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Pay & benefits

Employers can use pay and benefits to attract, retain and engage staff, but it is vital that you find out which benefits best meet the needs of the workforce and the business to ensure that your reward strategy is both successful and cost-effective.

Visit this section to access all the information you need on topics such as salary, payroll, employee benefits, incentives and reward, and bonuses.

HR is going into the war for talent unarmed

2010-09-02 15:26 - 106 reads

Employers across both the public and private sector fear that they are no longer able to offer the pay and benefits packages required to attract and retain key skills, an HR body has warned.

NEST support high at 75% but teething problems expected

2010-09-01 15:10 - 166 reads

Although less than half of employers have currently budgeted for introducing pension auto-enrolment, just over two out of five expect to level down t...

2/3 public sector 'would take pay cut'

2010-09-01 14:37 - 245 reads - 1 comment

With unemployment predicted to breach 10% outside of London and the South of England, nearly two thirds of public sector workers would now be prepared to take pay cuts to save their jobs.

Financial education in the workplace - the real employer/emloyee benefit

2010-08-19 10:08 - 727 reads - 1 comment

Money talks and people walk - how employers can tackle the financial education deficit by teaching basic principles of money management.

Equal pay for women in HR 107 years away

2010-08-19 09:34 - 743 reads

The average female manager in the UK faces a wait of 57 years for their salary to be on a par with male counterparts, while equal pay for women HR bosses is a mind-blowing 107 years away.

Employees want counselling at work

2010-08-09 12:14 - 956 reads - 2 comments

More than half of UK staff would like their employer to provide a confidential counselling service to help them cope with recession-related stress.

No NMW 'loophole' for interns

2010-08-04 13:21 - 546 reads

Employers are breaking the law by taking on unpaid interns and the practice should be banned in the political arena in order to set an example, according to policy researchers.

Flexible working has the HR stamp of approval

2010-07-22 16:19 - 708 reads - 1 comment

The majority of HR professionals back government moves to promote flexible working, with just over a third already having such policies in place.

Recession over but pay still low

2010-07-19 14:45 - 644 reads

Retention issues loom as more than three quarters have failed to reinstate pay cuts that were introduced to avoid redundancies.

Apprenticeship academy for young people at Co-op

2010-07-19 12:54 - 948 reads

The Co-operative Group has set up a scheme to provide 2,000 young people with transferrable skills and qualifications.

Rewarding in a recession

Picking the right time for your people and your business is critical if you need to make changes to your benefits portfolio

Mark Eaton, Personal Group

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