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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.

    • Absence
    • HR practice

    Occupational health advisers should be more involved with absence

    by Mark Crail 3 Sep 2007
    by Mark Crail 3 Sep 2007

    Occupational health (OH) advisers should be more business focused and more proactive in managing sickness absence, research by Personnel Today’s...

    • Assessment centres
    • HR strategy
    • Recruitment & retention

    Employers rate assessment centres as worth the high cost

    by Mark Crail 21 Aug 2007
    by Mark Crail 21 Aug 2007

    More than nine out of 10 employers using assessment centres believe they are a very (47%) or fairly (48%) effective...

    • Employee relations
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Discrimination payouts in employment tribunals continue to fall…

    by Mark Crail 7 Aug 2007
    by Mark Crail 7 Aug 2007

    The compensation paid by employers who discriminated against employees fell by almost £1m last year, as the number of successful...

    • HR practice
    • Pay & benefits
    • Incentives

    Suits and ties go the way of the bowler hat…

    by Mark Crail 24 Jul 2007
    by Mark Crail 24 Jul 2007

    Office workers are ditching their suits and ties for a more relaxed look, according to a study by Personnel Today’s...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Incentive pay

    Research update: Paid overtime is falling – but not fast enough…

    by Mark Crail 16 Jul 2007
    by Mark Crail 16 Jul 2007

    Paid overtime is falling across the economy, but nearly half the employers surveyed by Personnel Today’s sister publication, Employment Review, believe...

    • Employment law
    • Discipline and grievances

    Grievance procedures meet legal requirements

    by Mark Crail 3 Jul 2007
    by Mark Crail 3 Jul 2007

    Most employers have little problem complying with the letter of the law on employee grievances, according to research by Personnel...

    • Employee relations
    • Dispute resolution
    • Employment tribunals

    HR doubts over plans to scrap dispute regulations

    by Mark Crail 26 Jun 2007
    by Mark Crail 26 Jun 2007

    HR practitioners have little confidence that government plans to repeal the statutory disputes resolution regulations will make life any easier,...

    • Employee relations
    • Employment law
    • Dispute resolution

    Employers face one in five chance of a dispute

    by Mark Crail 19 Jun 2007
    by Mark Crail 19 Jun 2007

    HR practitioners predict a one in five chance that their organisation will be involved in a collective dispute with their...

    • HR practice

    Most HR departments measure what they do

    by Mark Crail 11 Jun 2007
    by Mark Crail 11 Jun 2007

    One in three HR departments makes no attempt to measure how effective its interventions are, according to a study by...

    • Pay & benefits

    Best benefits are reserved for the motorists

    by Mark Crail 5 Jun 2007
    by Mark Crail 5 Jun 2007

    Anything that encourages motoring can hardly be considered a green option, but according to research by Personnel Today’s sister publication,...

    • HR practice
    • Learning & development

    Training tops list of HR priorities for year ahead

    by Mark Crail 29 May 2007
    by Mark Crail 29 May 2007

    HR practitioners expect this to be the year that training comes to the fore, according to research by Personnel Today’s...

    • Recruitment & retention

    HR takes a back seat as line managers take the lead in job interviews

    by Mark Crail 22 May 2007
    by Mark Crail 22 May 2007

    HR practitioners are involved in three-quarters (74%) of all job interviews. But in two-thirds (66%) of interviews, it is down...

    • HR practice
    • Sickness absence

    Sickness absence: Typical employee is off sick eight days a year…

    by Mark Crail 17 Apr 2007
    by Mark Crail 17 Apr 2007

    Employee absence rates currently stand at eight working days or 3.5% of working time each year for a typical employer,...

    • Annual hours
    • HR practice

    Employees get chance to take extended leave

    by Mark Crail 10 Apr 2007
    by Mark Crail 10 Apr 2007

    Two-thirds of employers (68%) allow staff to take some form of extended leave – including sabbaticals – according to a...

    • Pay & benefits

    Top London HR talent is in the money

    by Mark Crail 3 Apr 2007
    by Mark Crail 3 Apr 2007

    Experienced HR professionals are in such short supply that employers are increasingly recruiting from outside their industry sector, according to...

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