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Getting the most out of employee assistance programmes
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 31/08/2010
Employee assistance programmes (EAPs) have become increasingly popular, but how do employers optimise their use and encourage employees to access the services when needed?

Using competencies in HR practices: the 2010 IRS survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 23/08/2010
Our research finds that employers are most likely to use competencies in performance management, recruitment and training, and these are also the areas in which they think the use of competencies are most beneficial.

Benchmarking competencies: the 2010 IRS survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 23/08/2010
Our research finds that competencies are used widely used, yet evidence suggests that line managers often lack the willingness or skill to use them effectively.

Working with trade unions 2010 survey: employment relations
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 09/08/2010
This IRS survey on working with trade unions looks at the nature of the relationship between employers and trade unions, and their representatives. It finds that a significant proportion of employers remain positive about the relationship with their union(s) even where there has been a collective dispute.

Working with trade unions: time off and facilities
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 09/08/2010
The 2010 IRS survey on working with trade unions looks at the time-off arrangements and facilities for trade unions and trade unionists in the workplace.

Finance sector pay: 2010 settlements plummet despite signs of recovery
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 06/08/2010
As business surveys point to some recovery in the finance sector, our report finds that pay awards have weakened further over the past year, with performance-based deals falling to 2.3% and the median basic pay award sinking to a pay freeze.

Inflation and earnings forecasts, 6 August 2010
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 06/08/2010
This page presents latest earnings and inflation forecasts compiled by IRS: a vital resource for employers with forthcoming pay reviews. We also publish our pick of recent forecasts from HM Treasury and business survey projections.

Benefits and allowances survey 2010: healthcare
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 06/08/2010
Despite the difficult economic climate, employers appear to have maintained, or in some cases increased, their health benefits offering over the past year, our survey suggests.

Setting absence targets to improve performance: the 2010 survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 27/07/2010
More than half (54%) the employers taking part in the IRS survey set collective targets for absence levels. This article examines the targets in use and whether or not they are being met.

Working with trade unions 2010 survey: recognition agreements
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 26/07/2010
Trade union recognition is typically expressed within a formal, written documen, finds the IRS survey on working with trade unions.

Working with trade unions 2010 survey: trade union membership
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 26/07/2010
This report on the IRS 2010 survey on working with trade unions examines the extent of trade union membership and the range of unions recognised by employers.

Pay trends July 2010
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 23/07/2010
Our July analysis of bargaining trends finds that the IRS headline measure of pay settlements remains at 1%.

International: France Telecom sets up worldwide works council
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 22/07/2010
France Telecom, the telecommunications multinational, signed an agreement in June 2010 to establish a worldwide works council as a forum for global dialogue with employee and union representatives, in addition to its existing European Works Council.

IRS internal communications survey 2010: managing change
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 12/07/2010
Employers are aware of the importance of communicating during periods of change, and four in 10 say they have changed their approach to employee communications as a result of difficult economic circumstances, finds the IRS 2010 survey on internal communications.

DVLA moves recruitment and assessment back in-house
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 12/07/2010
By bringing responsibility for assessment centres back in-house, the DVLA has improved the effectiveness of the recruitment process and realised considerable cost savings.

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