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Paternity and adoption leave: the 2010 IRS survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 08/02/2010
IRS research finds that although half the organisations in our survey enhance paternity leave beyond the statutory minimum, fathers and partners of new mothers are still reluctant to use it, especially if the enhanced wage falls short of full pay.
Maternity provision and return to work: the IRS survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 04/01/2010
IRS research examines the maternity provision and return to work arrangements following maternity leave, including flexible working and re-induction, of 179 organisations.
International: Minimum wage update 2009
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 18/09/2009
National minimum wages in the EU ranged from €1,642 per month in Luxembourg to €123 in Bulgaria, as at January 2009, according to the latest figures from Eurostat.
Real earnings growth is negative for UK workers
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 20/03/2009
Real earnings growth for UK workers was negative over the 18 months to September 2008, according to the February 2009 Economic and Labour Market Review from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The national minimum wage 10 years on: employers' views
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 06/02/2009
It is nearly a decade since the national minimum wage was introduced. IRS has carried out a survey to gauge employers' views of the minimum wage and its impact on their businesses.
International: National minimum wage update 2008
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 15/01/2009
National minimum wages in the EU in July 2008 ranged from €112 per month in Bulgaria to €1,610 in Luxembourg, according to the latest figures from Eurostat.
Minimum wage helps boost pay growth
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 21/11/2008
The value of pay awards has increased to 3.8%, according to our latest analysis, but the outlook shows lower pay rises in the year ahead.
Pay bargaining calendar 2007
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 24/10/2008
Pay bargaining is tightly bunched in the year, with employers favouring just a few months in which to settle their pay reviews.
Retail sector pay 2008: pay awards hold at 3%
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 12/09/2008
Despite worsening trade conditions, the median retail sector pay award stands firm at 3%, according to our annual round-up of retail sector reward trends.
Spain: Uptake of maternity and paternity leave increases
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 02/09/2008
In the first half of 2008, nearly 10% more employees took maternity leave than in the same period of 2007, while some 140,000 men took advantage of a new right to paid paternity leave, according to official figures.
Pensioner couples need a weekly income of at least £201
Source: Occupational Pensions
Date: 01/08/2008
Pensioner couples require a weekly income of £201.49 per week after income tax to afford a socially acceptable standard of living in Britain today. That figure rises to £265.92 if rent and mortgage payments are included.
Poland: Pay in the spotlight
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 07/03/2008
With the economy booming, unemployment falling and skill shortages mounting, pay is a central issue in Poland in 2008. After wages rose by an average of 8.6% in 2007, the upward trend is set to continue in 2008, and a wave of pay disputes is building in the public sector, as workers try to catch up with the private sector at a time when public finances are being tightly reined in. Recently published statistics also shed light on underlying pay inequalities.
Managing benefits, bonuses and annual leave during maternity leave
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 06/12/2007
Further findings from an IRS survey show that a majority of employers err on the side of generosity when dealing with an employee's entitlement to benefits, bonuses and annual leave while they are on maternity leave. The legal position can cause confusion, however.
Long-term sick pay under review
Source: Occupational Health Review
Date: 01/11/2007
As a result of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 and impending welfare benefit reforms, employers are reviewing the income protection benefits they provide employees on long-term sick leave, according to a survey by consultants Watson Wyatt. Income protection benefits are designed to provide incapacitated employees with an income until they recover and return to work.
Poland: Government increases minimum wage by 20%
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 10/10/2007
In September 2007, the government announced that the statutory national minimum wage will be increased by 20.3% from January 2008 - the highest annual increase since the minimum wage was introduced.
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.
Case studies
Spain: Family-friendly agreement signed for savings banks
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 12/03/2008
An innovative new collective agreement for the Spanish savings bank sector, which will be in force until the end of 2010, provides for a range of paid time-off rights for family reasons, shorter hours for parents, and unpaid leave of up to three years to care for children or disabled relatives. Other provisions of the accord include inflation-linked pay rises and a job-creation commitment by employers.
Cycle-to-work scheme pedals in to Amicus Group
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 07/04/2006
In September 2005, housing association Amicus Group introduced a cycle-to-work scheme, as part of an overhaul of its employees' pay and reward package. We look at how the scheme was implemented and the employee response.
Jaguar and Land Rover: driving women forward
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01/03/2006
Jaguar and Land Rover won the 2005 Women in Science, Engineering and Technology Employer of the Year award. As well as offering a range of flexible working options, Jaguar and Land Rover has invested in workplace nurseries and offers a year's maternity leave on full pay.
Family-friendly tax breaks: childcare vouchers
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 16/12/2005
A government initiative to enhance work-life balance allows employers to provide tax-free childcare vouchers for their workers. We examine the benefits of the new legislation and look at why two employers - House of Fraser and Yorkshire Building Society - have joined the scheme.
The workers that got the cream
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 30/09/2005
We examine how a food manufacturer addressed high labour turnover and a lack of certainty over pay rates through the introduction of a skills-based pay and grading system.
Strength in numbers: new roles for employers' associations
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 15/04/2005
Employers band together to share a range of services and benefits. Here we look at two contrasting organisations - the Employers' Organisation for local government and the British Hospitality Association.
Making the grade for pay
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 14/01/2005
Grocery retailer Budgens looked to a simplified pay strategy to alleviate the difficulty of implementing the national minimum wage and to manage its changing environment.
Analysing sickness absence
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 23/11/2004
A sickness absence initiative at York Council is providing access to occupational health nurses by phone when employees are too ill to go to work.
Maternal instinct
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 16/11/2004
The Equal Opportunities Commission's research in this issue reveals that managing pregnancy at work does not come naturally to employers. Nic Paton talks to three organisations about their approach.
Smart move saves Deloitte £000s
Source: Occupational Pensions
Date: 01/07/2004
Deloitte has set up a salary sacrifice arrangement that is open to all members of its main occupational pension schemes. This enables the firm to make annual NI savings in excess of £400,000, which it shares with employees. We examine Deloitte's reasons for introducing salary sacrifice, chart the implementation process and investigate how Deloitte circumvents some potential disadvantages for members.
Diversity and equality at Roche
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01/04/2004
Equality and diversity are issues being addressed by organisations throughout Europe, particularly major multinational companies. Beatrice Harper* examines the policies at the pharmaceutical group Roche.
Rising to a work-life challenge
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 09/12/2002
Participating in the DfES Work-Life Balance Challenge Fund has brought two-way benefits for South Shropshire Housing Association and its staff, improving employee satisfaction and motivation.
Employer of the Year awards - valuing work-life balance
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01/03/2001
In this feature we look at the work-life balance employment initiatives put in place by the five winners of the recent Employer of the Year awards - King's College Hospital, Marks & Spencer, the National Magazine Company, Scottish Enterprise Forth Valley and BSMG Worldwide.
Parental leave at Ericsson
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01/11/2000
A new parental leave scheme at the telecommunications multinational Ericsson is having a significant impact on the take-up of leave amongst its Swedish workforce. Recently, Ericcson outlined the deal in an exclusive interview with IRS's European Industrial Relations Review. We reproduce this article.
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