What Exactly is On-Demand Pay?
On-demand pay is a financial arrangement that allows employees to access money that they have already earned but have not yet been paid for. The [...]
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What is Compensation Management?
Compensation management is a general term that includes all the work done to ensure that companies offer appropriate salary packages that align with the business’s [...]
National Minimum Wage Ireland
Definition Your wage is the fixed, regular payment you receive for the work or services you provide to your employer. It is usually paid daily, [...]
What are Salary Bands?
A salary band is the range between a minimum and maximum amount a company will pay in wages for a certain role or job level. [...]
Pay Parity: Meaning, Laws, How to Achieve it
What is Pay Parity? Pay parity is the principle of paying a fair and equal salary to everyone doing the same job under similar conditions. [...]
Complete Guide to State Pension UK
Many people have a combination of a state pension, a private pension, and a workplace pension, making it a complicated business to understand exactly how [...]
12 Types of Employee Bonus Schemes
An employee bonus scheme is an effective and popular tool HR teams and managers use to incentivise high-performance and boost employee retention. We cover them [...]
What is an Employee Wage Increase Letter? [+ Template]
An employee wage increase letter is what companies use to inform team members of a rise in compensation. A salary increase letter should outline an [...]
A Holistic Approach to Mastering Company Finances
The words “financial management” may crop up frequently in business conversations, but how often do we stop to think about what they mean and whether we [...]
Compliance and Risk Management: Navigating HR Regulations and Requirements
In the world of HR, successfully tackling compliance regulations and requirements is key to managing any potential people-related risks on the horizon – let’s dive [...]
Top 13 Rated Payroll Software of 2024
We all appreciate how important it is for employees that their employers get payroll right. People need to be paid the right amount at the [...]
Health and Safety Management: Building an Effective Policy
Health and safety management is one of the most important aspects of any business. Employers have a duty to keep their people safe and promote [...]
12 Best Rated Expense Management Software of 2024
Suppose you’re still manually managing expenses at your company. In that case, you’re most likely tired of the mountains of paper receipts growing on your [...]
Changes to Maternity Redundancy Laws Explained
A new parliamentary bill, the ‘Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill’, has passed through the Commons and is currently debating in the House [...]
Changes to Menopause and Menstruation Policy in the UK
The British Standards Institution has launched new standards addressing menstruation and menopause. The group serves as the national standards body for the United Kingdom, producing [...]
Sexual Harassment Skyrockets in Finance Industry
Sexual harassment reports to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have more than tripled between 2020-2021 and 2021-2022, according to employment and partnership law specialists Fox [...]
What the New Protections for Whistleblowers Mean for Irish Employers
This year new protections were brought in to protect whistleblowers in Ireland. The protections enhanced the Protected Disclosures Act 2014; the new Protected Disclosures (Amendment [...]
SMCR: The Ultimate Guide
Enforced by The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the United Kingdom, the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) is a regulation related to governance. It [...]
Long-Term Sick Pay and Leave
‘Long-term sick’ usually refers to someone who has been off work due to sickness for four or more weeks. However, these four weeks don’t have [...]
Constructive Dismissal: Understanding Your Rights & Remedies
The latest statistics from the Employment Tribunal have revealed that unfair dismissal claims, including those relating to constructive dismissal, have increased by a whopping 51% [...]
Disability at Work: Equality Act and Reasonable Adjustments
Since the introduction of The Equality Act 2010, businesses have had a duty to rethink disability at work. The legislation has forced employers to remove [...]
Working Time Regulations: The Ultimate Guide
There’s a raft of employment laws and legislation businesses need to comply with, and the Working Time Regulations 1998 is one of them. The Working [...]
Working From Home Tax Relief: The Ultimate Guide
Since the pandemic, millions of workers in the UK have moved towards remote working from home, costing the Treasury nearly £500m in WFH tax breaks. [...]
What is a New Starter Checklist and How is it Used?
As an employer, it’s important to gather all necessary information about your recently hired employee before the first Full Payment Submission (FPS). The new starter [...]