Is there a documented policy for pay during acting-up (temporary higher-duties) arrangements?

45.5%Formal allowance or uplift policy

45.5% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “Formal allowance or uplift policy” on acting-up pay policy (base: 264 UK organisations, 2026 H1).

Figures describe organisations in the lumi HR community, not a random sample of UK employers.

How UK organisations answered

Common, alternative and rare describe how each answer sits against the community: the most chosen answer is common; an answer chosen by fewer than one in five organisations is rare.

Definition

Whether pay for temporarily covering a higher role follows a documented allowance policy or is decided case-by-case. See the methodology for how the base is built, how not-applicable answers are handled, the public floor, and which organisations are excluded.