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09/28/2026

Brightmine's bonus data: a 44% gender gap the Equality Act does not yet fully illuminate

Seven years of mandatory gender pay gap reporting under the Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017 have produced a visible narrowing in headline salary figures for UK employers. Bonus pay has followed a different ...

09/25/2026

7 min

CIPD data: 91% of UK employers upskilling as ERA 2025 tightens hiring

Nine in ten UK employers are now channelling resources into the workforce they already hold. The CIPD's Resourcing and Talent Planning Report 2026, now in its 25th year and drawing on responses from 1,014 HR and people professionals, finds that ...

09/25/2026

8 min

Employment Rights Act 2025 bereavement reforms: the April 2027 compliance calendar for UK HR teams

The government's consultation response, published on 22 September 2026, confirmed that a materially wider statutory bereavement leave right will take effect in April 2027 as a day-one entitlement under the Employment Rights Act 2025 . For ...

09/25/2026

11 min

Keep Britain Working: the Workplace Health System and what it means for SMEs and employees

Three in four people employed by a large organisation in the United Kingdom can access occupational health (OH) support through their job. For someone working at a small business with fewer than 50 staff, that figure falls to roughly one in four. ...

09/22/2026

6 min

UK unfair dismissal reforms hand workers day-one rights

Any hire your organisation makes this week will, on 1 January 2027, acquire full unfair dismissal protection after just six months in post. That is the practical consequence of the Employment Rights Act 2025 timetable, and according to ...

09/22/2026

8 min

Carers UK: 1,500 daily exits reframe the retention calculus for UK HR teams

Around 1,500 employees are walking out of paid work every day to take on unpaid caring responsibilities, according to research published by Carers UK in July 2026. That rate represents a 150% increase on the equivalent figure from 2019, and over ...

09/18/2026

7 min

UK wellbeing benefits outrank salary in hiring, per Everywhen and CIPD data

If you have been on the job market recently, you may have noticed something shift in the pitch from employers: the salary band is getting less airtime, while the mental-health app, the private GP line and the structured wellbeing programme get ...

09/18/2026

8 min

HMRC data: 6.9 million adults blind to their State Pension

Figures released by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to mark Pension Awareness Week (15 to 18 September 2026) reveal that roughly 6.9 million UK adults have never once looked at their State Pension forecast. That is one in eight of the adult ...

09/18/2026

8 min

$ONS data reveals a fractured UK jobs market: age-end workers face the sharpest squeeze$

ONS data reveals a fractured UK jobs market: age-end workers face the sharpest squeeze

UK vacancies fell to 702,000 in the June to August 2026 quarter, their lowest level since April 2021, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) September 2026 labour market release. Set alongside an employment rate stuck at 75.1% and ...

09/17/2026

7 min

UK workers take 7 months to feel productive in a new job

Seven months and counting. New research from HBHR, an AI-powered workforce management platform, finds that UK workers take an average of 7.3 months to feel fully settled and productive in a new role. That figure sits against a backdrop the ...

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