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Top 10 HR questions - January 2012

Employers have started the year grappling with questions on redundancy, TUPE, performance management and a whole range of other concerns. Here are the top ten FAQs on XpertHR for January 2012: Does an employee made redundant while on maternity leave have...

Published 31 Jan 2012 4:17 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, employee rights, terms and conditions, redundancy, tupe, performance management, faqs, Agency Workers Regulations 2010
Best of the HR blogs: 12 great HR blog posts from January 2012

I'm delighted to report that 2012 has got off to a cracking start in the world of HR blogs. Following on from last month's post, in which I rounded up my favourite 10 HR blogs posts published during 2011 , I thought it might be interesting to...

Published 31 Jan 2012 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: hr policy and strategy, blogging, blogs, hrblogs
Refer-a-friend recruitment pays dividends

New XpertHR research shows that the vast majority of employers view their "bounty schemes", whereby an existing employee recommends a friend for a vacancy, as well worth the time, money and effort as they help employers find good quality recruits...

Published 30 Jan 2012 2:13 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence
Would you choose HR again?

Has the recent arrival of the New Year prompted you to consider whether you want to remain in your current role, or perhaps try something new? Indeed, if you could have your whole career over, would you choose HR as your profession again ? This latter...

Published 30 Jan 2012 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: benchmarking, hr policy and strategy, HR, xperthr surveys, hr careers, hr lifer, choose hr
Is the national minimum wage 'a machine to destroy jobs'?

Given the current backdrop of ongoing economic uncertainty, subdued pay awards, rising unemployment and falling inflation, news of the annual increase to the national minimum wage for 2012/2013 (due to come into effect on Monday 1 October 2012) will be...

Published 27 Jan 2012 8:40 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, national minimum wage, low pay commission, lpc
What is the gender profile of the UK HR profession in 2012?

The UK HR profession is three-quarters female in 2011/2012. Three-quarters of UK HR professionals (75.1%) taking part in XpertHR's HR careers survey are female (XpertHR Benchmarking subscription required). This is in line with earlier analysis from...

Published 27 Jan 2012 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: benchmarking, hr policy and strategy, HR, xperthr surveys, hr careers, hr lifer, gender
Just how much is your job costing you per year?

One to ponder for a Friday: What does the simple act of turning up to your day job, and keeping yourself fully fed and watered cost you per year? Or, alternatively, how much is your job likely to cost you over the course of your life? This is the subject...

Published 27 Jan 2012 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: hr policy and strategy, hr data, cost of work
Benchmarking stress management (2): Actions taken on work-related stress

Just over half of employers are taking action to deal with workplace stress , new XpertHR Benchmarking research reveals. Employers who are acting to tackle stress levels are most likely to pursue "a preventative, positive approach" to stress...

Published 26 Jan 2012 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: stress, health and safety, benchmarking, xperthr surveys
UK economy grew by -0.2% in Q4 2011, says ONS

The UK economy has slumped has slumped back into negative growth. The economy grew by -0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2011. This is according to latest estimates of growth in gross domestic product (GDP) published by the Office for National Statistics...

Published 25 Jan 2012 9:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: economics, gdp, economic recovery, double-dip recession
Benchmarking stress management (1): Employers forced to scale back stress management efforts

The economic climate is forcing many employers to scale back their efforts to tackle workplace stress, XpertHR Benchmarking research finds. One in five employers has been forced to reduce their efforts to tackle workplace stress in order to save time...

Published 25 Jan 2012 7:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: stress, health and safety, benchmarking, xperthr surveys
Have the Agency Workers Regs affected your temp recruitment?

Some commentators predicted that the Agency Workers Regulations, implemented in October 2011, would seriously impact on the ability of some employers to hire temporary staff. What is your experience? XpertHR is carrying out new research to find out how...

Published 24 Jan 2012 12:01 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence
Why using internal social media could leave HR with data 'as fixed as concrete.'

Could using internal social media applications ("work media") render data inaccessible for HR and other departments? In a fascinating post on the GigaOm blog, analyst and blogger Stowe Boyd looks at the opportunities and the risks of "work...

Published 23 Jan 2012 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: HR, social media, HR 2.0, work media
Anna Birtwistle: What will the two year unfair dismissal qualifying period mean for younger workers?

Solicitor Anna Birtwistle presents her reaction to today's news that the Government has confirmed that the increase in the qualifying period for unfair dismissal protection from one to two years will not be retrospective . As XpertHR's John Read...

Published 18 Jan 2012 5:10 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, unfair dismissal, interns, youth unemployment, diversity
Unemployment rate hits 8.3% as private sector fails to create sufficient new jobs

Unemployment continues to rise, while the private sector is failing to create sufficient numbers of new jobs to fill the gaps created by public sector job cuts. This is according to the first official data release of 2012 on UK employment and unemployment...

Published 18 Jan 2012 9:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: ons, economics, recession, unemployment
Has the UK economy gone 'ex-growth' in 2012?

Has the UK economy gone "ex-growth" in 2012 (To borrow a phrase coined by Sunday Times Economics Editor David Smith )? This question is at the forefront of the minds of most economic commentators at present, as concerns mount that growth in...

Published 17 Jan 2012 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: bank of england, economics, cbi, cipd, gdp, economic recovery, mervyn king, economic outlook, double-dip recession, obr

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January 2012 - XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog

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Top 10 HR questions - January 2012

Best of the HR blogs: 12 great HR blog posts from January 2012

Refer-a-friend recruitment pays dividends

Would you choose HR again?

Is the national minimum wage 'a machine to destroy jobs'?

What is the gender profile of the UK HR profession in 2012?

Just how much is your job costing you per year?

Benchmarking stress management (2): Actions taken on work-related stress

UK economy grew by -0.2% in Q4 2011, says ONS

Benchmarking stress management (1): Employers forced to scale back stress management efforts

Have the Agency Workers Regs affected your temp recruitment?

Why using internal social media could leave HR with data 'as fixed as concrete.'

Anna Birtwistle: What will the two year unfair dismissal qualifying period mean for younger workers?

Unemployment rate hits 8.3% as private sector fails to create sufficient new jobs

Has the UK economy gone 'ex-growth' in 2012?