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Marketing pay up 3.3%
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 04/12/2009
The annual salaries of marketing professionals increased at the median by 3.3% over the past year, according to research conducted by Croner Reward in conjunction with the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM).
IT staff: South-West pays the highest rates
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 09/10/2009
Reward analysts Croner have published the 14th edition of their comprehensive IT salary survey. It finds that, across all computer staff posts covered by the report, the highest median salary is £32,356 a year and is paid in the South-West of England, ahead of London (£32,203) and the South-East (£32,139).
Sales professionals' pay is up by 3.2%
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 04/09/2009
Sales professionals received a median pay increase worth 3.2% over the year to May 2009, according to research from Croner Reward and the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Growth in research and development salaries slows
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 26/06/2009
The median basic salary for research and development professionals rose by only 2.2% over the year to February 2009, according to the 33rd survey of the sector from Croner Reward.
Half of workers suffer cuts to pay, hours or benefits
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 26/06/2009
More than half (54%) of UK workers have had their pay cut, their hours reduced or lost some of their benefits since the recession began, according to a survey carried out by the Keep Britain Working campaign.
Travel staff receive 3.1% increase
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 24/04/2009
Staff in the travel industry were awarded an average pay increase of 3.1% in the year to November 2008, according to research from Croner Reward in association with ABTA (The Travel Association).
Operative staff enjoy 4% pay rise
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 03/04/2009
Operative staff saw their median basic pay rise by 4% over the year to 1 January 2009, according to the latest twice-yearly survey from Croner Reward.
Pay for general practice nurses falls behind NHS rates
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 03/04/2009
The pay of nurses in general practice is falling behind that of NHS-employed nurses on the Agenda for Change (AfC) pay structure, according to the first salary survey published by online community Practice Nursing.
Survey: Equal pay audits in the private sector
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 10/10/2008
Equal pay is a contentious subject - and it's set to become even more of an issue with the forthcoming single equality Bill; 103 private sector organisations tell us how they are approaching equal pay.
Survey: Occupational health reward
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 26/09/2008
IRS presents the key findings of a survey on the pay and benefits of occupational health specialists.
Research and development salaries increase by 3.1%
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 15/08/2008
The basic pay for an employee in the research and development field has increased by 3.1% over the past year, to £31,289, according to a report from Croner Reward.
Equal pay: local authority progress
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 30/04/2008
Local authorities in England and Wales have a duty to ensure their pay structures are equality-proofed, but how far has this been implemented across the UK? We examine the latest evidence and give an overview of the resulting grading structures.
London HR directors earn up to £140,000
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 04/03/2008
HR directors in London can earn an annual salary worth up to £140,000 in the current labour market, according to the latest survey from recruitment specialist FSS.
Benefits top the reward agenda for 2008
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 18/02/2008
Amending existing benefits provision is the top priority for reward practitioners in 2008, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
Case studies
Opting out of Agenda for Change: Southend University Hospital's story
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 04/12/2009
Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has taken the decision to opt out of the health service's nationally negotiated pay and conditions framework, Agenda for Change. Instead, it has retained locally bargained terms that remain popular with employees.
Agenda for Change pay structure in the NHS: five years on
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 09/10/2009
It is almost five years since the Agenda for Change pay structure was introduced to unify pay across the NHS. We talk to Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust - one of the 12 early implementer sites - about how Agenda for Change works for them.
Equal pay reviews in action
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01/03/2008
Although the government has so far resisted calls to make equal pay reviews a legal requirement, some organisations are pre-empting any such development by voluntarily carrying out reviews. HBOS is one such organisation and Kate Godwin explains how they went about doing it.
Case study: Relaunching reward at Aspire Housing
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 14/01/2008
Job evaluation has been central to the wholesale relaunch of reward at Aspire Housing. It was designed to provide a transparent and cost-effective system linking pay to corporate values.
Performance-related pay: Creating a buzz
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 11/09/2007
Staff turnover was running high at nursery chain Busy Bees until the introduction of a performance-related pay and reward scheme. Simon Vevers reports.
Equal pay at the University of Sunderland
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01/06/2007
A programme of annual equal pay audits has resulted in the University of Sunderland having one of the smallest academic gender pay gaps in the UK and being included as an exemplar employer for its work in addressing gender, equal pay and opportunities for women.
Pay equality at Devon County Council
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 04/05/2007
With the equal pay deadline for local authorities now having passed, we look at the approach taken by Devon County Council, where a new job evaluation-based pay structure went live from 1 April 2007.
Rok solid
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 20/02/2007
Garvis Snook, chief executive of listed construction company Rok, has just been voted CEO of the Year. An innovative approach to staff engagement has been key to this success, discovers Jo Faragher.
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.
Call centre pay: changing with the times
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 15/12/2006
In the second part of our research on call centre pay and benefits, we report on some further findings from our survey and take a closer look at the steps taken by three employers to ensure that their pay is competitive.
Spain: New agreement at Correos
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/12/2006
Employees at the state-owned Spanish postal company, Correos, are now covered by a collective agreement that will run until the end of 2008. The accord sets out new rates of pay and regulates areas such as job classification, employee mobility, working time and health and safety.
Taking the plunge: equal pay reviews
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 02/06/2006
Four employers tell IRS Employment Review that the benefits of carrying out an equal pay review far outweigh the costs and work involved.
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.
Total reward takes flight
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 24/03/2006
We examine First Choice Airways' new reward strategy.
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.
HR leads Ford's diversity drive
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 21/02/2006
Ford's record on diversity has been patchy to say the least, but that's all changed since the scandal of the 1990s. Chris Ball reports.
The going rate for the job: pay according to the market
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 17/02/2006
We look at the mechanisms used to link pay to the external market, and examine how housing association Amicus Group has applied this strategy to modernise its pay structure.
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