Employment Review archive 2008
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ER 911 15
December 2008
Survey of recruitment cost-cutting, case study:
Training ignites commercial
insight at Mosaic Fashions, Pre-Budget Report
2008, consultation on tips and
the minimum wage launched, survey on
controlling the impact of alcohol and
drugs at work, Queen's Speech outlines
forthcoming employment legislation
ER 910 1
December 2008
Case study: BT's range of policies for older workers,
monthly review:
Minimum wage helps boost pay growth, UK employers are failing
to
tackle the hidden costs of employment, case study: Northern
Ireland
Housing Executive reduces absence
ER 909 17 November
2008
Annual review: private sector pay in 2007/08, case study: Policing
for
diversity, EU: Commission proposes new maternity leave and pay
rules,
redefining the length of sickness absence, Agency Workers Directive:
have the arguments just begun?
ER 908 3 November
2008
Pay prospects for 2009, business partnering at the AA, case study:
Caring ethos at the heart of John Lewis's absence policy, survey: How
to
make the most of age discrimination & equality laws, worked
examples:
holiday accrual in first year of employment, what happened to pay
in 2008?
ER 907 20
October 2008
The IRS graduate recruitment survey 2008/09, survey: equal
pay audits in
the private sector, case study: Bradford & Bingley's
legacy of good
wellbeing practice, line manager briefing on timekeeping,
employing people
with a disability at BT, equal pay: Sodexo Ltd v Gutridge
and others
ER 906 6
October 2008
Survey: Competencies in the workplace, performance
management for
Generation Y, migrant workers are caught in vulnerable
employment,
employers turn to green benefits in response to oil price spike,
BAA
workers accept DB pension closure and 'world-class' DC pension
scheme
ER 905 22
September 2008
Survey: Christmas working practice, retail sector pay
2008: pay awards
hold at 3%, performance-enhancing drugs don't work in
the workplace,
review finds rehabilitation is crucial to get employees back
to work, Morgan
Stanley's diversity-led recruitment and retention
strategy
ER 904 8
September 2008
Case study: Human capital management raises
performance at CFS, public
sector pay review bodies (3): senior salaries,
most EU employers think that
pay should reflect ethical
behaviour, safety eyecare guide, the abolition of
the statutory dispute
resolution procedures
ER 903 26 August 2008
Survey:
Employee communications, manufacturing deals at 3.5% but outlook
is gloomy,
time for managers to learn how to handle sickness absence, how
employer
branding can improve recruitment, minimum wage: Commissioners for
Her
Majesty's Revenue and Customs v Annabel's (Berkeley Square) Ltd
ER 902 4 August 2008
Survey:
Equal opportunities policies, green benefits in focus: cutting-edge
practice
at three organisations, generalist directors top the HR earnings
league, pay
is key to recruitment and retention, average cost of living rises
by 9.7%,
time off for dependants: Cortest Ltd v O’Toole
ER 901 21
July 2008
Survey: Trade union recognition, flexible working at
Addleshaw Goddard,
productivity enhancers and blockers, benefits and
allowances (3) and (4),
councils to introduce total reward schemes, finding
ways to manage staff
retention, race discrimination: Oyarce v Cheshire County
Council
ER 900 7
July 2008
The pros and cons of women-only coaching provision, HR for
sale
at Broadway Homelessness and Support, benefits worth up to
one-third
of basic salary, what will the credit crunch mean for finance
sector pay?
whistleblowing: Kuzel v Roche Products Ltd
ER 899 23
June 2008
Taking HR online at the Royal Borough of Kensington and
Chelsea,
case study: Bentley grows its own managers, survey: Benefits
and
allowances (1), marketing salaries rise by 6.7%, one-third of
employers
offer flexible benefits, IT professionals: 3% salary increase
ER 898 9
June 2008
Survey: Leadership development trends, economic outlook:
inflation
measures to converge as economy falters, public sector pay review
bodies: the health professions, top council salaries in the
spotlight
disability case law update, EAT issues new practice direction
ER
897 27 May 2008
Survey: Investors in people, public sector
pay review bodies: discontent
rumbles on, the impact of personal
characteristics on the gender pay gap,
employee benefits: communication is
key, academic pay rises by 12.6% in
two years, health and safety: the state
of play
ER
896 6 May 2008
Survey: employers' business continuity
plans, case study: in-depth
research shapes Vodafone's employee engagement,
total reward takes
off for City HR specialists, the gender pay gap, fired
executives paid 'at
least' £10.5 million in 2007, pay review update 25 April
2008
ER 895 21
April 2008
Budget 2008: key changes from April 2008, gender pay gap
has
narrowed by more than a quarter in past decade, survey:
suggestion
schemes, HR salaries rise by 5.4%, national minimum wage
2008:
cautious increase reflects economic uncertainty
ER 894 7
April 2008
Survey: line managers' role in people management,
national minimum
wage to increase, strong City bonus round defies credit
crunch, labour
turnover rates and costs, regulations amending Sex
Discrimination Act
published, policy on palmtop/hand-held computer use
ER 893 25
March 2008
Budget 2008, benchmarking the reward team, equal pay,
recruitment
trends survey, national minimum wage increase announced,
conducting
checks on immigration status guidance note, how to ensure a smooth
return
from maternity leave, model policies and documents
ER 892 3
March 2008
HR's role in improving productivity and performance,
analysis of 2008
pay awards, value of suggestion schemes survey, gender pay
gap
widest in top jobs, wellbeing schemes, new series of guides to
employment
law in Europe, James v London Borough of Greenwich
ER
891 18 February 2008
Change management case study, research on
impact of immigration
on the UK, survey: business travel health and
safety, pay review update
table, tackling absence case study, Advocate
General opinions on holiday
pay and sick leave, how to harmonise terms and
conditions
ER
890 4 February 2008
Managing employee performance survey, pay
settlements at a 15-year
high, case study: Yell recruits through Second Life,
cases on redundancy,
transfer of undertakings and working time, increase
in limits on tribunal
awards, DBERR publishes statement of forthcoming
regulations
ER 889 21 January
2008
HR budgets and strategic plans, abolishing dispute
resolution
procedures, extending flexible working, putting the
disability
equality duty into practice, statistics and forecasts, how to
deal
with overpayments, age discrimination: recent tribunal
decisions
ER 888 7 January
2008
Benchmarks for the HR function, retaining older workers in
the
NHS, IRS pay databank, case study: cutting absence,
model secondment
agreement, Employment Bill published,
Government to amend trade union union
membership rules
Employment Review archive 2007
