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Mark Crail

Mark Crail

Mark Crail worked on XpertHR from 2001 until 2020, most recently as content director. He led the salary survey and HR data benchmarking services, overseeing the collection and publication of pay data through the Job Pricing tool and its wider HR research programme which forms the core of XpertHR Benchmarking.

    • Corporate governance
    • Gender
    • Gender pay gap

    Gender pay gap reporting: five things you need to know

    by Mark Crail 6 Dec 2016
    by Mark Crail 6 Dec 2016

    A new duty requiring big employers to publish data on their gender pay gaps now looks set to come into...

    • Ethics
    • Data protection
    • HR strategy

    Predictive HR analytics raise “Big Brother” ethical and legal fears

    by Mark Crail 11 Apr 2016
    by Mark Crail 11 Apr 2016

    As employers become more sophisticated in their use of HR metrics, they need to ensure they are aware of the...

    • Economics, government & business
    • Inflation
    • Trade unions

    The rise of CPI: HR hedges its bets over inflation

    by Mark Crail 26 Feb 2015
    by Mark Crail 26 Feb 2015

    Inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), fell to its lowest ever level in January 2015, hitting just...

    • Bonuses
    • Pay & benefits

    Bonuses for 60% of white-collar workers last year

    by Mark Crail 24 Apr 2009
    by Mark Crail 24 Apr 2009

    Six in 10 white-collar workers took home a cash bonus last year, worth on average 13.8% on top of basic...

    • Employee relations
    • Employment law
    • Discipline and grievances

    Staff with a grievance get paid off with compromise agreement by employer

    by Mark Crail 12 Dec 2007
    by Mark Crail 12 Dec 2007

    Nearly eight out of 10 employers would rather pay off a former employee with a grievance if the cost of...

    • Rest periods
    • Employee relations
    • Employment law

    Employers make liberal use of working time regulations opt-out

    by Mark Crail 26 Nov 2007
    by Mark Crail 26 Nov 2007

    Many organisations routinely ask key employees to opt out of working time limits even though there is little prospect that...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Online recruitment

    Online recruitment delivers more applicants and wins vote of most employers

    by Mark Crail 20 Nov 2007
    by Mark Crail 20 Nov 2007

    Online recruitment may not produce better quality candidates, but it does deliver more of them and that makes it easier...

    • Inflation
    • Graduates
    • Pay & benefits

    Graduate starting salaries fall behind inflation as good graduates are hard to find

    by Mark Crail 12 Nov 2007
    by Mark Crail 12 Nov 2007

    Starting salaries for new graduates have seen only modest increases over the past year, according to a survey by Personnel...

    • Pay & benefits
    • Pay structures

    Private sector pay awards to stay high in 2008

    by Mark Crail 30 Oct 2007
    by Mark Crail 30 Oct 2007

    One in three private sector employers expects to come out of the 2008 wage round with a settlement of 4%...

    • Absence
    • HR practice

    Return-to-work interviews do cut sickness absence rates

    by Mark Crail 15 Oct 2007
    by Mark Crail 15 Oct 2007

    Two out of three employers believe that return-to-work interviews have cut employee absence rates, according to a study by Personnel...

    • Employment law
    • Maternity

    Human resource practitioners believe maternity pay is too low

    by Mark Crail 8 Oct 2007
    by Mark Crail 8 Oct 2007

    Most humna resources (HR) practitioners believe that statutory maternity pay (SMP) is set at too low a level, according to...

    • Recruitment & retention

    Employers confident over recruitment prospects

    by Mark Crail 1 Oct 2007
    by Mark Crail 1 Oct 2007

    by Mark Crail Nearly one in five employers expects to recruit more employees by the end of the year, according to figures compiled for the Manpower...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Equal pay

    Equal pay claims push tribunal cases to new high…

    by Mark Crail 24 Sep 2007
    by Mark Crail 24 Sep 2007

    The number of cases brought to employment tribunals rose sharply last year, according to figures published by the Tribunals Service.More...

    • HR practice
    • Computer misuse

    Employers find online timewasting more of a problem than employees accessing porn websites

    by Mark Crail 18 Sep 2007
    by Mark Crail 18 Sep 2007

    Three out of four employers have had to deal with employees who waste time online rather than doing the job...

    • Change management
    • HR strategy
    • Recruitment & retention

    Research update – Senior managers are getting harder to find

    by Mark Crail 11 Sep 2007
    by Mark Crail 11 Sep 2007

    It takes an average of 12 weeks and costs £11,000 to fill a senior management vacancy, according to a study...

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