The UK Supreme Court has upheld a decision that ASDA workers are free to take further action in their equal pay battle. The UK’s highest court agreed with an earlier Court of Appeal judgment that lower-paid store workers, who are mostly women, can compare themselves to higher-paid warehouse distribution workers, who are mostly men, for

Co-Founder and Partner at Red House International (RHI), Victoria is a human capital and total rewards professional with over 10 years of management consulting and hotel industry experience. Why did you and Andrew launch RHI?  Myself and my business partner, Andrew MacLeod, felt that there was a real gap in the market for agile HR

The UK Government today announced a further extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The scheme, which was due to close on 30 April 2021, has now been extended until 30 September 2021.    Under the current arrangements of the scheme, employers can apply for the Government to pay 80% of wages up to the

UK companies have been told they will have to submit a gender pay report for 2020/2021, but will be granted a six-month reprieve before any enforcement action is taken against them for late submissions. Last year, in light of the coronavirus pandemic, the Government Equalities Office and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) took

The UK Department for Work and Pensions has published its response to the August 2020 consultation – “Taking action on climate risk: improving governance and reporting by Occupational Pension Schemes”.   The response is a new consultation on the related draft legislation and guidance which have been produced in light of the outcome of the August

In these challenging times for the hospitality and travel industries, we are delighted to welcome Shivani Sachdeva to the RHI team. In her role as Reward Consultant, Shivani will support the airline industry network group, as well as work on global gender pay reporting projects. She is based in Frankfurt and will offer invaluable live-time

The UK Government has accepted the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations for the new national minimum wage rates. Effective from 6 April 2021, the rates will be: 23+: £8.91 (up from £8.72) 21-22: £8.36 (up from £8.20) 18-20: £6.56 (up from £6.45) 16-17: £4.62 (up from £4.55) Apprentice rate: £4.30 (up from £4.15) Accommodation offset £8.36

An independent taskforce, commissioned by HM Treasury and BEIS, and run by City of London Corporation, was launched yesterday. It will focus on boosting representation at the top of the financial and professional services sectors. The taskforce was launched alongside new research, commissioned by the City of London and drawing on data from eight major