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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

UK economy grew by 0.5% in Q3 2011, revised ONS estimates show

The UK economy continues to grow in 2011. Just. The economy grew by 0.5% in the third quarter of 2011 . This is according to latest revised estimates on growth in gross domestic product (GDP), published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) today...

Published 24 Nov 2011 9:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: ons, bank of england, economics, cbi, gdp, economic recovery, economic outlook

'Austerity is the new normal,' says Reform

The Coalition Government's programme of economic austerity measures to cut the UK budget deficit and rebalance the economy should be a decade-long project, according to the Reform think tank. In a new report entitled The Long Game: Increasing UK Economic...

Published 22 Nov 2011 9:02 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: economics, cbi, unfair dismissal, george osborne, david cameron, vat, austerity measures, economic outlook, autumn statement, income tax, adrian beecroft, Compensated No Fault Dismissal

XpertHR data round-up, May 2011: HR benchmarking data, absence & hand-drawn charts

HR data and analytics are of increasing importance to the HR profession in 2011. With this in mind, we present here the first in a series of XpertHR data round-ups, which will provide links to recent HR data releases from XpertHR and other sources, as...

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

Filed under: benchmarking, cbi, hr policy and strategy, absence, eef, hr roles and responsibilities, xperthr salary surveys, xperthr surveys

CBI: "We do not foresee a double-dip recession"

"Rather anaemic and sluggish" growth is in prospect for the UK economy in 2011, but "the risk of a double-dip recession is low," according to latest economic forecasts from the CBI. Read More...

Published 9 Feb 2011 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay awards, inflation, economics, cbi, economic indicators, unemployment, gdp, economic recovery, economic outlook

Absence costs could be less than surveys suggest?

One of the issues which doesn't seem to have been addressed in the response to the survey by Aon Consulting this week about employees taking 'sickies' is the claim that people taking days off when they are not really ill is costing the economy...

Published 15 Jul 2010 5:51 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: cbi, cipd, sickness absence, absence costs, Royal Mail, sickies

Cut public sector HR "waste and duplication" immediately, says CBI

The CBI has called for public sector organisations to share "support services such as payroll and human resources functions" (external website) as an immediate priority to help cut "waste and duplication". Read More...

Published 19 May 2010 4:55 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: public sector, cbi, hr policy and strategy, HR, george osborne, coalition government

Guidance on preventing workplace harassment and violence

Guidance on preventing workplace harassment and violence (PDF format, 822K) has been published jointly by the CBI, the Partnership of Public Employers and the TUC. The guidance is intended to raise awareness about how to protect employees from the risk...

Published 19 Jan 2010 9:57 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, health and safety, harassment, tuc, cbi, violence at work

Retaining top talent will lead the 2010 employment agenda, says CBI

Retaining key employees will rise quickly to the top of the employment agenda for 2010 (PDF format, 10MB) (external website) once economic recovery gets underway, according to research from the CBI/Harvey Nash. Read More...

Published 15 Dec 2009 7:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, recruitment, pay awards, retention, cbi

Why it doesn't pay to be a graduate in 2009

A year ago we looked at why it didn't pay to be a graduate in 2008 . Things haven't exactly improved for graduates in the interim, with a number of different surveys on the state of graduate recruitment combining to paint a picture of static starting...

Published 27 Nov 2009 7:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: recruitment, cbi, graduate recruitment

CBI predicts the next decade will see a growing "flexiforce"

The CBI has published a report on The shape of business: The next 10 years (on the CBI website), identifying the trends it expects to see in how business will develop over the next decade. The report includes predictions of how workforce dynamics will...

Published 23 Nov 2009 10:33 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: flexible working, skills, cbi, hr policy and strategy, work organisation

National minimum wage: 2009/2010 increase could result in job cuts, says CBI

The 2009/2010 increase to the national minimum wage - which resulted in a 1.2% rise in the national minimum wage adult rate to £5.80 per hour - could result in job cuts (PDF format, 10MB) (external website), according to the CBI. Read More...

Published 19 Nov 2009 7:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

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

Government should not focus on raising national minimum wage in 2010/2011, says CBI

The Government should "boost minimum wage enforcement efforts [in 2010/2011] rather than focussing on a rise in the level", according to the CBI's recommendations for the Pre-Budget Report 2009 (PDF format, 143K) (external website). Read...

Published 28 Oct 2009 7:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, national minimum wage, cbi, alistair darling, pre-budget report

Pre-Budget Report 2009 must include clampdown on public sector pay and absences, says CBI

The Government must take drastic action on public sector pay and absence rates in 2010 and beyond in order to tackle the current budget deficit, according to the CBI's recommendations for the Pre-Budget Report 2009 (external website). Read More.....

Published 21 Oct 2009 8:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, public sector, pay awards, cbi, absence, pre-budget report, pay freeze

National minimum wage: Brown promises increases for 2010 to 2014

The national minimum wage will rise each year between 2010 and 2014 (external website) if Labour wins the 2010 general election, according to Gordon Brown in his speech to the Labour party conference in Brighton yesterday Tuesday (29 September 2009)....

Published 30 Sep 2009 8:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, general election, national minimum wage, labour party, cbi, gordon brown

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