Many businesses do not take a broad view of the total cost of employment.
Pay is typically only 65% or less of the total cost. The provision of benefits
can be costly and either invisible to employees or not always appreciated by
them.
Use our guides to consider the wide range of benefits options possible.
Also see below for what's new!
Elements of a reward package
Factors that influence pay levels
National Minimum wage (NMW)
How to undertake a pay review
Itemised pay statements
Deductions from pay
Attachment of Earnings Orders
Job evaluation
Equal pay for equal work
Equal pay audits
Sick pay
Pension schemes - general overview
Pensions - stakeholder pensions
Pensions - Personal Accounts schemes the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)
Pensions - occupational and personal pension schemes
Working Time Regulations (for information on statutory holiday entitlements)
Reduction in limits for unfair dismissal: as from 1 February 2010, the
maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal was reduced, as were
statutory guarantee pay and the minimum compensation for union exclusion or
expulsion.
See: key statistics.
Fit notes: as from 6 April 2010, GPs' sick notes will be replaced by
"fit notes" which may indicate that an employee can return to work provided the
suggested advice is followed. See: absence
Personal accounts pensions schemes: the requirement for staff to
be automatically enrolled into personal accounts pensions schemes will commence
in October 2012. The new national scheme will be known as NEST.
See: National Employment Savings Trust
Equality Bill: if passed in its current form, any clauses in employment
contracts that seek to prevent workers discussing their pay packages will be outlawed.
See: discrimination.
Minimum Wage: HMRC has a new Dynamic Response Team which will
concentrate on checking NMW compliance in areas where employers use migrant
labout to undercut competitors by paying less than the NMW.
See: national minimum wage.
