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Pay awards: 10 May 2013
Source: XpertHR
Date: 10-05-2013
The table below summarises the latest pay settlements monitored by XpertHR.

Needlestick injuries can cause long-term psychological illness
Source: Occupational Health
Date: 03-05-2013
People who experience needlestick injuries can suffer persistent and substantial psychiatric illness or depression, according to a recent study by the Society of Occupational Medicine.

More access to defibrillators in public areas needed
Source: Occupational Health
Date: 03-05-2013
Parliament should set minimum mandatory requirements for the location of defibrillators in public places such as train stations, shopping centres and schools, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has suggested.

Include vocational rehabilitation in new health and work service, Government advised
Source: Occupational Health
Date: 03-05-2013
The Government's proposed new Health and Work Assessment and Advisory Service (HWAAS) should prioritise improving the availability of and access to specialist vocational rehabilitation services for people with complex health problems, including cancer, thinktank The Work Foundation has said.

Having a health strategy can significantly cut absences
Source: Occupational Health
Date: 03-05-2013
A well-thought-out health and wellbeing strategy can lower employee turnover, reduce sickness absence, and improve productivity and morale, according to healthcare provider and insurer Simplyhealth.

Report finds effects of wellbeing strategies are not being measured
Source: Occupational Health
Date: 03-05-2013
Too few UK companies measure the impact of their workplace wellness strategies on business and employees, a report has argued.

Government tells employers they can overrule GP fit notes
Source: Occupational Health
Date: 03-05-2013
The Government has indicated that employers may, in principle, be able to overrule a GP's advice in a fit note as to whether or not a person is potentially fit to return to work.

Companies that test vision should get lower insurance, survey finds
Source: Occupational Health
Date: 03-05-2013
Nearly three-quarters of employers believe organisations that encourage their drivers to take regular eye examinations should benefit from lower insurance premiums.

Study finds pre-employment screening still in regular use
Source: Occupational Health
Date: 03-05-2013
The use of pre-employment health screening is still "relatively commonplace", despite restrictions on the use of such questioning since the Equality Act 2010, according to research conducted by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

Nature of employment to change hugely over next 10 years
Source: Occupational Health
Date: 03-05-2013
Advances in science, engineering and medicine over the next 10 years could fundamentally change the nature of employment, allowing people to work into old age or hastening their return to work after illness, a report by the Royal Society has found.

NHS is failing to implement Boorman recommendations
Source: Occupational Health
Date: 03-05-2013
Too many NHS trusts in England are failing to implement the recommendations of 2009's Boorman review, which means they are failing to reduce staff sickness absence and are less able to release funds that could be used to improve patient care, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy has found.

One construction site in five fails HSE checks
Source: Occupational Health
Date: 03-05-2013
Nearly one construction site in five visited by Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors in a month-long initiative was subject to enforcement action after failing safety checks.

Pay review update: 26 April 2013
Source: XpertHR
Date: 26-04-2013
The table below summarises the latest pay awards monitored by the XpertHR pay databank. For each pay award the entry shows the name and size of the review group, the effective date and length of the review, together with brief details of the main changes.

Pay review update: 12 April 2013
Source: XpertHR
Date: 12-04-2013
The table below summarises the latest pay awards monitored by the XpertHR pay databank. For each pay award the entry shows the name and size of the review group, the effective date and length of the review, together with brief details of the main changes.

New research on occupational contact dermatitis published
Source: Occupational Health
Date: 12-04-2013
New research on standards of care of occupational contact dermatitis has been published for OH practitioners and healthcare professionals.

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Labour disputes
Working days lost: 87,000 (March 2013) Number of stoppages: 11 (March 2013) Next release date: 12 June 2013.

Average earnings
Total pay growth, whole economy: 0.4% (March 2013) Next release date: 12 June 2013.

Unemployment
Headline unemployment rate - International Labour Organisation (ILO) definition: 7.8% (January to March 2013) Next release date: 12 June 2013.

Working hours
Average full-time weekly hours in UK: 39.4 (men); 34.1 (women) (January to March 2013) Next release date: 12 June 2013.

Recruitment and labour market
Availability of candidates (compared with previous month): - Permanent staff: 50.1 (April 2013) - Temporary/contract staff: 51.4 (April 2013) Next release date: 10 June 2013

Pay awards
XpertHR headline measure of pay settlements for the three months ending 31 March 2013: 2.5% Next release date: 24 May 2013.

Inflation
Retail prices index (RPI): 3.3% (March 2013) Next release date: 21 May 2013.

Business confidence
Business confidence: Manufacturing industry. Manufacturing optimism: +5% (April 2013) (CBI) Next release date: July 2013.

ASHE data | Summary
Summary of key data: Median annual pay, whole economy: £26,462 (April 2012). Next release date: November 2013.

Annual review of pay prospects 2013
This month's pay review resources contain a package of tools and data to help pay and benefits professionals plan for the year ahead.