Wage – 1 April 2023
The rate of the national minimum wage for workers aged 23 or over (the national living wage) increases from £9.50 to £10.42 per hour. The rate for workers aged at least 21 but under 23 rises from £9.18 to £10.18 per hour. The rate for workers aged at least 18 but…
Read moreEarly Review of the Living Wage
The Living Wage Foundation, which accredits employers who sign up for its voluntary pay scheme, is to bring forward the annual review by eight weeks to the end of September. This will result in pressure being placed on 10,000 employers to raise the rate of pay for those facing the…
Read moreThe Living Wage
What is “The living wage”? The living wage is the hourly rate of pay calculated independently to be the minimum that a worker needs to earn to cover the basic costs of living. An employer may choose to pay it, but has no statutory obligation to do so. This is…
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