Employment Review archive 2009

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ER 935 14 December 2009
Christmas during a recession: the 2009 IRS survey, Acas disciplinary and
grievances code of practice: code to joy?, ASHE: weekly earnings rise by
2% while gender pay gap narrows, opting out of Agenda for Change:
Southend University Hospital's story

ER 934 1 December 2009
Dealing with the impact of redundancy: the IRS 2009 survey, pay awards
lifted as minimum wage rise takes effect, gender pay gap narrows, ASHE
2009 shows, voluntary sector employers predict low pay rises in 2010,
housing association staff receive 3.8% basic pay rise

ER 933 16 November 2009
Employer dress codes: the 2009 IRS survey, keeping top performers on
the front line, IRS annual review of pay trends 2008/09: private sector pay,
statistics and forecasts, stress management resource pack, lessons learned
from the first wave of the swine flu pandemic

ER 932 2 November 2009
Network Rail instils culture of accountability through training, industrial
unrest: when it’s anything but official, annual review 2009: pay freezes
dominate, performance-pay budgets hold up despite recession, the annual
pay bargaining calendar, economic outlook 2009/10: growth may resume

ER 931 19 October 2009
Two in five employers underestimated redundancies required in 2009,
international: Developing HR in Russia and China, trade union pay
bargaining agendas 2009/10, Agenda for Change pay structure in the NHS:
five years on, CIMA members see gender pay differential of 33%

ER 930 5 October 2009
Unison's equality-proofed pay and grading structure, France: Social
partners reach deal in "emergency" employment measures, pay awards
remain weak, performance-related pay: the 2009 IRS survey, merit pay can
improve performance, despite failing to motivate staff

ER 929 21 September 2009
Managing learning and development in a recession: the 2009 IRS survey,
international: UniCredit signs transnational equality agreement, paying for
shift work: the 2009 IRS survey, case study: Reward and corporate
responsibility at Aviva, sales professionals' pay is up by 3.2%

ER 928 1 September 2009
Ordnance Survey's journey to create a compelling employer brand, pay
awards fall further to 1%, retail pay 2008/09: awards at 3% but more firms
freeze pay, progress is stalling on closing the gender pay gap, report says,  
pay review update: 21 August 2009

ER 927 17 August 2009
Managing shift-working arrangements: the 2009 IRS survey, manufacturing
pay awards down to 2.5% in uncertain economic climate, finance sector pay
2009: pay awards dip as recession bites, holistic health promotion in EU,
talent management's role in a time of recession

ER 926 3 August 2009
Leadership culture change aids engagement at L&Q Housing Trust, benefits
and allowances 2009: childcare, pensions and other benefits, monthly review:
pay awards running at 1.3%, swine flu - guidance for employers, using
corporate websites for recruitment: the 2009 IRS survey

ER 925 20 July 2009
Employee involvement re-energises the business at Harrod UK, international:
French employment-preservation agreement in metalworking, benefits and
allowances 2009: travel and subsistence benefits, BOC’s focus on health
supports employees through change

ER 924 6 July 2009
Using flexible working solutions to reduce compulsory redundancies, monthly
review: pay settlements at record low, benefits and allowances 2009: health
benefits and allowances, the impact of the recession on recruitment: the April
2009 IRS survey, the Equality Bill: part three

ER 923 22 June 2009
Equality and diversity in the workplace: the 2009 IRS survey, benefits and
allowances 2009: survey overview, public sector pay review bodies 2009: the
NHS, national minimum wage 2009: recession holds back level of increase,
the Equality Bill: part two

ER 922 8 June 2009
Case study: Taking HR online at Aviva, communication during reorganisation
and redundancy, monthly review: pay awards plunge to historic low, economic
outlook: the depths of recession, managing long-term sickness absence: the
2009 IRS survey

ER 921 26 May 2009
Flexible working 2009: the IRS survey of employer practice, public sector pay
review bodies 2009: senior staff, Budget Report 2009, UK employers target
"high-calibre" recruits without raising salaries, directors, managers and
professionals: pay growth slows to five-year low, pay review update: 8 May 2009

ER 920 5 May 2009
Tribunal rejects challenge to Agenda for Change validity, Equality Bill published,
Enterprise integrates diversity with its day-to-day business, video: managers' pay
growth slows to five-year low as recession bites, managing a recession's impact
on employees' health and wellbeing

ER 919 20 April 2009
Annual leave 2009: the IRS survey of employer practice, French short-time work
scheme becomes key crisis-response measure, housing association pay rises
by 3.3%, North West Evening Mail: 3.25% inflation-linked increase for NUJ
grades, IPC Media improves its occupational health and wellbeing services

ER 918 30 March 2009
Key trends and issues in employers' use of behavioural competencies, using
staff as coaches at the Child Benefit Office and Tax Credits Office, graduates
face pay freeze in 2009, health and wellbeing aid attendance at Perceptive
Informatics

ER 917 16 March 2009
Conducting an equal pay audit, managing people through a merger at Heart
of England NHS Foundation Trust, law firm's reputation enhanced by coveted
in-house university, CIPD forecasts “dramatic falls in pay growth”, Repeal of
the statutory dispute resolution procedures, Next: 1% basic increase

ER 916 2 March 2009
Survey: Dealing with the implications of redundancy 2009, measuring wellbeing
brings rewards at the University of Huddersfield, outlook video: topical legal
questions, religious discrimination: London Borough of Islington v Ladele,
model letter: Control of infectious diseases, car sales staff see their pay stall

ER 915 16 February 2009
Managing underperformance: the 2009 IRS survey, the national minimum
wage 10 years on: employers' views, UK firms lack confidence in their sales
commission plans, pay review update table: 6 February 2009, employment
law guide - Germany, model form: Request for statutory time off

ER 914 4 February 2009
Survey: Three in four employers plan job cuts in 2009, case study:
Leading high performance at BAT, monthly review: Pay awards hold steady
before the fall, Sellafield: 2% pay rise over 10 months, ECJ rules on paid
annual leave and long-term sickness, employers' stress management activities

ER 913 19 January 2009
HR roles & responsibilities 2009: budgets and strategies, a guide to our pay
figures, HR professionals can expect above-inflation pay awards in 2009, fewer
bonuses in engineering sector, how Wincanton reduced sickness absence
by 10,000 days in six months, EU: Social policy state of play, January 09

ER 912 5 January 2009
Survey: HR roles and responsibilities 2009, part 1, monthly review: Pay
awards overtake inflation as 2009 approaches, public sector pay in 2008,
employee referral schemes: the IRS survey, the Employment Act 2008,
religious discrimination: Saini v All Saints Haque Centre and others

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