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National minimum wage 2011: 'Loophole' for travel & subsistence tax relief schemes closed today

Happy new year! 2011 may have only just begun, but already it has brought some change for workers covered by the national minimum wage. With effect from today, the Government has amended the national minimum wage Regulations, so as to stop payments into...

Published 1 Jan 2011 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

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

Ellison Bloomfield: If I could change one thing about HR...

Today we present Ellison Bloomfield 's take on the topic "If I could change one thing about HR...". Ellison is an HR professional and leadership development consultant based in Melbourne, Australia, and serves as a Secretary on the Victorian...

Published 18 Jan 2011 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: hr policy and strategy, hr change, If I could change one thing about hr

Is People Management the CIPD's 'key membership benefit'?

People Management magazine is the "key membership benefit" offered by the CIPD to its members. This is according to the CIPD, in the job description for its Head of Publishing (see Key accountabilities > Journals, point 1): I'm interested...

Published 18 Jan 2011 10:05 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: hr policy and strategy, cipd, people management

Economic recovery 2011: GDP growth contracts by 0.5% in Q4 2010

UK economic recovery went into reverse (PDF format, 106K) in the closing months of 2010, according to latest official data released today (Tuesday 25 January 2011). Growth in gross domestic product (GDP) ran at -0.5% in the fourth and final quarter of...

Published 25 Jan 2011 9:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: inflation, economics, unemployment, gdp, stagflation, economic recovery, economic outlook

BBC questions figures underlying CIPD forecasts for 250,000 job losses from VAT hike

A BBC presenter has questioned whether the CIPD's use of data in calculating part of its estimates on the impact of the Coalition Government's austerity measures on the UK jobs market was "fair." Tim Harford, presenter of BBC Radio 4's...

Published 17 Jan 2011 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: economics, alistair darling, cipd, george osborne, vat, coalition government, austerity measures, national insurance

Robin Schooling: If I could change one thing about HR...

Why do HR professionals keep finding themselves cast in the confining role of the "HR policy cop?" Robin Schooling - author of today's "If I could change one thing about HR..." post - has a compelling theory on this topic, and...

Published 31 Jan 2011 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: hr policy and strategy, hr change, If I could change one thing about hr

Why it pays to get job evaluation right

Using job evaluation helps organisations achieve fairer pay structures . This is the verdict of HR practitioners surveyed by XpertHR, with an overwhelming majority agreeing or strongly agreeing this is the case. Read More...

Published 27 Jan 2011 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, benchmarking, xperthr surveys, job evaluation

How do your sick pay arrangements compare?

The public sector is typically more generous than the private sector when it comes to occupational sick pay schemes , XpertHR research reveals. Read More...

Published 6 Jan 2011 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, benchmarking, xperthr surveys, sick pay

Public spending cuts & HR: Last call for the 2011 XpertHR benchmarking survey

What will the programme of public spending cuts enacted by the Coaltion Government mean for public sector HR departments? This is the last call for the 2011 XpertHR benchmarking survey of public spending cuts and HR . We would like to invite any and all...

Published 24 Jan 2011 1:30 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: public sector, redundancy, benchmarking, hr policy and strategy, hr budgets, relocation, public spending, HR, outsourcing, xperthr surveys, shared services

Will strikes and wider social unrest occur in 2011?

I was recently invited to contribute a short article to Holyrood magazine (which covers the Scottish Parliament and policymaking in Scotland) on the following topic: "Will strikes and wider social unrest occur in 2011?" Here's what I had...

Published 20 Jan 2011 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: tuc, trade unions, employee relations, industrial action, strikes, unions, unite

Celebrating one year of XpertHR benchmarking

I'm delighted to report that XpertHR's unique benchmarking service has reached its first anniversary this week. To celebrate this occasion, we've made a number of significant enhancements to the service, including the following: We've...

Published 21 Jan 2011 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: xperthr, benchmarking, hr policy and strategy, HR 2.0

HR cupcakes: Share your pictures and recipes!

A change from our usual fare here on XpertHR Employment Intelligence today, with a special and very appetising post to highlight and celebrate an unsung hero of the HR universe: the HR cupcake. Over recent months, I've detected a subtle trend in the...

Published 28 Jan 2011 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: HR 2.0, baking, hr cupcakes, recipes

Yu Yu Din: Seven global HR issues to watch in 2011

It's my great honour today to present a guest blog post from Yu Yu Din. In response to the recent XpertHR article on UK economic prospects for the year ahead (and their implications for HR) , Yu Yu here presents a list of seven global HR issues that...

Published 14 Jan 2011 1:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: international, turnover, strikes, hr policy and strategy, france, unions, younger workers, HR, talent management, employer brand, economic recovery, economic outlook, cloud, global hr, globalisation, india, marketing

George Osborne "prepared to consider changes to the law around strikes"

Chancellor George Osborne has signalled that he is "prepared to consider changes to the law around strikes" as a measure of "last resort" to help force through his package of economic austerity measures. This comes six months after...

Published 30 Jan 2011 8:40 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: employee rights, employee relations, strikes, hr policy and strategy, cipd, george osborne, strike bans

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