Newspage Raws

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6 Raws in employee benefits

22 October 2026 · 5 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
Bosses think they are inclusive but their staff don't, research finds
New Onvero research found 69% of leaders rate their culture four or five out of five, but only 55% of employees agree, and people in the least inclusive workplaces leave around three years sooner. That gap isn’t a…
22 October 2026 · 3 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
The gender pay gap barely exists until 40. Then it triples.
The ONS says the full-time gender pay gap has fallen to 6.8%, but by age group it’s 0.3% at 18 to 21, 8.2% at 40 to 49 and 11.2% at 60 and over. Part-time women now out-earn part-time men. The gap isn’t opening at the…
8 October 2026 · 3 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
Barclays and the return to office climbdown
Barclays blinked. The firm of eight has nobody to blink at Barclays was due to push most of its 45,000 UK staff from two office days to three on 5 October, and managing directors to four. After thousands of employees…
8 October 2026 · 4 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
90% of mental health first aiders want the training made law. Who pays for it in a firm of nine?
World Mental Health Day is Saturday 10 October, with the theme "Lived experiences heard: real voices, real change". https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/public-engagement/world-mental-health-day MHFA England has…
8 October 2026 · 6 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
£20,000 per worker. Holiday pay just became the most expensive spreadsheet in your business
The government has set out how the new Fair Work Agency will police statutory holiday pay from 2027, and the numbers are brutal. The proposed penalty is 200% of the arrears per worker, cut to 100% if you pay the arrears…
8 October 2026 · 2 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
Baby Loss Awareness Week and the new law hands your employee time off with nothing to live on
Baby Loss Awareness Week runs from Friday 9 to Thursday 15 October, closing with the Wave of Light at 7pm on the 15th. https://babyloss-awareness.org/ From April 2027, pregnancy loss becomes a statutory day one right to…