The equal pay claim that tipped Birmingham city council into bankruptcy last year is probably much smaller than the original £650mn-£760mn estimate, the real liability may be closer to £250m ft.com/content/753309… CIPD

Ireland’s Department of Social Protection is undertaking a three-phase communications strategy to launch the auto-enrolment retirement savings system in the country europeanpensions.net/ep/DSP-to-unde… CIPD

HSBC shareholders expected to kickstart bigger bonuses across UK banking sector thebanker.com/HSBC-sharehold… CIPD

Would offering higher pay to civil servants for a lower pension contribution boost pay significantly as recommended by Reform? civilserviceworld.com/professions/ar… CIPD

Goldman Sachs scraps bonus cap for UK bankers via Financial Times
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Ireland has become one of only two EU states to have no women leading any of its listed companies bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @bbgequality CIPD

Labour set to unveil weakened package of workers’ rights ft.com/content/fe1608… via @ft CIPD

Oxfam says analysis of global data shows that dividend payments to shareholders over the past three years grew an average of 14 times faster than worker pay across 31 major economies. theguardian.com/business/2024/… CIPD

Single pensioners in the UK need £277.5k more in their pension pots to secure a ‘moderate’ standard of living in retirement than pensioner couples, according to analysis by Standard Life. ftadviser.com/pensions/2024/… CIPD

Others think it could be useful moneysavingexpert.com/news/2024/04/n… CIPD

Have you flagged this government website to your staff yet gov.uk/check-state-pe…? It lets them find out how much state pension they can expect, which will help them when deciding when and how to retire. CIPD

Prices in British shops rose at the slowest pace in more than two years this month, according to the British Retail Consortium uk.investing.com/news/economic-… CIPD

What can the UK do to ensure future retirement adequacy? Answers include saving more and making better retirement decisions wtwco.com/en-gb/form-tha… CIPD

The older you are, the younger you feel, research shows. It found that 32% of adults who’ve already reached the average retirement age of 65 believe that old age starts at 70 to 74, which is when many people are already well into retirement.benefits-expert.com/how-old-is-old… CIPD

UK employers failing to upskill over 55s; AI a particular issue benefits-expert.com/uk-employers-f… CIPD

The cost of living is the number one concern now in the UK, According to the ONS. The CIPD has created this resource for HR professionals who want to do something to help their colleagues through this crisis cipd.org/uk/knowledge/g…

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Increasing minimum pension contributions under auto-enrolment from 8% to 12% could result in additional contributions of £10 billion a year in the UK, according to research by Phoenix Group and WPI Economics employeebenefits.co.uk/increasing-min… CIPD

Employers are using zero-hours contracts to cut wage bills, study finds via Financial Times
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Research from the StepChange debt charity has found that one in five of its clients in full-time employment exceeds their monthly income even after receiving debt and budgeting advice. benefits-expert.com/one-in-five-fu… CIPD