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Tim Thomas, EEF: Flexible working - the importance of communication and reward

In today's concluding guest blog post in a short series looking at the findings of the EEF's Flexibility in the Modern Manufacturing Workplace report, Tim Thomas looks at why communication and reward are of key importance to building and maintaining...

Published 29 Jul 2011 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: employee relations, flexible working, communication, eef, reward
Tim Thomas, EEF: Flexible working supports the UK's ability to compete

This week, we present a series of guest blog posts from Tim Thomas, Head of Employment Policy at EEF, the manufacturers' organisation. In this series, Tim highlights some of the key findings from the EEF's Flexibility in the Modern Manufacturing...

Published 28 Jul 2011 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: employee relations, flexible working, manufacturing, eef
Prospects for UK economic growth in 2011: 'Events, my dear boy, events.'

To nobody's great surprise (apart from that of a majority of economic forecasters who, for once, were proved right) yesterday's economic growth data release from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) indicated that the UK's recovery from...

Published 27 Jul 2011 9:45 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: ons, economics, Olympics, gdp, economic recovery, harold macmillan
Tim Thomas, EEF: Flexibility not complexity

This week, we present a series of guest blog posts from Tim Thomas, Head of Employment Policy at EEF, the manufacturers' organisation. In this series, Tim highlights some of the key findings from the EEF's Flexibility in the Modern Manufacturing...

Published 27 Jul 2011 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: employee relations, flexible working, manufacturing, eef
HR directors see internal communications as key role

Carolyn McCall, chief executive of Easy Jet (shown here, photo by Eric Solheim) is among speakers at a conference this September focused on how HR can encourage communication and collaboration between people throughout their organisations. Senior HR professionals...

Published 26 Jul 2011 4:14 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: hr policy and strategy, employee engagement, HR, silo syndrome, Carolyn McCall, collaboration, connectivity, corporate communications, Easy Jet, HR directors
GDP data for Q2 2011: UK economy grew by 0.2% in second quarter of 2011

Economic recovery is ongoing, but extremely weak in 2011. Eagerly-awaited preliminary figures on UK economic growth - published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) this morning (Tuesday 26 July 2011) - reveal that growth in gross domestic product...

Published 26 Jul 2011 10:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: ons, economics, gdp, george osborne, economic recovery, economic commentary
Tim Thomas, EEF: Employers should lead the social change agenda

This week, we present a series of guest blog posts from Tim Thomas, Head of Employment Policy at EEF, the manufacturers' organisation. In this series, Tim highlights some of the key findings from the EEF's Flexibility in the Modern Manufacturing...

Published 26 Jul 2011 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: employee relations, flexible working, manufacturing, eef
Tim Thomas, EEF: Flexible working - why fix what's not broken?

This week, we present a series of guest blog posts from Tim Thomas, Head of Employment Policy at EEF, the manufacturers' organisation. In this series, Tim highlights some of the key findings from the EEF's Flexibility in the Modern Manufacturing...

Published 25 Jul 2011 1:00 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: employee relations, flexible working, manufacturing, eef
CIPD on 'Osbornomics': 'The policy trajectory was wrong to begin with'

"The policy trajectory was wrong to begin with. When we look back on this period in five years time, we will say that one of the biggest mistakes was to put up VAT to 20% at the start of the year. While the historical evidence is that recoveries...

Published 25 Jul 2011 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: bank of england, economics, monetary policy committee, cipd, gdp, george osborne, economic recovery, mpc
HR data round-up July 2011: HR careers, absence & turnover

Is every day of your HR career reminiscent of Billy Murray's Groundhog Day? If you could have your time in HR over, would you do it all again? The latter question (along with a host of other questions relating to the careers of HR professionals) can...

Published 22 Jul 2011 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: hr policy and strategy, hr data
HR strategy round up: all change - China, the web, the end of the job

Commentators on HR issues have been taking a step back and looking at the bigger picture for the workplace. Among the topics covered recently are the growing economic power of China (photo left by Renato Ganoza), the impact of the internet, the end of...

Published 20 Jul 2011 1:20 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: hr policy and strategy, employee engagement, internet at work, leadership, HR strategy, business scorecards, China, sex equality
Tell us about your HR career

Our XpertHR survey on HR careers will explore how HR professionals got where they are today, what they believe are the key factors and barriers to career advancement, and whether they would choose HR as a career option all over again. Last time round...

Published 20 Jul 2011 10:45 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: training and development, hr policy and strategy, hr career
Are record-low interest rates here to stay?

At its July 2011 meeting, the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) once again voted to hold UK interest rates at the historic low of 0.5% . The minutes of the July 2011 MPC meeting (to be published later today) will provide some insight into...

Published 20 Jul 2011 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: inflation, bank of england, economics, monetary policy committee, interest rates, ecb, jean-claude trichet, mpc
Default retirement age abolition (3): Communicating about retirement

How are employers communicating about the impact of the removal of the DRA (XpertHR Benchmarking subscription required) to employees? One in three organisations plans to introduce line manager training for communicating with employees (XpertHR Benchmarking...

Published 19 Jul 2011 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: retirement, termination of employment, benchmarking, default retirement age, DRA, xperthr surveys
Is permanent austerity in prospect (at least in our lifetimes)?

The age of austerity has recently notched up its first year , with the full impact of public spending cuts only beginning to be felt. But could permanent austerity be in prospect, at least in our lifetimes? The age of austerity may need to be prolonged...

Published 18 Jul 2011 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: retirement, economics, pensions, economic recovery, austerity measures, office for budget responsibility, economic outlook, obr

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Tim Thomas, EEF: Flexible working - the importance of communication and reward

Tim Thomas, EEF: Flexible working supports the UK's ability to compete

Prospects for UK economic growth in 2011: 'Events, my dear boy, events.'

Tim Thomas, EEF: Flexibility not complexity

HR directors see internal communications as key role

GDP data for Q2 2011: UK economy grew by 0.2% in second quarter of 2011

Tim Thomas, EEF: Employers should lead the social change agenda

Tim Thomas, EEF: Flexible working - why fix what's not broken?

CIPD on 'Osbornomics': 'The policy trajectory was wrong to begin with'

HR data round-up July 2011: HR careers, absence & turnover

HR strategy round up: all change - China, the web, the end of the job

Tell us about your HR career

Are record-low interest rates here to stay?

Default retirement age abolition (3): Communicating about retirement

Is permanent austerity in prospect (at least in our lifetimes)?