Surveys
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.
Average £90,678 a year for HR directors
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 18/05/2007
Salaries for HR directors continue to lag behind those for finance and marketing directors in most countries, according to the 2007 Global Pay Summary published by Mercer Human Resources Consulting.
Moscow is world's most costly city
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 22/09/2006
Moscow tops the list as the most expensive city in the world, according to the latest annual cost-of-living survey from Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
What a performance
Source: personneltoday.com
Date: 17/01/2006
Successful companies around the world are increasing their use of performance-based pay and are also moving to customise incentive packages by region, a new study shows.
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.
2004 pay rises to outstrip inflation
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 19/12/2003
Pay rises in most countries are likely to exceed national inflation rates by between one and 3.5 percentage points next year, according to the latest annual global compensation report from Mercer HR.
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: 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".
