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National work-life week: XpertHR resources on work-life balance

Today marks the beginning of Working Families' National Work-Life Week 2011 , a week of events organised by the charity to highlight the importance of work-life balance. There are many ways for employers to get involved. Helping employees to achieve...

Published 26 Sep 2011 12:33 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: flexible working, hr policy and strategy, work-life balance

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

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

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

HR strategy round up: employee engagement task force launched

This week the Government announced an Employee Engagement Task Force as a follow up to the review on employee engagement by David MacLeod and Nita Clarke in 2009, which was done for the previous government. The good news for people managers is that the...

Published 1 Apr 2011 3:40 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: wellbeing, flexible working, hr policy and strategy, employee engagement, HR, HR strategy, Macleod report

Institute of Directors (IoD) calls for end of collective pay bargaining in hospitals & schools & abolition of right to request flexible working

Abolish the right to request flexible working and training. Wherever it is practicable (hospitals and schools, not the army and navy) there should be an end to national collective pay bargaining. Introduce a minimum £500 employee deposit in employment...

Published 7 Feb 2011 8:35 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: employee rights, public sector, flexible working, tribunals, collective bargaining, iod

Turning the clock back?

The Institute of Directors (IoD) has put a range of recommendations to Government designed to cut red tape and boost business growth. According to the BBC , these 24 "freebie" proposals include the removal of the right to request flexible working...

Published 7 Feb 2011 8:02 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, employee rights, employee relations, flexible working, economics, tribunals, performance pay, trades union congress, collective bargaining

CIPD 'strategy for growth' in 2011 focuses on jobs, skills & employment rights

The CIPD has today published its Platform 2011: A Blueprint for Growth (PDF format, 5.83MB) report, which sets out its policy recommendations for the coming year. The CIPD describes this document as its "strategy for growth [...] designed to protect...

Published 10 Jan 2011 12:05 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: flexible working, national minimum wage, migrant workers, employment tribunals, hr policy and strategy, cipd, mediation, leadership, interns, economic recovery, training wage

Flexible working - the key to enjoying life?

According to research, flexible working is beneficial to the physical and mental health of employees. Apparently, those who can decide on their working hours may even have healthier blood pressure and heart rates. The findings, which are available on...

Published 17 Feb 2010 12:19 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, employee rights, maternity leave, flexible working, business practices

Employers can start preparing now for football World Cup

The draw for the football World Cup (on the BBC website) taking place in summer 2010 has now been made, while the England cricket team's defence of the Ashes begins in late 2010 and the rugby World Cup takes place in 2011. And of course we have the...

Published 11 Dec 2009 9:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, terms and conditions, employee relations, discrimination, flexible working, time off, absence management, sport, internet at work, World Cup

Workers seek father-friendly employers

According to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) (in the EHRC newsletter), two-thirds of fathers see flexible working as an important benefit when looking for a new job. Andrea Murray, the Commission's acting group director of strategy...

Published 25 Nov 2009 11:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, flexible working, talent, survey, paternity leave, family-friendly policies

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

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National work-life week: XpertHR resources on work-life balance

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

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

Tim Thomas, EEF: Flexibility not complexity

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

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

HR strategy round up: employee engagement task force launched

Institute of Directors (IoD) calls for end of collective pay bargaining in hospitals & schools & abolition of right to request flexible working

Turning the clock back?

CIPD 'strategy for growth' in 2011 focuses on jobs, skills & employment rights

Flexible working - the key to enjoying life?

Employers can start preparing now for football World Cup

Top 10 HR questions - November 2009

Workers seek father-friendly employers

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