A new guide to handling long-term absence has been included in the Knowledge section.

Nearly all employers are planning to maintain or increase their spending on employee benefits over the next two years, according to the 2018 Reward Management Report from the CIPD.

The weekly rates that will apply from April 2019 to statutory maternity, paternity, shared parental, adoption and statutory sick pay are as follows:

Various research organisations have published pay data for the three months to October 2018.

HMRC has announced new advisory fuel rates, from 1 June 2018, for employees using a company car.