The key to avoiding unnecessary absenteeism is a well-designed reward package and management programme, according to consultancy Watson Wyatt.
Incentives
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The TUC is calling for executive pay increases to be kept more closely in line with salary rises for other staff in the same company.
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The Compass Group catering firm has introduced new restrictions to its executive bonus plans, to ensure that bosses are only...
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Two sailors, one male and one female, have had cosmetic breast surgery at the Navy's expense
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Public sector employers are the meanest when it comes to giving Christmas parties for staff, according to new research.
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Councils are facing a crisis in recruitment for regulatory services such as trading standards and environmental health, according to the...
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The Conservatives have vowed to pay students up to £2,000 to take up under-subscribed university courses such as chemistry, physics,...
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It appears the Government’s push towards a more flexible working nation is paying off with news that 90 per cent...
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Forget trendy HR strategies such as flexible working and employer branding. If bosses want to hang on to their talented...
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The House of Fraser solves its IT recruitment problems by paying undergraduate IT students retainers to join the firm after...
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A quarter of recorded pay deals in the year to August 2004 have an element based on merit or performance, according to new research.
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The lure of promotion is the best way to get workers to put in extra effort and do unpaid overtime, according to a new survey.
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No amount of spin could disguise the findings of last week’s Turner Commission report – the UK is well and...
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Sainsbury’s is implementing a series of new HR initiatives in an attempt to improve staff morale, as part of a...
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OH needs to pick up some serious leadership and influencing skills if it is to be the major force that the Government seems to expect it to become. Heather Falconer shows how the profession is responding