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[UK] 42% of companies currently use AI within their payroll function [UK] 42% of companies currently use AI within their payroll function

Year-on-year investment in generative AI has leapt from 14 per cent in 2024 to 22 per cent in 2025, reflecting...
23 May 2025

[UK] NHS pay award 2025 to 2026 confirmed [UK] NHS pay award 2025 to 2026 confirmed

Wes Streeting - the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care - has accepted the recommendations of the independent...
23 May 2025

[Czechia] New pay transparency laws [Czechia] New pay transparency laws

The second major change comes from an EU directive intended to reduce gender wage inequality.
21 May 2025

[Spain] Labour reform reduces workweek to 37.5 hours [Spain] Labour reform reduces workweek to 37.5 hours

The government has approved an ambitious plan to reduce the legal maximum workweek from 40 to 37.5 hours without cutting...
20 May 2025

[UK] Shockingly few companies prosecuted in 15 years for failure to pay minimum wage [UK] Shockingly few companies prosecuted in 15 years for failure to pay minimum wage

According to experts, the small numbers “emboldened” rogue employers who pay workers far less than they are due.
20 May 2025

[Cyprus] €25,000 tax break to lure London-based expats home [Cyprus] €25,000 tax break to lure London-based expats home

The strategy, dubbed the ‘Brain Gain’, is underpinned by pledges of help with education, housing and free healthcare to lure...
15 May 2025

[Scotland] Unemployment figures up but pay remains resilient [Scotland] Unemployment figures up but pay remains resilient

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures showed the unemployment rate for people aged 16 and over was 4.3 per...
15 May 2025