The sample7 October 2026
Who is in the comparison pool
The UK organisations whose reward policy and practice data sit behind every lumi benchmark, by sector and by size.
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UK reward resources
Research papers, how-to guides and policy templates on everything in reward except base pay, with the base behind every figure.
Who is in the comparison pool
The UK organisations whose reward policy and practice data sit behind every lumi benchmark, by sector and by size.
ComparisonBenchmarking 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.
46.1%n = 267Allowances, company cars and benefitsUK benchmark 2026
What percentage of UK employers offer a car allowance?
Benefits & lifestyle 60.5%n = 263Enhanced redundancy payUK benchmark 2026
What percentage of UK employers offer enhanced redundancy pay?
Benefits & lifestyle 57.7%n = 267AI in reward and pay decisionsUK benchmark 2026
What percentage of UK employers use AI in pay decisions?
Governance & transparency 77.5%n = 267Pay gap reporting and action plansUK benchmark 2026
What percentage of UK employers conduct gender pay gap analysis?
Governance & transparency 46.8%n = 267Pay transparency and equal payUK benchmark 2026
Do UK employers publish salary ranges in job adverts?
Governance & transparency 50.2%n = 239Group risk benefitsUK benchmark 2026
What group risk benefits do UK employers provide?
Health & protection 69.5%n = 269Private medical insuranceUK benchmark 2026
What percentage of UK employers offer private medical insurance?
Health & protection 83.4%n = 151Bonus scheme designUK benchmark 2026
How do UK employers design bonus schemes in 2026?
Incentives & recognition 36.9%n = 268Long-term incentives and share plansUK benchmark 2026
What percentage of UK employers operate a long-term incentive or share plan?
Incentives & recognition 2026 H1collection windowRecognition and long service awardsUK benchmark 2026
What percentage of UK employers offer a long service award scheme?
Incentives & recognition 71.7%n = 226Overtime, shift and on-call payUK benchmark 2026
How do UK employers pay for overtime, shift work and on-call?
Pay practice 84.1%n = 251Pay ranges and pay review governanceUK benchmark 2026
How do UK employers run and govern their annual pay review?
Pay practice 51.4%n = 222Salary sacrifice and the 2029 NIC capUK benchmark 2026
Have UK employers assessed the cost of the 2029 salary sacrifice NIC cap?
Pensions & savings 81.4%n = 237Workplace pension contributionsUK benchmark 2026
What default pension contribution rate do UK employers set for auto-enrolled joiners?
Pensions & savings 2026 H1collection windowAnnual leave and holiday payUK benchmark 2026
How many days of annual leave do UK employers give?
Time off & family 91.0%n = 268Carer's and bereavement leaveUK benchmark 2026
What carer's and bereavement leave do UK employers provide?
Time off & family 21.3%n = 211Fertility and menopause supportUK benchmark 2026
What fertility and menopause support do UK employers provide?
Time off & family 40.0%n = 255Flexible, hybrid and remote workingUK benchmark 2026
How many days a week do UK employers expect hybrid staff to attend a workplace?
Time off & family 69.2%n = 256Maternity, adoption and neonatal payUK benchmark 2026
What percentage of UK employers offer enhanced maternity and adoption pay?
Time off & family 44.0%n = 257Occupational sick payUK benchmark 2026
What percentage of UK employers pay more than statutory sick pay?
Time off & family 46.2%n = 266Paternity and shared parental leaveUK benchmark 2026
How much paternity and shared parental leave pay do UK employers provide?
Time off & family 72.4%n = 268Wellbeing and financial wellbeingUK benchmark 2026
What wellbeing and financial wellbeing benefits do UK employers provide?
Wellbeing 10 stepsHow 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.
Benefits & lifestyle 9 stepsHow 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, a worked example and.
Governance & transparency 10 stepsHow 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.
Governance & transparency 9 stepsHow 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.
Governance & transparency 9 stepsHow 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.
Health & protection 10 stepsHow to set up group income protection
Set up group income protection: deferred period, benefit level and term, incapacity definition, pension cover, rehabilitation, tax and the link to.
Health & protection 10 stepsHow to design a bonus scheme
Design a UK bonus scheme step by step: purpose, eligibility, pool funding, measures, gatekeepers, discretion, deferral, malus, clawback, leavers and.
Incentives & recognition 9 stepsHow to set up a long service award scheme
Set up recognition and long service awards within HMRC rules: the £50-a-year exemption, trivial benefits, PSAs, cash and vouchers, with design.
Incentives & recognition 8 stepsHow 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.
Incentives & recognition 8 stepsHow 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.
Pay practice 10 stepsHow 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.
Pay practice 9 stepsHow to prepare for the 2029 salary sacrifice cap
From April 2029, pension salary sacrifice above £2,000 a year attracts NICs. Find who is affected, model the cost, weigh options and prepare payroll.
Pensions & savings 8 stepsHow to set employer pension contributions
Design employer pension contributions above the legal minimum: earnings basis, flat or matched rates, tiering, default rates, consultation and cost.
Pensions & savings 7 stepsHow to calculate holiday pay for irregular hours
Accrue leave at 12.07% of hours worked, pay a 52-week average or roll up holiday pay, and keep 6 years of records. With two worked examples.
Time off & family 10 stepsHow 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.
Time off & family 9 stepsHow 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, appeals and.
Time off & family 9 stepsHow to update your paternity and parental leave policy
Update paternity, parental and shared parental leave policy for April 2026: day-one leave, notice, bereaved partner's leave, pay choices and payroll.
Time off & family 9 stepsHow 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.
Time off & family 8 stepsHow 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.
Time off & family 10 stepsHow to write an enhanced maternity and adoption pay policy
Enhanced maternity and adoption pay, step by step: eligibility, level, repayment, KIT days, pensions, surrogacy and neonatal care, with a worked.
Time off & family GuideOccupational sick pay after the 2026 SSP reform
SSP now starts on day one and the lower earnings limit has gone. What that means for your company sick pay scheme, and what to revisit.
Time off & family 9 stepsHow 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.
Wellbeing Word templateOccupational sick pay policy template (UK, 2026)
A UK occupational sick pay policy template updated for the April 2026 SSP reform, with each design decision set out as options. Free Word download.
Time off & family 20%n = 270Pay transparency in the UK: who’s ready in 2026?
The share with a documented approach in place — with the EU directive already reshaping the agenda.
Governance & transparency 2.5%n = 214How big will UK pay rises be next year? The 2026 benchmark
The median planned award for the next review.
Pay practice 6.5%n = 270What do UK employers contribute to pensions in 2026?
Typical employer contributions by seniority, matching structures, and where auto-escalation has landed.
Pensions & savings 69%n = 257Enhanced maternity pay in the UK: what employers actually offer in 2026
The share paying above the statutory minimum — and the median 12 weeks of enhanced pay behind it.
Time off & family 24 daysn = 261How many days of annual leave do UK employers give in 2026?
The median allowance excluding bank holidays — and how buy/sell, carry-over and long service move it.
Time off & family 44%n = 258Sick pay after the April 2026 SSP reform: how many UK employers enhance?
The share still offering statutory sick pay only — just as the reform moves the floor underneath them.
Time off & familyNothing matches that yet.