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Redundancies continue in 2011/12: the XpertHR survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 14-05-2012
Widespread redundancy programmes are back on the agenda for the majority of organisations, our latest survey finds, with no signs of the situation improving in the remainder of 2012.

Balancing cost and efficiency in learning and development budgets: the 2012 XpertHR survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 02-05-2012
Our latest research finds that the great majority of employers making learning and development cutbacks have seen no reduction in the efficiency of training, with three in 10 having actually seen improvements.

How employers manage relationships with employment agencies: the 2012 XpertHR survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 30-04-2012
The latest XpertHR research on agency workers examines the quality of the working relationship between agency and hiring organisation, and employers' opinions on employment agencies' value for money.

How employers manage maternity leave: the 2012 XpertHR survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 30-04-2012
Keeping-in-touch days are now used widely by employees on maternity leave, and are valued by HR professionals as a way to maintain employee engagement, according to latest XpertHR research.

The cost of maternity leave: the 2012 XpertHR survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 17-04-2012
Almost half of employers enhance maternity pay to above the statutory minimum, according to our latest research, which also finds that the average annual bill for maternity leave per organisation, including the cost of replacements, is around £125,000.

Impact of Agency Workers Regulations: the 2012 XpertHR survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 16-04-2012
In this article on the 2012 XpertHR agency workers survey, we examine the impact of the Agency Workers Regulations on employers' use of temporary staff.

Employer approaches to workplace relationships: 2012 XpertHR survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 26-03-2012
Employers are most likely to intervene in workplace relationships where employees display overt sexual behaviour or embark on a love affair, or if a manager has a relationship with a subordinate, according to XpertHR research.

Workplace relationships policy and impact: 2012 XpertHR survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 26-03-2012
Intimate relationships at work can lead to problems such as favouritism and decreased morale. We find out how to establish and implement an effective policy to deal with these issues.

Ways to improve workplace relationships strategy: 2012 XpertHR survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 26-03-2012
This anonymous, sector-based table includes comments from HR respondents on how their organisation's workplace relationship strategy could be improved, and shows which employers have a formal policy.

Private sector pay forecasts for 2012: the XpertHR survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 23-03-2012
Our pay forecast survey finds that many private sector employers are anticipating pay awards of just 2% during 2012. Factors including redundancies and pay freezes are not uncommon, although some organisations appear to be unaffected by the volatile economy.

XpertHR recruitment trends survey 2012: activity picks up
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 21-03-2012
Recruitment has been through a tough time since the start of the UK recession, but new XpertHR research finds significant levels of recruitment activity among our respondents.

XpertHR recruitment trends survey 2012: key metrics
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 21-03-2012
XpertHR's survey of recruitment trends finds that it takes employers six weeks and costs them £1,500 to fill a typical vacancy, with line managers playing the central role in recruitment.

Job cuts, budgets and challenges in the public sector: the 2012 survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 12-03-2012
The public sector is in the midst of its third year of cost cutting and job losses. We find out how these challenges are being met by HR.

How to make a success of employee coaching: the 2012 XpertHR survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 07-03-2012
Coaching programmes can deliver a broad range of valuable benefits - including improved business performance - if they have support at leadership level and the buy-in of employees, according to XpertHR research.

How to deliver an employee coaching programme: the 2012 XpertHR survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 07-03-2012
Although eight employers in 10 use line managers as coaches, many have concerns about their competence in this area, according to XpertHR research.

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