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Survey of employees highlights most valued benefits
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 02/02/2010
The IFF Research Attitudes to Work study demonstrates that, irrespective of sector, neither pay and bonuses nor working hours and flexibility are considered to be as important as job security in the current tough economic climate.
Survey: Childcare vouchers and benefits
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 26/01/2010
The first snapshot survey from Personnel Today's new HR Opinion Panel provides an exclusive insight into the views of HR professionals, decision-makers and influencers. Our first subject is childcare vouchers and benefits.
Recession hits housing association executive pay
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 22/01/2010
Almost half of all housing association chief executives expect to have their salary frozen next year, according to a report published by accountancy and financial services group Smith & Williamson, while one-third were subject to a pay freeze in 2009.
Christmas during a recession: the 2009 IRS survey
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 14/12/2009
Latest IRS research of employers' plans for Christmas celebrations investigates cost-cutting measures and budgets for the party season and finds a significant number of employers cutting back on spending.
CIMA members see gender pay differential of 33%
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 09/10/2009
The average basic salary of a qualified member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) in the UK is £56,645 a year, according to CIMA's first global salary survey.
Employers are spending more on healthcare
Source: Occupational Health
Date: 01/08/2009
Despite the recession, employers are spending on average nearly 9% more on providing private healthcare for their employees, research by Aon Consulting has said.
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.
Environmental concerns move up the company car agenda
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 29/05/2009
Organisations are putting an increased emphasis on the environmental impact of their company car fleet, with more than one-third (35%) having a formal green transport plan, according to the latest findings from PricewaterhouseCoopers Monks.
Company car providers are hit hard by recession
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 08/05/2009
Company car providers are suffering from cost-cutting measures among their clients in response to the recession, according to the latest quarterly survey from fleet management company GE Capital Solutions, Fleet Services.
Flexible benefits show slight decline in 2009
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 24/04/2009
The proportion of UK employers operating a flexible benefits scheme showed a slight decline over the year to January 2009, according to research from Employee Benefits/Towers Perrin.
Housing association pay rises by 3.3%
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 03/04/2009
Housing association employees received average pay increases worth 3.3% over the year to 1 October 2008, according to research from Inbucon.
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.
Case study: Reward and corporate responsibility at Aviva
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 04/09/2009
Insurance group Aviva has a strong commitment to corporate responsibility (CR), and uses a range of reward initiatives to encourage and enable employees to play their part in putting it into practice.
Case study: Total reward at Arup
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 19/02/2009
Engineering consultancy Arup has made online total reward statements available to its employees worldwide, reflecting its holistic "total design" approach to reward.
Case study: Total reward at Kent County Council
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 04/12/2008
Kent County Council has developed a total reward strategy, and is planning to introduce online total reward statements to ensure its employees understand the value of their employment package.
Flexible working at law firm Addleshaw Goddard
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 11/07/2008
Law firm Addleshaw Goddard has set about creating a company culture that supports a wide range of flexible working options to attract and retain talented individuals.
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 schemes and their benefits
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 07/03/2008
Cycle to Work schemes can help you be a greener and more attractive employer as well as boost staff motivation, productivity and morale. Alison Rawstron reports.
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.
Flexible benefits: moving online
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 21/09/2007
Too often, the burden of delivering a flexible benefits scheme can outweigh the significant benefits of doing so. But there is growing evidence that online delivery can tilt the balance in favour of introducing such a scheme, as the experience of Wesleyan Assurance Society demonstrates.
Upwardly mobile
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 24/07/2007
The boom enjoyed for so long by the mobile phone market is beginning to slow, making this a challenging sector for HR professionals. HR directors at three major players outline their experiences. Virginia Matthews and Georgina Fuller report.
Craegmoor Healthcare: age diversity boosts recruitment and retention
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01/03/2007
Craegmoor Healthcare, which provides specialist and nursing care, has introduced an age-diversity employment policy to help it attract and retain quality staff. This has reduced staff turnover from 66% to 35%, leading to a direct saving of £3 million for the company.
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.
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.
Health and productivity: two US case studies
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 05/05/2006
Employers in the US are taking the lead in using health improvements to raise productivity. We analyse how two global firms, Dow Chemical and PepsiCo, are doing just this.
International: PSA Peugeot Citroën signs CSR/global council agreement
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/05/2006
PSA Peugeot Citroën has signed a global framework agreement on corporate social responsibility with international trade union organisations, which also provides for the group's EWC to be expanded and turned into a global council.
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.
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.
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.
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