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06/22/2026

EU Pay Transparency Directive: a practical guide for UK workers at multinationals

If you work for a UK-headquartered company that also employs people in the EU, or you are weighing up an offer from one, the way salaries are advertised and discussed is shifting under your feet. The EU Pay Transparency Directive (Directive ...

06/22/2026

8 min

ONS confirms UK private sector pay at a five-year low

Private sector pay growth in the United Kingdom has slipped to its lowest rate in roughly five and a half years, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) May 2026 labour market release. Regular pay in the private sector rose by just ...

06/22/2026

7 min

Employment Rights Act 2025: what UK HR teams must rewrite

The Employment Rights Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025, handing every HR function in the United Kingdom a phased but non-negotiable compliance timetable. The headline measure that dominated pre-legislative debate, a pure day-one ...

06/22/2026

5 min

JCT, CIPD, and the retentions ban: what UK construction HR leads should do now

The Commercial Payments Bill, introduced in the House of Lords in May 2026, is advancing through Parliament with a single structural consequence that will reach HR desks well before Royal Assent: the proposed ban on cash retentions in ...

06/22/2026

5 min

UK vacancies down 4.2% to 707,000: use ASHE, not the headline

UK job vacancies fell to 707,000 in the March to May 2026 quarter, the lowest reading since February to April 2021, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figure lands below pre-pandemic levels and arrives in the same ...

06/18/2026

6 min

Nautilus International backs new cross-Channel seafarer wage floor

A government consultation opened on 5 June 2026 by the Department for Transport marks a genuine shift in how far UK employment law is prepared to follow a worker across the water. The proposals would extend a national minimum wage equivalent and ...

06/18/2026

6 min

NHS Copilot rollout: where do your 43 saved minutes actually go

NHS England has confirmed that more than 500,000 staff across clinical and administrative roles will be given access to Microsoft Copilot, following a trial the organisation says produced average daily time savings of 43 minutes per user. If you ...

06/16/2026

6 min

London’s £76bn boom: will the ASHE pay premium reach you?

Big Four firm report puts a striking number into circulation: London could add £76 billion a year to the UK economy by 2030 if finance, technology, and science and research hit their productivity targets. For anyone weighing a career move right n...

05/29/2026

7 min

Minimum Wage in Europe 2026: East vs. West, North vs. South

Europe’s 2026 minimum-wage map is not a single ladder from “rich” to “poor”. It is a layered regional system shaped by statutory wage laws, collective bargaining traditions, inflation indexation, sectoral agreements, and different salary-payment s...

05/29/2026

7 min

Public Holidays in 2026: Which Major Countries Have the Most Days Off?

Planning a global work calendar, managing distributed teams, and configuring international payroll platforms in 2026 requires a deep understanding of how different cultures and legislative systems approach public holidays. For companies utilizing ...

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