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10/27/2026

ONS ASHE 2026 data: the wage floor crunch reward teams must price now

The Office for National Statistics' Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), published on 22 October 2026, recorded median full-time weekly earnings of £811.20 in April 2026, a 5.8% rise from £766.60 a year earlier. For reward committees fi...

10/05/2026

5 min

UK salary history questions: ACAS confirms no legal ban, so preparation is your shield

The salary history question arrives early in most interviews, slipped in between questions about your notice period and your reasons for leaving. It feels routine. But in the United Kingdom, where no statute prevents an employer from asking what ...

10/05/2026

7 min

Employment Rights Act 2025: ACAS gives workers a stronger hand on flexible working

A short email saying no, with barely a sentence of explanation, has been the experience of many workers who have asked their employer for a different start time or a couple of days working from home each week. From autumn 2027, that will no ...

10/05/2026

5 min

Employment Rights Act 2025: UK employers face a two-stage union rights deadline

Two dates now define the next phase of union rights reform under the Employment Rights Act 2025: 30 October 2026 , when stronger union access and recognition rules take effect, and 1 January 2027 , when employers gain a statutory duty to notify ...

10/05/2026

7 min

CIPD's apprenticeship guarantee call puts youth employment choices in sharp focus

For 16 and 17-year-olds in England, the path from school to a first proper job has narrowed sharply over the past decade, and two policy decisions currently moving through Westminster may determine whether it narrows further. The Chartered ...

10/05/2026

7 min

UK launches first standard for AI in recruitment

Before a recruiter reads your application, software has often already decided whether it will reach them. That reality sits behind the launch of the UK's first national standard for recruitment technology, introduced in Parliament by the ...

10/05/2026

7 min

DWP Jobs Guarantee expands to young disabled people: what Equality Act duties mean for employers in April 2027

From April 2027, a young disabled person receiving health-related benefits in the United Kingdom could step into a paid role where the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) covers 100% of wage costs for up to 25 hours a week, for six months. For ...

09/28/2026

7 min

Skills Tax Credit proposal: the CIPD benchmark every SME HR Director needs now

The measurable gap in AI adoption between large UK employers and small-to-medium enterprises is no longer a macroeconomic abstraction. YouGov polling, cited in a joint report by the Learning and Work Institute and The Rigby Foundation, finds that ...

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

5 min

ONS component revision rewrites a decade of UK reward strategy

On 17 September 2026, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published its Component Approach to Measuring Labour Productivity, UK: 1997 to 2024, and the implications for reward and workforce strategy are not minor adjustments. According to ...

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