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Alchohol and drug-testing at work
Source: Occupational Health
Date: 01/09/2010
Alcohol and drug-testing programmes can be beneficial to both employees and employers, according to Dr Colin Payton.
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?
HR implications of carbon reduction commitment scheme
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 23/08/2010
How aware are HR professionals of their organisation's carbon reduction commitments? With less than 10% of the estimated 20,000 firms that will have to participate in the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme having signed up, many organisations are facing fines if they miss the September 2010 deadline.
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.
International security agreed following acquisition of Areva T&D
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 19/08/2010
In July 2010, two French multinationals, Alstom and Schneider Electric, signed a ground-breaking European-level agreement on job security following the joint acquisition of part of another French company, Areva. The accord includes employment guarantees for the former Areva employees and a commitment to avoid compulsory redundancies before 2013.
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.
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.
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.
