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Survey: Christmas working practice
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 22/09/2008
Planning and organising Christmas closure and celebrations is a complex affair; our latest biennial survey on employer practice reports on what employers have planned for 2008.
What will the credit crunch mean for finance sector pay?
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 26/06/2008
Compensation packages offered to new starters at City of London finance firms could fall by as much as 20% over the coming year, as the impact of the credit crunch hits the finance sector recruitment market.
Survey: Benefits and allowances 2008 (1)
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 12/06/2008
In the first article of our annual four-part series, we provide an overview of the benefits and allowances on offer in 277 organisations.
One-third of employers offer flexible benefits
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 12/06/2008
Almost one-third (31%) of employers offer a formal flexible benefits scheme to their staff, according to research by Employee Benefits magazine.
Five million workers put in free overtime
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 18/02/2008
Nearly five million employees are missing out on extra pay by working unpaid overtime, according to research from the TUC.
ASHE 2007: inflation outstrips earnings growth
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 30/11/2007
The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) reveals that the average UK worker received a below-inflation earnings increase in the year to April 2007, while progress towards closing the gender pay gap has slowed considerably.
Civil servants spend millions on travel
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 09/10/2007
Civil servants are spending millions of pounds of tax-payers' money a year on first-class rail travel, flights and taxi fares, official figures have revealed.
Retail sector pay 2007: Pay awards rise to 3%
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 07/09/2007
Our latest annual round-up of retail sector reward trends finds the median basic pay increase rising to 3%. However, the range is very wide, with higher increases driven by the 5.9% national minimum wage uprating.
Overtime in context
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 06/07/2007
An overview of statistics on the levels of paid and unpaid overtime in the UK.
Overtime going strong in the West Midlands
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 06/07/2007
Overtime working is endemic at engineering and manufacturing firms in the West Midlands, with the vast majority only paying basic rates for overtime, according to the 2006 Shiftwork and Overtime Survey from EEF West Midlands.
Case studies
Spain: Two-year accord at Siemens now in force
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 01/02/2007
A two-year collective agreement covering 4,900 employees at Siemens SA in Spain has now taken effect, providing for pay increases of 3.2% each year for two years. We review its main provisions.
Citizens Advice rolls out its new pay scheme
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 07/04/2006
Independent charity Citizens Advice has implemented a new reward framework that takes account of market rates and provides for a rate of pay based on being competent in the role.
Smooth take-off for First Choice Airways' new reward strategy
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 24/03/2006
First Choice Airways has embarked on a change agenda for its pilot workforce that has impacted on nearly every aspect of its total reward offering, ranging from communication practices to work-life balance.
Three into one does go: harmonisation at CSWP
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 03/03/2006
CSWP, a not-for-profit employer, set out to harmonise the terms and conditions of three separate organisations following a merger. At the same time, it introduced a new job-evaluated pay structure.
Corporation of London tackles long-term absence
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 28/10/2005
A review group to consider absence cases lasting more than a month, coupled with fast-track access to private medical treatment, is helping the Corporation of London to tackle long-term sick leave.
Foreign Office gives stamp of approval to work-life balance
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 24/06/2005
Advances in flexible-working legislation have provided the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with an opportunity to formalise and promote flexible-working practices, helping thwart the effects of the department's long hours culture.
Managing reward: Case studies
Source: One stop guide
Date: 01/10/2004
Section nine of the Personnel Today Management Resources one stop guide on managing reward, presents case studies on practice at the following named organisations: United Technologies Corporation; Kent Police; Tearfund; Telewest; and Bupa.
France: 35-hour week under pressure
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/09/2004
The conclusion of an agreement to increase working time at one of the Bosch sites in France follows in the wake of similar agreements in neighbouring Germany, and has ensured that the working time debate remains at the top of the agenda.
I'll see you in six months...
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 10/08/2004
Sabbaticals are a win-win situation. Employees reap the benefits of rest or a change, and the business gains greater staff retention. Hilaire Gomer reports.
Choice rewards at Nationwide
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 18/06/2004
Increased competition for talent has prompted many organisations to adopt a more sophisticated reward strategy for attracting and retaining staff. We talk to one employer that has developed a "total reward" offering that focuses on becoming an employer of choice.
Great Ormond Street Hospital rises to the challenge
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 04/06/2004
Meeting skills shortages features high on the agenda for any London-based NHS trust. By adopting a diverse resourcing strategy, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children has made significant progress in attracting and retaining staff.
Managing the ex-pats
Source: personneltoday.com
Date: 18/11/2003
Scott Beagrie finds out how one organisation, Pair Limited, manages its expatriate workforce.
Germany: Lifelong working accounts at Bosch
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/11/2003
An innovative working time flexibility scheme is in place for engineers at Bosch's Schwieberdingen research facility in south Germany. We look at the detail of the scheme, based on an exclusive interview with the plant's works council.
Equal pay reviews: case studies
Source: One stop guide
Date: 01/11/2003
Section 8 of the Personnel Today Management Resources one stop guide on equal pay reviews, covering how BT, BMW Group, Alliance & Leicester, HSBC, Glasgow University and the Patent Office have carried out equal pay reviews.
International: Latest progress in restructuring plans at Danone
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/04/2003
The major reorganisation of its European factories at French food group Danone, originally announced in March 2001, is progressing. Here, we look in detail at the extensive social and reindustrialisation plans being implemented by the company, which are destined, eventually, to create more jobs than have been lost.
MG Rover: Driving through flexible changes
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 29/10/2002
Bob Beddow has one of the toughest jobs in HR, as he brings in flexible working practices aimed at transforming MG Rover. In 2000, it was facing closure and losing millions. Now the car manufacturer is on course to make its first profits by 2004. By Guy Sheppard.
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