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Survey: Business continuity planning
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 06/05/2008
We look at how employers can prepare for various types of events that could lead to disruption of their business, by examining the practices of 51 organisations.

Amey's multi-streamed talent programme improves recruitment
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 21/04/2008
By introducing a talent management programme, facilities company Amey is starting to turn around its resourcing capability and help develop its future leaders.

Background checks in recruitment: employers' current methods
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 17/04/2008
References and Criminal Records Bureau disclosures are foremost among the battery of checks that employers use in recruitment, particularly when filling positions of trust, according to this IRS study of 177 employers’ vetting practices.

Background checks in recruitment: absences and health assessments
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 16/04/2008
Employers are increasingly likely to conduct background checks on potential recruits; this research-based report investigates assessments and screening of a medical nature, notably in respect of candidates’ absence histories, health and fitness.

Case study: Engaging leadership at Serco
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 08/04/2008
Service company Serco has introduced a new leadership strategy to help build the skills of its current leaders to meet the organisation's growth plans.

Case study: Culture change at Pentax proves people are key to success
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 04/04/2008
A comprehensive culture change programme designed to empower staff and improve communication at Pentax UK has helped the company achieve a dramatic turnaround in its financial results. We spoke with those who led the change and found out how it was achieved.

Labour turnover rates and costs in the UK in 2007
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 04/04/2008
Employers experienced a resignation rate of 13.8% in 2007, according to this IRS survey of labour turnover rates and costs.

Survey: Line managers' role in people management
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 03/04/2008
HR policies are increasingly implemented by line managers, often independently of the HR function. Our survey explores the balance of responsibilities and HR practitioners' views of the way in which line managers discharge their people management duties.

Absence rates and costs in the UK in 2007
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 03/04/2008
Absence from work was 3.2% of working time in 2007, which is equivalent to about seven days per employee, according to IRS’s survey - employers estimate that absences cost £500 per head of staff in 2007, although their limited costing methods mean this is likely to significantly under-state the true figure.

Managing employee reward: benchmarking the reward team
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 06/03/2008
Our first survey of the reward function examines the make-up of the reward team, key responsibilities for reward functions and the most important reward issues in the year ahead.

Case study: Introducing a global reward strategy at Achilles Group
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 04/03/2008
Achilles Group undertook two ambitious reward initiatives in parallel: introducing a global grading structure; and launching a new management bonus scheme for those assigned to higher grades.

Employers are favouring PMI schemes to speed returns to work
Source: Occupational Health Review
Date: 01/03/2008
Employers are increasingly favouring private medical insurance (PMI) as a benefit for middle-ranking employees because it helps with recruitment and because of its cost-effectiveness in accelerating return to work following absence due to ill health, according to an IRS survey.

Survey: Measuring and improving employee productivity
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 28/02/2008
UK productivity lags behind that of competitor nations. We asked employers how they are trying to raise their performance.

Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust trains staff via MP3 players
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 19/02/2008
How do you ensure busy hospital workers meet their legal training requirements without disrupting medical care? One NHS trust introduced MP3 players so staff could access courses any time, anywhere. Lucy Freeman reports

Barratt Developments group HR director Jayne Mee – a profile
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 19/02/2008
Barratt Developments had no HR director for almost 20 years until Jayne Mee took on the role just over a year ago. Since then, she has rebuilt the company's people strategy from the ground up. Jo Faragher met her.

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