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National minimum wage increase 2010/2011: A crutch for pay awards in Q4 2010?

With pay freezes once again in the ascendant, it is quite possible that the 2.2% national minimum wage uprating - which the Government last week confirmed will come into effect as planned on 1 October 2010 - could look like "the only show in town"...

Published 30 Jun 2010 8:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, pay awards, national minimum wage, pay freeze

How to avoid a dispute escalating into industrial action

The ongoing dispute between British Airways and its cabin crew (on the BBC website) provides a persuasive illustration of why employers should try to avoid industrial action if at all possible. Read More...

Published 29 Jun 2010 3:39 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: trade unions, employee relations, industrial action, dispute resolution, strikes, British airways

Annual leave: are you still following good practice?

Employers' procedures on annual leave have been put to the test over the last few months. First we had the European Court of Justice decisions of Stringer and Pereda , which dealt with the interplay between sickness and annual leave. Then the snow...

Published 29 Jun 2010 10:26 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: employee rights, health and safety, holiday, hr policy and strategy, absence management, annual leave

Benchmarking IT pay: Low pay rises for computer staff in 2010

Pay rises for IT staff are subdued as a direct result of the continuing effects of the recession. This is among the key findings of detailed benchmarking research on computer staff salaries undertaken by XpertHR Salary Surveys . Read More...

Published 29 Jun 2010 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay rates, pay and benefits, pay awards, xperthr salary surveys

Absent staff hold meetings from sick beds, research shows

Research published today from Bupa finds that half (49%) of staff on sick leave continue to do some work with 32% reading work emails and 28% responding to them. A quarter have taken work-related calls and 2% have somehow hosted meetings from their sick...

Published 29 Jun 2010 1:01 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: absence management, absence, sick leave, sickness absence, presenteeism, sickness presence

SHRM 2010: What does Obama make of HR?

With former Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore set to address the SHRM 2010 Annual Conference in San Diego (external website) today (Monday 28 June 2010), it is interesting to consider what current US President Barack Obama makes of the HR profession...

Published 28 Jun 2010 3:00 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: hr policy and strategy, barack obama, HR, david cameron, form-fillers, al gore, shrm

Summer of discontent 2010: "Good communication and co-operation" vital, says CBI

Public sector employers need to take pointers in "good communication and co-operation" from the private sector's experiences of the recession in order to avert widespread industrial action in response to the coalition Government's austerity...

Published 25 Jun 2010 2:10 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: trade unions, employee relations, public sector, industrial relations, industrial action, strikes, public spending, nick clegg, david cameron, austerity measures

Employment tribunal decisions making the headlines: 12.06.10 to 25.06.10

A round-up of links to news items on recent employment tribunal rulings, including: a shop steward who was unfairly dismissed for swearing at work; a policewoman who has been award £273,000 for sex discrimination; and an academic employed for nine years...

Published 25 Jun 2010 9:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, termination of employment, contracts of employment, sex discrimination, redundancy, religion, theft, employment tribunals, internet at work, sexual harassment, unfair dismissal, fixed-term contracts, constructive dismissal, local government

Pay trends June 2010: Pay awards hold at 1% as "age of austerity" begins

The headline whole-economy pay award shows no signs of budging from 1% (subscription required) over the three months to 31 May 2010, according to latest pay trends data from IRS for XpertHR. But the gap between pay and inflation remains wide, while pay...

Published 25 Jun 2010 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, pay awards, inflation, budget, pay freeze, george osborne

Employment tribunal claimant "lunged at judge with meat cleaver"

An employment tribunal judge had a lucky escape when an unsuccessful claimant threatened him with a meat cleaver, the the Daily Mail website has reported. Read More...

Published 24 Jun 2010 9:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: employee rights, employment tribunals

Public sector pay 2010: school teachers' pay rise confirmed

The Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, confirmed on 22 June 2010 that the final stage of the three-year pay award for school teachers (subscription required) will be honoured by the Government. Read More...

Published 23 Jun 2010 2:05 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, pay award; review body; public sector

Emergency Budget 2010: Pay freeze hits civil service in 2010

The Chancellor's emergency Budget announcement of a two-year freeze on public sector pay from 2011-12 - with the exception of those earning £21,000 a year or less - was hardly a big surprise. The policy appears to combine elements of the Conservative...

Published 23 Jun 2010 8:45 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, public sector, budget, pay freeze, civil service

Emergency budget: live blogging the employment issues

XpertHR and Personnel Today will be live blogging today's Emergency Budget. To help with our commentary we will also be joined by The HRD (HR director), Mervyn Dinnen (HR recruiter) and Rick (HR consultant) from Flipchart Fairytales . <a href...

Published 22 Jun 2010 12:58 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: budget, emergency budget

Benchmarking regional pay in 2010: London allowances frozen

A majority of employers have frozen their London allowance over the past year , according to 2010 benchmarking research on regional pay from IRS for XpertHR. Read More...

Published 22 Jun 2010 8:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, benchmarking, irs surveys, location allowance, regional pay

National minimum wage 2010/2011: Government confirms October 2010 increase will go ahead as planned

The coalition Government has accepted the Low Pay Commission's (LPC) recommendations for the 2010/2011 national minimum wage increase, which is scheduled to come into effect on 1 October 2010. Read More...

Published 21 Jun 2010 3:09 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, national minimum wage, alistair darling, budget, low pay commission, george osborne

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