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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.

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.

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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).

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

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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).

Reward and remuneration | People rarely leave over one bad year – they leave over surprises

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The reaction to reports that some senior HSBC staff received no bonus this year prompted a familiar round of commentary about morale and whether disappointed employees might now start looking...

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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.

Wellbeing | Most children in poverty live in working households, survey finds

Most (72%) children in poverty in the UK live in households where at least one parent works, according to joint research findings published today (19 May).

Pay gap | How British Heart Foundation reduced its gender and ethnicity pay gaps

The British Heart Foundation (BHF)'s median gender and ethnicity pay gaps are zero. Speaking exclusively to HR magazine, the BHF's HR team explained how it achieved this success, which contributed to...

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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).

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).

Financial stress and how its changing employee behaviour

Employee benefits

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

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

Wellbeing

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).