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• Pay awards stand at 1% in February 2010, but outlook is uncertain

  With the economy making a faltering return to growth, whole-economy pay awards also appear to be showing tentative signs of recovery, according to latest benchmarking research from IRS for XpertHR. The headline pay award stood at 1% over the three months... Posted Mar 19 2010, 07:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, pay awards, benchmarking, irs, pay freeze

• Should the default retirement age be abolished? Take part in our 2010 retirement procedures survey

  "The default retirement age should be abolished and public services and policies reshaped to promote extended working life." This is according to John Sibson of consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). A new report from PwC argues that the... Posted Feb 25 2010, 07:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: retirement, termination of employment, xperthr, benchmarking, irs surveys

• Benchmarking sporting policy in 2010: Take part in the IRS/XpertHR survey

  With the Winter Olympics well underway and the football World Cup looming in June 2010, we're running a timely benchmarking survey on how employers deal with the workplace impact of major sporting events . Read More... Posted Feb 19 2010, 01:30 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: xperthr, benchmarking, hr policy and strategy, Olympics, irs surveys, sport, World Cup, sporting policy

• Handling discipline and grievances in 2010: Take part in our benchmarking survey

  Handling individual disputes in the workplace can be one of the most challenging areas that HR practitioners have to deal with. There's still time to take part in our 2010 benchmarking survey of how employers deal with employee grievances and discipline... Posted Feb 18 2010, 07:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: terms and conditions, xperthr, benchmarking, grievances, disciplinary procedures, irs surveys, research

• Has the office cuppa fallen victim to the recession?

  Reward has taken something of a beating during the recession, with pay freezes becoming the norm for many UK workers during 2009. But there could be a further, hidden casualty among our most valued workplace perks, with potentially serious implications... Posted Feb 12 2010, 07:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, benchmarking, benefits, morale and motivation, cuppa, tea

• Benchmarking HR costs in 2010: Every penny counts

  Every penny counts for HR practitioners in the current economic context faltering profitability for many organisations and weak overall economic growth. And so, as I tell Jeya Thiruchelvam in this week's XpertHR Podcast, benchmarking employment practices... Posted Feb 05 2010, 09:50 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: xperthr, benchmarking, hr policy and strategy, hr budgets, recession, podcast, HR 2.0, hr roles and responsibilities

• Talking benchmarking: Catch the latest XpertHR podcast

  If you've not yet lent it an ear, XpertHR's Weekly podcast provides an excellent, thoroughly enjoyable and completely free weekly digest of key HR and employment issues. The current edition includes an introduction to the newly launched XpertHR... Posted Jan 20 2010, 07:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: xperthr, information sources, benchmarking, hr policy and strategy, podcast

• XpertHR benchmarking is now open for business!

  I'm delighted to announce that XpertHR's new benchmarking service (subscription required) has been launched today (Thursday 14 January 2010). This is a major enhancement to XpertHR, providing our subscribers with the opportunity to access a huge... Posted Jan 14 2010, 10:50 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: xperthr, information sources, benchmarking, hr policy and strategy, irs surveys, irs, HR 2.0

• Paternity and adoption leave: take part in our benchmarking survey

  IRS is conducting benchmarking research into paternity and adoption leave. Completing this brief, confidential survey on paternity and adoption leave will entitle you to a free copy of the report. The closing date for this survey is Monday 14 December... Posted Dec 07 2009, 07:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: employee rights, benchmarking, hr policy and strategy, irs surveys, paternity leave, adoption leave

• Goodbye to the Average Earnings Index in 2010

  An obscure and unnnoticed report published by the UK's National Statistics Authority yesterday reveals that the existing national statistic for earnings growth - the long-established Average Earnings Index - is to be replaced with a series called... Posted Nov 27 2009, 08:02 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay rates, pay and benefits, benchmarking, statistics

• Why it pays to benchmark your HR function

  In the current climate of ongoing economic instability and organisational belt-tightening, benchmarking HR processes is an essential way to control costs and ensure that you are achieving best practice as efficiently as possible. Taking part in our eighth... Posted Oct 19 2009, 08:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: benchmarking, hr policy and strategy, irs surveys, HR

• The 2009 recession is driving down absence rates

  Rising concerns over job security in the face of the recession have made UK workers think twice about taking time off sick, resulting in a fall in the sickness absence rate in 2009 (external website) to less than two-thirds of what it was in 2001, according... Posted Sep 02 2009, 08:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: benchmarking, absence management, absence, recession, swine flu

• Company cars rebound in popularity in 2009

  Company car provision has almost doubled among UK employers (subscription required) over the past year, rising from 23.8% in 2008 to 46.9% in 2009, according to latest research from Industrial Relations Services (IRS), part of the XpertHR Group. But car... Posted Jul 17 2009, 08:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, benchmarking, benefits, company cars

• Benchmarking bonus pay in 2009: employers keep the faith in bonuses

  Bonuses remain a key part of the reward offering for UK employers in 2009, but 2009 bonus payments are likely to be constrained by the economic downturn (subscription required). These are among the key findings of a major benchmarking survey of bonus... Posted Apr 27 2009, 08:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, bonuses, benchmarking, irs, bonus, survey

• Benchmark your benefits and allowances

  With little spare cash for awarding inflation-busting pay rises, organisations need to look beyond salaries in order to stand out from their competitors. Therefore, 2009 could be the year of benefits as a key recruitment and retention tool. Read More... Posted Apr 06 2009, 11:36 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, benchmarking, benefits, survey