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House of Lords hears Stringer sick leave case

The saga of the important case of Stringer and others v HM Revenue and Customs sub nom Commissioners of Inland Revenue v Ainsworth and others is nearing its end. Read More...

Published 1 May 2009 9:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: employee rights, holiday, long-term sickness

National minimum wage 2009/2010: 0.7% rise to £5.77 per hour rumoured for October 2009

The Guardian reports today that it is rumoured that the national minimum wage adult rate will increase to £5.77 per hour from 1 October 2009. This represents an increase of 4p per hour from the current national minimum wage of £5.73 per hour (subscription...

Published 2 May 2009 8:00 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, inflation, national minimum wage

This month's top 10 HR questions - April 2009

During April, the impact of the repeal of the dispute resolution procedures at the beginning of the month was evident, with the most frequently asked question on XpertHR concerning whether or not employers are obliged to deal with grievances raised by...

Published 5 May 2009 7:49 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, equal opportunities, termination of employment, employee rights, holiday, terms and conditions, maternity leave, flexible working, redundancy, grievances, tupe, maternity pay, race discrimination, fixed-term contracts

US recruitment trends 2009: Recession breeds new ways of hiring

The recession is forcing US employers to adopt new and interesting approaches to recruitment (external website), according to an overview from The Economist. These include deferred start dates and a reduced emphasis on the reward offering. Read More....

Published 5 May 2009 1:05 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: recruitment, usa, deferred start dates

Using tips to make up minimum wage to be banned

The Government has announced on the News Distribution Service website that it is outlawing the use of tips to make pay up to the national minimum wage. Currently, where tips, service charges or gratuities are paid through the payroll they can be used...

Published 6 May 2009 10:45 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, national minimum wage

UK interest rates remain at 0.5% in May 2009

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announced at midday today that UK interest rates will once again be held 0.5% (external website), thereby remaining at their lowest level since the Bank of England was established in 1694. Read...

Published 7 May 2009 1:00 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: bank of england, economics, monetary policy committee, interest rates, quantitative easing

Case study: Using flexible benefits to boost retention

Flexible benefits can have a significant and quantifiable impact on employee engagement (subscription required), recruitment and retention, as the experience of engineering and construction company Subsea 7 - newly profiled on XpertHR - illustrates. Read...

Published 8 May 2009 8:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, retention, benefits, engagement, flexible benefits

Flexible working: Kellogg's staff get Friday afternoons off

Are you struggling to motivate staff on Fridays? Perhaps you could follow the example of Kellogg's. The company has launched its summer working hours scheme that allows employees to leave work at noon on Fridays provided that they have completed their...

Published 8 May 2009 10:08 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: terms and conditions, employee relations, flexible working, motivation

Game over for computer programmer

I am indebted to my colleagues at Computer Weekly for this tale of a computer programmer who managed to resign from his job by means of a computer game. Read More...

Published 8 May 2009 12:28 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, resignation

Temporary Agency Workers Directive: BERR consultation

BERR has published a consultation seeking views on implementation of the Temporary Agency Workers Directive. Read More...

Published 8 May 2009 3:12 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: recruitment, employee rights, terms and conditions, agency workers

National minimum wage 2009/2010: TUC warns against minimum wage freeze

Anticipation surrounding next week's expected announcement of the 2009/2010 national minimum wage continues to build. The TUC has issued a statement today (Friday 8 May 2009) warning against a freeze in the national minimum wage (external website...

Published 8 May 2009 3:10 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, tuc, inflation, national minimum wage, low pay

Earnings inequality increases job satisfaction, Danish research finds

An employee's job satisfaction increases when there is evidence that their co-workers earn more than they do for similar work (subscription required), according to potentially controversial research from Danish academics, reported on XpertHR. Read...

Published 11 May 2009 8:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay rates, pay and benefits, engagement, job satisfaction, denmark

Government resurrects union blacklisting proposals

The Government has announced (on the News Distribution Service website) that it is to introduce legislation to prevent employers blacklisting workers as a result of their union membership or activities. Read More...

Published 12 May 2009 11:10 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: employee rights, trade unions, employee relations, blacklisting

National minimum wage 2009/2010: 1.2% increase to £5.80 per hour announced for October 2009

The Government has announced the national minimum wage rate for 2009/2010 (external website). With effect from 1 October 2009, the national minimum wage adult rate (paid to workers aged 22 and over) will rise from its current level of £5.73 per hour to...

Published 12 May 2009 11:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, national minimum wage, low pay, low pay commission, lpc

Hiring women: how things have changed

On one of my recent "google" expeditions, I came across a Guide to Hiring Women , published in the July 1943 issue of a magazine called Transportation. The text contains gems such as: "Whenever possible, let the employee change from one...

Published 13 May 2009 3:41 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: maternity leave, research

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