Surveys
HPA highlights foreign travel-related illness risk
Source: Occupational Health
Date: 01/02/2009
Those visiting friends and relatives in Africa and the Indian subcontinent account for a disproportionate amount of travel-related infectious disease imported into the UK, according to a new Health Protection Agency (HPA) report, largely because they are less likely than other travellers to seek pre-travel advice or to take appropriate precautions.
Wellness policies expand globally
Source: Occupational Health
Date: 01/02/2009
Growing numbers of employers outside the United States are introducing workplace wellness strategies, according to research from Buck Consultants.
International: Call centre employment and HR practices examined
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 12/07/2007
Research published in May 2007 analyses employment and HR management in call centres in 17 countries worldwide. It finds that the widespread view of call centres as “electronic sweatshops” with low pay, poor quality of work and little collective representation of workers is not true in all countries and types of call centre.
Global agreements - state of play
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/10/2005
The number of multinational companies signing global agreements on workers' rights and corporate social responsibility continues to rise steadily. We look at the current state of development of this important trend in transnational industrial relations.
UK eighth in equality table
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01/07/2005
The UK ranks eighth in the first ever study attempting to quantify the size of the "gender gap" in 58 countries.
Managers do the funniest things
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 07/11/2003
Although productivity has risen rapidly in recent years, most managers are still doing entirely the wrong things to deal with their firms' continuing problems, says a report.
Recruiting and employing foreign workers
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 21/02/2003
As an increasing number of employers extend their search for scarce skills further afield, we report on the main developments affecting the migration of overseas staff.
UK still lags behind in productivity stakes
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 09/12/2002
Only 51% of work time in the UK is productive, compared to 63% in Germany and 62% in the United States, a major study from specialist adviser Proudfoot Consulting has discovered1.
Case studies
International: Volkswagen agrees worldwide participation rights
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 17/12/2009
Volkswagen, the Germany-based automotive multinational, signed an agreement in October 2009 that guarantees employee participation rights in its sites around the world. The rights include information, consultation and German-style co-determination.
International: ArcelorMittal signs Europe-wide restructuring deal
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 10/12/2009
ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel producer, signed a European agreement with trade unions in November 2009 on managing and anticipating change. The accord provides for no plant closures or compulsory redundancies during the current economic downturn, and puts in place long-term training and skills policies, along with commitments to dialogue with employee representatives and unions.
International: Bargaining on CSR and workers' rights at Inditex
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 28/10/2009
Inditex, a major Spain-based fashion multinational, signed a worldwide agreement on workers' rights in its commercial and distribution operations in October 2009. In 2007, it had signed a similar accord for its manufacturing operations, including external suppliers, and the new agreement underlines the company's commitment to engaging trade unions in its global corporate social responsibility (CSR) approach.
International: DNV sets up global employee forum
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 15/10/2009
DNV, a risk-management services multinational based in Norway, has set up a global employee information and consultation forum. We look at the DNV case and at other companies that have established "world works councils".
A whole world out there: managing global HR
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 29/12/2006
While some of the challenges for HR professionals are common regardless of geography, effective international HR management demands a different perspective, our research finds.
Stryker selects top talent
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 16/09/2005
Developing a rigorous selection process based on recruiting people with the right innate qualities for the role has helped global company Stryker to enhance its organisational performance.
