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IRS masterclass on formal trade union negotiations - 4 November 2009

With the Royal Mail and Communication Workers Union both pointing the finger firmly at each other for the breakdown in negotiations and ensuing strike action, employers up and down the country are no doubt speculating about what they would do if they...

Published 30 Oct 2009 6:12 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, trade unions, IRS conferences
Paper boy's £6.93 redundancy package

A paper boy has received a letter from his employer outlining his £6.93 redundancy package, according to London Today . The employer informed him that it had "fully assessed opportunities for redeployment within the company", but unfortunately...

Published 30 Oct 2009 1:17 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: redundancy
Employment tribunal decisions making the headlines: 17.10.09 to 30.10.09

A round up of links to recent employment tribunal rulings, including compensation for employees at a printing firm who were not warned of redundancy, the failure of Gloucestershire Police to make reasonable adjustments for a dyslexic police officer and...

Published 30 Oct 2009 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, termination of employment, employee rights, redundancy, disability discrimination, employment tribunals, disability, dismissal, unfair dismissal, police
Pay-setting in uncertain times requires informed decisions

While it remains possible that the UK will exit the current prolonged recession in the near future, economic recovery is by no means guaranteed. This makes pay-setting decisions for the 2009/2010 pay bargaining round all the more problematic. Employers...

Published 30 Oct 2009 7:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: salary surveys, pay and benefits, job pricing, pay awards, recession, irs
Surrogate mothers and maternity leave and pay

Campaigners are calling for a change in the law giving women who use a surrogate mother to have a baby for them rights to matenity leave and pay, according to London Today . While surrogacy is relatively uncommon, XpertHR has received queries from subscribers...

Published 28 Oct 2009 2:18 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: employee rights, maternity leave, maternity pay
Government should not focus on raising national minimum wage in 2010/2011, says CBI

The Government should "boost minimum wage enforcement efforts [in 2010/2011] rather than focussing on a rise in the level", according to the CBI's recommendations for the Pre-Budget Report 2009 (PDF format, 143K) (external website). Read...

Published 28 Oct 2009 7:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, national minimum wage, cbi, alistair darling, pre-budget report
Why the prolonged recession doesn't have to mean depression

The ongoing watch for the green shoots of economic recovery was dealt a severe blow by the publication on Friday (23 October 2009) of preliminary official data on gross domestic product (GDP) for the third quarter of 2009, which showed a surprise fall...

Published 26 Oct 2009 7:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: bank of england, economics, recession, depression, gdp
Swine flu: Next wave could be about to hit UK workplaces

The number of new cases of swine flu in the UK almost doubled (external website) over week 42 of 2009 (12 to 18 October 2009), according to latest official data from the Department of Health. The number of new cases rose by 96% from 27,000 in week 41...

Published 26 Oct 2009 7:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: absence management, absence, contingency planning, swine flu, h1n1
Bomb-disposing former Ulsterbus managing director dies

Werner Heubeck, whose exploits as managing director of Ulsterbus during the worst of the Troubles included personally boarding buses to remove suspect packages, has died at the age of 85. The Daily Telegraph has published an obituary of Heubeck on its...

Published 23 Oct 2009 11:06 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: wellbeing, health and safety, employee relations, hr policy and strategy, leadership, terrorism, death
Pay settlement trends in 2009 and the outlook for 2010

Today XpertHR publishes a summary of what has happened to pay awards over the past year , plus a forecast of what will happen in 2010 [subscription required]. Flick through these slides for some of the key findings. It used to be possible to use the phases...

Published 23 Oct 2009 8:51 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, pay awards, economic indicators, recession, pay freeze
Sing while you work (as long as you have a licence)

A shop assistant who was informed by the Performing Right Society (PRS) that she could not sing at work without a licence has been given an apology, reports the BBC website . Read More...

Published 22 Oct 2009 11:43 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: employee rights, retail sector, business practices, noise at work
What will the 2010 general election mean for the national minimum wage?

The October 2009 national minimum wage uprating marked the lowest increase to the statutory pay floor yet seen. The focus is now on what can be expected from the 2010/2011 national minimum wage increase , which will come into effect from 1 October 2010...

Published 22 Oct 2009 8:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, national minimum wage, labour party, gordon brown, conservative party, david cameron
Pre-Budget Report 2009 must include clampdown on public sector pay and absences, says CBI

The Government must take drastic action on public sector pay and absence rates in 2010 and beyond in order to tackle the current budget deficit, according to the CBI's recommendations for the Pre-Budget Report 2009 (external website). Read More.....

Published 21 Oct 2009 8:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, public sector, pay awards, cbi, absence, pre-budget report, pay freeze
Staff protection and wellbeing - a matter of staff involvement

Yesterday, I went to the Public Service Partnership staff protection and wellbeing conference. Although the speakers were from the public and private sectors, some common themes emerged as to how businesses can improve staff protection and wellbeing....

Published 20 Oct 2009 11:36 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: wellbeing, health and safety, hr policy and strategy, absence management
The UK minimum wage is (arguably) 100 years old today

This year has already seen the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the national minimum wage, which was introduced just over a decade ago, in April 1999. But our colleagues at CELRE - XpertHR's specialist salary surveys unit - note that today...

Published 20 Oct 2009 8:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, national minimum wage, winston churchill, trade boards act 1909

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IRS masterclass on formal trade union negotiations - 4 November 2009

Paper boy's £6.93 redundancy package

Employment tribunal decisions making the headlines: 17.10.09 to 30.10.09

Pay-setting in uncertain times requires informed decisions

Surrogate mothers and maternity leave and pay

Government should not focus on raising national minimum wage in 2010/2011, says CBI

Why the prolonged recession doesn't have to mean depression

Swine flu: Next wave could be about to hit UK workplaces

Bomb-disposing former Ulsterbus managing director dies

Pay settlement trends in 2009 and the outlook for 2010

Sing while you work (as long as you have a licence)

What will the 2010 general election mean for the national minimum wage?

Pre-Budget Report 2009 must include clampdown on public sector pay and absences, says CBI

Staff protection and wellbeing - a matter of staff involvement

The UK minimum wage is (arguably) 100 years old today