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Discover the latest insights on sick pay IDR’s Sick Pay report analyses data from 136 organisations across the UK to provide a detailed picture of occupational sick pay provision. It looks at how entitlement to enhanced sick pay varies by employee group and length of service. The IDR Sick Pay report provides details of sick pay provision by sector for each of the first five years of employment, as well as entitlement for longer-serving staff. It also provides an overview of employers’ approaches towards managing sickness absence, including use of the Bradford Factor and other triggers that might prompt further action. For more information click the link below.

This year we have chosen not to send Christmas cards but instead to donate to the Teddy Hewitt Foundation. The Teddy Hewitt Foundation was set up to assist families in need of financial and physical support following the passing of a child. The charity helps prevent families from falling into financial hardship due to the pressures on them during this incredibly difficult time. 

What are ‘average weekly earnings’ and why don’t they tell the whole picture on pay growth? The latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on average weekly earnings (AWE), its recommended measure of short-term pay or earnings growth, showed that regular earnings growth (which excludes bonuses) was 4.8% for the whole economy in the three months to September 2024. By contrast the median whole-economy pay award monitored by IDR for this period was somewhat lower, at 4.0%...

What’s the going pay rate for Father Christmas and his elves? While Father Christmas and his elves do their best to attend every visitor attraction, garden centre and theme park grotto in person, as the big day draws closer, they sometimes have to delegate these responsibilities to a trusted cast of lookalikes. Our monitoring of 36 adverts for seasonal Santa vacancies has found that hourly pay rates for this role range from £11.44 (equivalent to the National Living Wage/NLW) up to as much as £40.00 but are £15.00 at the median, with one theme park even offering retention bonuses of £250 to Father Christmases who stay for the whole season...

Pay Climate: out today! This issue looks ahead to employers’ plans for pay in 2025, with a focus on the results of our recent survey. One of the striking aspects of the findings is the way in which, although inflation has begun to come down, the cost of living still plays a prominent role in employers’ reward considerations for the coming year. For more information or to subscribe to Pay Climate, click the link below.

Issue 39 of our quarterly bulletin Pay Climate is out this Thursday. Our latest issue explores entitlement to occupational sick pay as well as the changes to Statutory Sick Pay under the Employment Rights Bill, which itself features in a separate article. Additionally, we examine trends in pay for employees in project management and retail roles. These articles are accompanied by our regular features on pay awards and the outlook for inflation. For more information about Pay Climate, click the link below. 

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Issue 39 of our quarterly bulletin Pay Climate will be released on Thursday 5 December 2024. In this issue, we cover: 💼 Occupational sick pay typically worth 26 weeks’ pay after five years 🏛️ Government moves to establish a range of new employment rights 📈 Pay growth for project management roles in 2024 🛒 Supermarkets’ minimum pay rates remain ahead of the retail sector as a whole For more information or to download a sample copy, click the link below.

The latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on average weekly earnings (AWE), its recommended measure of short-term pay or earnings growth, showed that regular earnings growth (which excludes bonuses) was 4.8% for the whole economy in the three months to September 2024. By contrast the median whole-economy pay award monitored by IDR for this period was somewhat lower, at 4.0%...

Navigating sick pay changes and other aspects of the Employment Rights Bill   The December issue of Pay Climate explores entitlement to occupational sick pay as well as the changes to Statutory Sick Pay under the Employment Rights Bill, which itself features in a separate article. Additionally, we examine trends in pay for employees in project management and retail roles. These articles are accompanied by our regular features on pay awards and the outlook for inflation. For more information or to download a sample copy of Pay Climate, click the link below.