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Never mind the expenses - are MPs actually underpaid in 2009?

May 2009 was by no means a vintage month in terms of MPs' standing in the hearts and minds of the British public, with the Telegraph's expenses witch-hunt (external website) galvanising popular interest in (and condemnation of) politicians to...

Published 1 Jun 2009 8:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay rates, pay and benefits, expenses
Paternity leave proposals may be delayed

Plans to allow fathers to benefit from up to six months' additional paternity leave if the mother returns to work before the end of the maternity leave period to which she is entitled have been shelved, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph...

Published 1 Jun 2009 10:34 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, employee rights, maternity leave, maternity pay, paternity pay, paternity leave
Information Commissioner did U-turn over disclosure of MPs' expenses

The Information Commissioner was poised to order the release of the full details of MPs' expenses, including receipts, three years ago but reportedly changed his mind after pressure was exerted by the House of Commons. Read more on the Telegraph website...

Published 1 Jun 2009 5:42 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: information sources, data protection
Economic recovery: beware of 'false dawns'

David Blanchflower - who stepped down from his position as a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee last week - has used an 'exit interview' with the Times to warn that for all the hopeful talk of green shoots of economic...

Published 2 Jun 2009 8:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: economics, recession, unemployment
Just how widespread are pay cuts in 2009?

The recession is undoubtedly exerting a strong effect on UK pay bargaining in 2009, with many doom-mongers weighing in on the risk of pay cuts hitting UK workers in the imminent future. The latest salvo comes in the shape of last night's rather dramatically...

Published 2 Jun 2009 11:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, pay awards, pay freeze, pay cut
This month's top 10 HR questions - May 2009

The two May bank holidays were occupying HR professionals last month, prompting the question: are part-time workers entitled to bank holidays? Another popular question concerned how to deal with bank holiday entitlement for employees on maternity leave...

Published 2 Jun 2009 10:03 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, retirement, equal opportunities, recruitment, termination of employment, employee rights, terms and conditions, maternity leave, redundancy, sickness, temporary workers, bank holidays, working time
When a sitcom goes beyond a joke

What did you expect to read about? The Sydney Opera House, perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plain? Read More...

Published 2 Jun 2009 11:54 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, termination of employment, harassment, race discrimination, dismissal
Tweeting while you work: How to manage workplace Twitter use in 2009

With use of micro-blogging tool Twitter approaching epidemic proportions in 2009, many employers are concerned about the implications of Twitter for the workplace. To answer these concenrs, specialists from law firm Charles Russell present an invaluable...

Published 3 Jun 2009 8:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: twitter, hr policy and strategy, internet at work, social networking, technology, web 2.0
Points-based immigration system damaging the arts

Changes to the immigration rules are threatening the arts in Britain by making it difficult for foreign performers to enter the country, according to an article in The Times ( on its website ). Read More...

Published 3 Jun 2009 12:11 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: recruitment, immigration
US recruitment trends 2009 (2): The benefits of a dumbed-down CV

With the recession adding daily to the ranks of those looking for work on both sides of the Atlantic, many highly-qualified job candidates in the US are coming to appreciate the advantages of making "creative edits" to their CV (or, if you will...

Published 4 Jun 2009 8:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: recruitment, usa, international, recession, selection
UK interest rates static at 0.5% in June 2009, and likely to remain so until 2010

In line with what has now become a standard pattern over the last few months, the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announced at midday today that June 2009 will see UK interest rates once again held at their current all-time low of...

Published 4 Jun 2009 1:00 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: bank of england, economics, monetary policy committee, interest rates
Discrimination law to protect eco-warriors

In TW Nicholson v Grainger Plc and others ET/22033667/08 , Tim Grainger claimed that he was selected for redundancy and discriminated against on the grounds of his beliefs on climate change and the environment. Beliefs that, he argued, are protected by...

Published 4 Jun 2009 11:47 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence
Pay rises for footballers - penalties for CEOs

Pay freezes all round? Not apparently in football's Premier League, where, according to a report out today, the salary bill grew by an astonishing 26% last year, exceeding £1 billion for the first time ever. Top of the pay league in the 2007/08 football...

Published 4 Jun 2009 2:09 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay rates, salary surveys, pay and benefits, economics
Attention Gordon Brown!

As this week's wave of ministerial resignations approaches tsunami proportions (external website), XpertHR offers guidance of immediate utility to our nation's Prime Minister: How to handle resignations, redundancies and dismissal ; How to act...

Published 5 Jun 2009 10:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, gordon brown, resignation
Temptation Island contestants are workers

Well, they are in France anyway, according to a recent ruling by the Supreme Court. The contestants of the french version of Temptation Island, l'Ile de la Tentation, were held to be workers entitled to overtime, holiday pay, and compensation for...

Published 5 Jun 2009 2:27 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: employee rights, holiday, working time

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Never mind the expenses - are MPs actually underpaid in 2009?

Paternity leave proposals may be delayed

Information Commissioner did U-turn over disclosure of MPs' expenses

Economic recovery: beware of 'false dawns'

Just how widespread are pay cuts in 2009?

This month's top 10 HR questions - May 2009

When a sitcom goes beyond a joke

Tweeting while you work: How to manage workplace Twitter use in 2009

Points-based immigration system damaging the arts

US recruitment trends 2009 (2): The benefits of a dumbed-down CV

UK interest rates static at 0.5% in June 2009, and likely to remain so until 2010

Discrimination law to protect eco-warriors

Pay rises for footballers - penalties for CEOs

Attention Gordon Brown!

Temptation Island contestants are workers