Pay and reward processes
8 guides
How-to guideHow to publish salary ranges in job adverts
UK steps to publish salary ranges in job adverts: test pay ranges and equity, choose a format, set offer rules, drop salary-history questions, brief.
How-to guideHow to prepare and publish your gender pay gap report
UK gender pay gap reporting step by step: who must report, snapshot dates and deadlines, the six measures, a worked example, sign-off and action.
How-to guideHow to calculate and report your ethnicity pay gap
Step-by-step UK method for ethnicity pay gap reporting: data collection, groupings, the six measures, small-number rules and a worked example.
How-to guideHow to run an annual pay review: process and governance
Run a UK annual pay review step by step: calendar, data, merit approach, calibration, equality checks, sign-off, appeals and a post-review audit.
How-to guideHow to design a bonus scheme: eligibility, measures, gatekeepers, malus and clawback
Design a UK bonus scheme step by step: purpose, eligibility, pool funding, measures, gatekeepers, discretion, deferral, malus, clawback and leavers.
How-to guideHow to set up an all-employee share plan: SAYE or SIP
Set up a tax-advantaged SAYE or SIP: limits, eligibility, HMRC registration and returns, providers, cost, and a worked Sharesave example.
How-to guideHow to set up a long service award and recognition scheme within HMRC rules
Set up recognition and long service awards within HMRC rules: the £50-a-year exemption, trivial benefits, PSAs, cash and vouchers, with design.
How-to guideHow to set a car allowance policy: cash, company car or a choice
Set a UK car allowance policy: cash or company car, the amount, car-or-cash choices, mileage rates, emissions, consolidation and review.
Leave and family policy
8 guides
How-to guideHow to calculate statutory sick pay under the 2026 rules
Calculate SSP under the April 2026 rules: eligibility, qualifying days, average weekly earnings, the 80% test, daily rates, linked periods and form.
How-to guideHow to write an enhanced maternity and adoption pay policy
Enhanced maternity and adoption pay, step by step: eligibility, level, repayment, KIT days, pensions, surrogacy, neonatal care and a worked example.
How-to guideHow to manage keeping-in-touch (KIT) days
Up to 10 keeping in touch (KIT) days on maternity or adoption leave, 20 SPLIT days on shared parental leave: what counts, how to pay them, and SMP.
How-to guideHow to update your paternity and parental leave policy for the 2026 changes
Update paternity, parental and shared parental leave policy for April 2026: day-one leave, notice, bereaved partner's leave, pay choices and payroll.
How-to guideHow to calculate holiday pay for irregular-hours and part-year workers
Holiday pay for zero-hours and other irregular-hours workers: accrue 12.07% of hours worked, then pay a 52-week average or roll it up.
How-to guideHow to write a carer's leave and compassionate leave policy
Carer's leave, time off for dependants, parental bereavement pay and compassionate leave: the law at September 2026 and the design choices, step by.
How-to guideHow to write a gender equality and menopause action plan
Write a gender equality and menopause action plan: who is covered, baseline data, choosing actions, owners, measures and publishing on the GOV.UK.
How-to guideHow to handle a statutory flexible working request
Handle a statutory flexible working request step by step: the two-month deadline, consultation, the eight business reasons, trials and appeals.
Reviewing a scheme
1 guide
Pensions and savings
3 guides
How-to guideHow to set employer pension contributions above the auto-enrolment minimum
The minimum employer pension contribution is 3% of qualifying earnings. Set yours above it: earnings basis, matching, tiering, defaults and cost.
How-to guideHow to prepare your pension salary sacrifice scheme for the 2029 NIC cap
From April 2029, pension salary sacrifice (salary packaging) above £2,000 a year attracts NICs. Find who is affected, model the cost and prepare payroll.
How-to guideHow to build a financial wellbeing programme
Build a UK financial wellbeing programme: diagnose need, set objectives, choose pay advances, savings, loans and advice, and check deductions.
Health and protection
2 guides
How-to guideHow to review your private medical insurance scheme
Review your PMI scheme: tax and April 2027 payrolling, eligibility, underwriting, excess, mental health and cancer cover, renewal and other benefits.
How-to guideHow to set up group income protection
Set up group income protection: deferred period, benefit level and term, incapacity definition, pension cover, rehabilitation, tax and sick pay.
Working patterns and exits
2 guides
How-to guideHow to design on-call and standby pay
Design on-call and standby pay: working time and minimum wage rules, standby and call-out payments, weekend rates and the 2027 shift rights.
How-to guideHow to calculate statutory redundancy pay (2026/27)
Calculate statutory redundancy pay for 2026/27: eligibility, age bands, the £751 weekly cap, notice pay, tax, consultation and enhanced terms.
Choosing a benchmark source
4 guides
How-to guideBenchmarking benefits and reward policy in the UK: the main options
How UK employers benchmark benefits and reward policy: Brightmine, WTW, Aon, Mercer, CIPD, IDR and lumi compared. What each covers and when to use it.
How-to guideSalary benchmarking tools in the UK: the main options, and what they leave out
UK salary benchmarking tools compared: ONS, IDR, Croner, Paydata, Brightmine, Mercer, WTW, Payscale, Figures, Ravio, HR Datahub. What each covers.
How-to guidelumi and Brightmine compared: benefits and reward benchmarking in the UK
lumi and Brightmine compared: what each covers, where its data comes from, what each leaves out, and when to use one, the other or both.
How-to guidelumi and Ravio compared: benefits and compensation benchmarking
lumi and Ravio compared: compensation benchmarking against reward policy and benefits benchmarking, where each gets its data, and when to use which.
Policy templates
1 guide
The research behind the figures
The market figures in these guides come from the lumi reward benchmark research. See how lumi works for the method.