Dr Ian Banks, president of the Men's Health Forum, asks whether offering primary care in the workplace would improve men's health.

An international review from Eurogip finds that France and Sweden have the most generous systems for compensating for occupational diseases. 

David Brown, an associate at Simpson Millar, describes how HR should approach a voluntary redundancy process.

A recent payout by the Danish Government to women who developed breast cancer after prolonged periods of night-shift working has highlighted the dangers of working nights. What can employers do to minimise the health risks to night-shift workers? 

The XpertHR policies and documents service has been enhanced by the addition of a model letter confirming what has been agreed following informal discussion of minor misconduct and a letter confirming what has been agreed following informal discussion of minor unsatisfactory performance. 

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that, when deciding whether or not there has been a service provision change for TUPE purposes, employment tribunals should ask themselves if the activities carried on by the alleged transferee are fundamentally or essentially the same as those carried out by the alleged transferor.

In the last in a series of articles on the Equality Bill, we look at the Bill's treatment of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, religion and belief, age and race. The article also considers the important changes made by the Bill in relation to positive action. 

One relatively pain-free way for staff to increase their pension contributions is through salary sacrifice. Ian Bird, senior partner, Foster Denovo, details what this involves for employees and employers, and points out the downsides. 

Business school can teach you a number of valuable skills. But to really excel as an HR professional, it's what you learn about the job by doing the job that proves most valuable, argues Personnel Today.

The new rehabilitation standards will help employers to assess the value of all kinds of rehabilitation services before they buy, and benchmark them in practice, reports Occupational Health magazine.

Alison Clements of Lewis Silkin LLP answers questions on hot weather and its impact on the workplace in this week's topic of the week article. In addition, we pull together some of the wealth of information on XpertHR on summer issues and related topics.

Sue Ashtiany, head of employment at Nabarro, explains the ramifications of the Stringer ruling for holiday pay and sick leave.

The IRS headline measure of pay settlements stands at 1.3% in the three months to 31 May 2009.

Private medical insurance, employee assistance schemes and optical benefits are among the health-related benefits analysed in the second part of the 2009 IRS benefits and allowances survey. 

Reward specialists at IRS present their twice-monthly settlement summary table, together with detailed reports of recent pay reviews.

We have gathered together all the videos in the popular XpertHR Outlook series and put them in a single player for ease of reference. The latest video is set to play first, with previous videos listed in descending date order. The page also displays links to more XpertHR resources on all the topics covered.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that a man can bring a "piggyback" claim comparing himself with a female colleague doing like work, work rated as equivalent or work of equal value who has herself succeeded in an equal pay claim.

Managing reward is difficult enough at the best of times in the public sector. How is it best done during challenging times?  

To simplify administration for contracted-out defined-benefit pension schemes, the Government has introduced legislation that allows guaranteed minimum pensions to be converted into ordinary scheme benefits.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employment tribunal erred in its approach to deciding whether or not to order the reinstatement of an employee after a successful claim for unfair dismissal.

Outsourcing is not an overnight solution to the issues associated with benefits provision, but if the process is managed and monitored well, there could be cost savings to be made. 

From April 2011 the tax advantages of pension saving for those earning over £150,000 have been greatly reduced by the recent Budget. And the opportunity to make hay in the intervening period has been stifled. Occupational Pensions examines the changes. 

In the current economic climate, spending every penny of the paybill effectively is more important than ever. Taking part in the latest IRS performance-related pay survey will provide you with invaluable benchmarking data, and will tell you more about the benefits and pitfalls of paying for performance.

Identifying which members of staff need to be recruited and retained during the downturn is crucial if companies are to emerge successfully in the eventual upturn.

How employers can minimise the disruption to business caused by hot weather is the subject of a checklist of suggestions in this week's topic of the week article, by Hester Briant of Lewis Silkin LLP. In addition, we pull together some of the wealth of information on XpertHR on summer issues and related topics.

The Northern Ireland Government has launched a consultation on proposals to amend the procedures used to resolve workplace disputes. 

Devon-based retailer Banburys has cut its absence costs by reducing sick pay and introducing Bradford scores. To win over its staff, it spent eight months consulting them about the changes and introduced a subsidised health plan.