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• 2010 public sector pay freeze not as simple as it sounds

  Despite the public sector pay freezes announced yesterday (see the coverage in the Guardian , Telegraph and Financial Times , plus the reactions from the First Division Association and the British Medical Association , all on external websites) many public... Posted Mar 11 2010, 03:15 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, public sector, gordon brown, pay freeze

• Prime Minister confirms 2010 pay freeze for senior public servants

  As well as announcing the date of the 2010 Budget , the Prime Minister also made some announcements on public sector pay this morning. In his speech on the economy , he confirmed that there would be no pay rises for senior civil servants, the senior military... Posted Mar 10 2010, 12:43 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, public sector, pay awards, gordon brown, pay freeze

• 2010 general election: What will it mean for HR?

  The 2010 general election is fast approaching, although the exact date is still not yet known. But what is certain is that its outcome will have major implications for the world of work and consequently for the work of HR professionals - no matter which... Posted Feb 02 2010, 07:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: public sector, general election, hr policy and strategy, hr policy

• Public sector pay 2010: Pay cuts in prospect?

  Many public sector workers already face low pay increases or pay freezes in 2010. Now, in an interview with the Sunday Times, Chancellor Alistair Darling has indicated that public sector pay will be subject to " restructuring " (external website... Posted Jan 25 2010, 07:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, employee relations, public sector, pay awards, alistair darling, budget, pay freeze, pay cut

• Local government workers face pay freeze in 2010

  Unions representing 1.4 million local government services workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have been told that their members will not be offered a pay increase for 2010/11. Read More... Posted Jan 20 2010, 11:50 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: public sector, pay freeze, local government

• Unemployment rate rises to

  The headline unemployment rate has risen to x.x%, according to latest official unemployment data (PDF format, x.xK) (external website) published today (Wednesday 20 January 2010). Read More... Posted Jan 20 2010, 09:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: public sector, economics, unemployment, public spending

• Unemployment rate holds at 7.8%

  The headline unemployment rate has held steady at 7.8% (PDF format, 351K) (external website), according to latest official unemployment data published today (Wednesday 20 January 2010). Read More... Posted Jan 20 2010, 09:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: public sector, economics, unemployment, public spending

• ECJ decisions on defences to age discrimination

  The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has given two judgments on when employers can set upper age limits for employment, in Wolf v Stadt Frankfurt Am Main [subscription required] and Petersen v Berufungsausschuss Für Zahnärzte Für Den Bezirk Westfalen-Lippe... Posted Jan 15 2010, 11:05 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: equal opportunities, recruitment, age, discrimination, public sector

• Cameron promises hardline stance on unions if elected in 2010

  Conservative leader David Cameron has drawn the battle-lines for his relations with UK trade unions (external website) if his party wins the 2010 general election. The Daily Telegraph reports that Cameron has said he would be "very happy" to... Posted Jan 13 2010, 07:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, trade unions, employee relations, public sector, general election, pay freeze, conservative party, david cameron

• Alistair Darling: Budget 2010 in March; election in May; "toughest" spending cuts in 20 years thereafter?

  Labour is planning a post-election Comprehensive Spending Review which will prove to be "the toughest we have had for 20 years", according to an interview with Chancellor Alistair Darling (external website) published in the Times on Saturday... Posted Jan 11 2010, 07:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: public sector, pay awards, economics, general election, labour party, alistair darling, budget, pre-budget report, public spending

• New decade could see an end to "benign employment relations", says CIPD

  The new decade may have only just begun, but already there is speculation that it could herald a sea-change in UK employment relations. The CIPD argues that the aftermath of the recession could bring widespread unrest to UK workplaces (external website... Posted Jan 04 2010, 07:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: employee relations, xperthr, public sector, hr policy and practice, hr policy and strategy, cipd, HR

• The UK labour market in 2010: Time for "cautious optimism"? (Part 2)

  It can't have escaped anyone's attention that 2009 has seen a harsh and relentless rise in unemployment as the UK labour market reels from the full impact of the longest recession on record . Yet it can be argued that the unemployment rate could... Posted Dec 29 2009, 07:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: recruitment, public sector, economics, economic indicators, unemployment, pay freeze, cipd

• NHS pay rise 2010: pay review body decides not to seek review

  NHS staff will receive the 2.25% pay increase due as the final stage of their three-year pay agreement from April 2010. The NHS Pay Review Body has concluded that the conditions have not been met for it to seek a remit to review the increase. Read More... Posted Dec 16 2009, 12:13 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, public sector, nhs, pay

• Pre-Budget Report 2009: public sector pay and pensions

  Among the "tough choices on public sector pay" outlined in the Pre-Budget Report 2009 was the announcement that the Government will cap basic pay awards across the sector at 1% for 2011/12 and 2012/13. Read More... Posted Dec 09 2009, 07:30 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: public sector, pay awards, pre-budget report

• Pre-Budget Report 2009: Follow it live on XpertHR

  Chancellor Alistair Darling will deliver what is arguably the most eagerly anticipated Pre-Budget Report since they were introduced in 1997 at 12.30 pm on Wednesday 9 December 2009. We will be providing live coverage of the Pre-Budget Report 2009 speech... Posted Dec 03 2009, 10:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay rates, public sector, redundancy, economics, general election, alistair darling, hr policy and strategy, recession, pre-budget report, pay freeze, public spending, gdp