HR magazine

Latest content

Employers should offer health MOTs, government adviser suggests

Companies should give new employees health MOTs to help fix the nation’s sickness crisis, Charlie Mayfield said on Friday (3 July).

Pay and reward | Pay deals end two long-running NHS disputes

Resident doctors in England and call handlers at South Tees NHS Foundation Trust accepted new pay deals on Monday (29 June).

Remote working | Holyrood imposes tighter remote working rules

Holyrood’s presiding officer has introduced new measures to bring MSPs back into the Scottish Parliament, The Herald reported on Friday (26 June).

Executive pay | Water company boss receives £435k “allowance”

Leaders of water company United Utilities are giving its chief executive a £435k “allowance” on top of their existing bonus and salary, The Times reported on Saturday (27 June).

Wellbeing | Financial stress and how its changing employee behaviour

For years, employers have associated financial stress with disengagement, absence and declining morale.

HR magazine

Insights

Streamlining the search: How California small businesses can get instant health insurance quotes

Obtaining instant health insurance quotes for small businesses in California no longer involves multiple phone calls, lengthy forms and days of waiting for responses.

Sponsored by

Health for California

HR magazine

Editor's pick

Executive pay | Water company boss receives £435k “allowance”

Leaders of water company United Utilities are giving its chief executive a £435k “allowance” on top of their existing bonus and salary, The Times reported on Saturday (27 June).

Employee benefits | KPMG scraps summer Friday perk

Employee benefits

Consultancy KPMG is revoking its employee benefit of letting staff finish early on Fridays over the summer, City AM reported on Friday (5 June).

Pay and reward | HR salary increases fall behind national average, report finds

Employee benefits

Salaries in the UK HR industry rose by 1% in 2025, lower than the national average increase of 5.3%, according to a report by recruitment platform Reed, published on Monday (27 April).

HR magazine

More from HR

Wellbeing | 6,500 Royal Mail workers off sick daily, CEO reports

Royal Mail has 6,500 postal workers off sick every day, costing the organisation £200m a year, the chief executive explained at The Times CEO Summit last Thursday (18 June).

Pay and reward | White working-class women earn 41% less than average

White women from low socio-economic backgrounds earn 41% below the national average, a report published by The Sutton Trust charity today (18 June) has revealed.

Pay and reward | Pay deals avert summer strikes

Summer strikes at Glasgow airport have been averted after two pay deals were struck, trade union Unite announced on Sunday (14 June).

Healthcare | Introducing universal health benefits: Lessons from Idverde

Amanda Capon, chief people officer at maintenance and environmental services business Idverde, spoke to HR magazine about how she introduced universal health benefits for staff.

Employee benefits | KPMG scraps summer Friday perk

Consultancy KPMG is revoking its employee benefit of letting staff finish early on Fridays over the summer, City AM reported on Friday (5 June).

Corporate governance | Orkney Council expensed £186k on company credit cards

Council workers spent £186,000 on credit cards held by the authority last financial year, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by the Local Democracy Reporting Service revealed.

HR magazine

Cost of living learning hub

Employers should offer health MOTs, government adviser suggests

Companies should give new employees health MOTs to help fix the nation’s sickness crisis, Charlie Mayfield said on Friday (3 July).

Pay deals end two long-running NHS disputes

Employee benefits

Resident doctors in England and call handlers at South Tees NHS Foundation Trust accepted new pay deals on Monday (29 June).

Holyrood imposes tighter remote working rules

HR software

Holyrood’s presiding officer has introduced new measures to bring MSPs back into the Scottish Parliament, The Herald reported on Friday (26 June).

Water company boss receives £435k “allowance”

Reward and remuneration

Leaders of water company United Utilities are giving its chief executive a £435k “allowance” on top of their existing bonus and salary, The Times reported on Saturday (27 June).