Wages and Benefits

14+ hour, 1+ min ago   (11+ words) Why stopping pension contributions could leave you £12k worse off MoneyWeek...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (619+ words) Fewer than one in three working adults view employer pension contributions as a top priority when deciding on a new job offer, according to research from Which?. Just 31 per cent of respondents ranked employer pension payments among their top three…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (263+ words) The Department for Work and Pensions has this week issued a new statement on job interviews amid concerns The Department for Work and Pensions has released a new statement on job interviews after concerns were raised. The issue was brought…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (369+ words) Low earners who missed out because of their wages will be invite them to claim a top-up. HMRC will start a mass letter-writing campaign, identifying and inviting people who may have missed out on pension tax relief to act. Low…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (404+ words) (Image: Maskot via Getty Images) While former Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced an exemption for state pensioners who have only state pension income, which will be continued by Andy Burnham (they won't be required to pay tax if they breach the…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (20+ words) Savers are being urged to check their emergency funds as one in four could struggle with an unexpected £850 bill....

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (258+ words) We were delighted to welcome Dame Rachel de Souza, the Children’s Commissioner for England, to our Scunthorpe site today. As part of her mission to gather a million young voices for the biggest ever survey of children, Dame Rachel spoke…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (173+ words) Around 700 Tesco distribution workers in Didcot have secured a 4.5 per cent pay rise, ending a threat of strike action. The increase is part of a deal covering more than 3,000 warehouse workers and HGV drivers in Belfast, Didcot, Doncaster and Thurrock....

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (510+ words) Three Oxfordshire employers have defended minimum wage breaches after being named and shamed by the Government for underpaying workers. The firms, based in Burford and formerly in Wantage and Oxford, were found to have underpaid four employees by more than…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (709+ words) Tea workers across the country have been staging demonstrations for more than a month making for four demands, including a daily wage of Tk 500. The other three demands are: repeal of the 2023 gazette, which limits the annual wage increase to…...