Health unions join forces against "severe pressure" on NHS staff

Health unions have warned that a "toxic combination" of increasing demand, shrinking resources and the pay freeze, are putting staff under "severe" pressure.

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Strategic Benefits: Employers have to keep constant watch to make sure staff are engaged with benefits

Job satisfaction is being sacrificed on the altar of pay and benefits, as the economic downturn forces workers to prioritise financial rewards and perks when deciding to change jobs.

Government guidance advises interns should be paid National Minimum Wage

The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has produced guidance with greater clarity for businesses that offer work experience, placements and internships, advising these people should be...

Strategic Benefits: Taxing EAPs could blow a hole in employers' duty of care policies

A resource that promotes employee resilience and helps organisations prevent and manage sickness absence hardly sounds like an employee benefit. But, earlier this year, that is how the...

Strategic Benefits: top gear - the company car is as relevant and desirable as ever

Wrecked and heading for the scrapyard, or cruising along smoothly in top gear? Of late, it has been hard to get a handle on the general health or otherwise of company car schemes, but despite some...

Charity sector pay almost 20% lower than private sector, according to Croner

Charity sector pay is still 18% below the private sector nationally, according to research by consultancy Croner, part of Wolters Kluwer.

Strategic Benefits: Business shun the bonus arrangement in favour of share schemes

Employees ranging from top financial executives to supermarket checkout staff are reaping the benefits of share schemes as they grow in popularity. And the bonus arrangement looks under threat, as...

Money problems prevent a tenth of employees from coming to work

Financial anxiety is taking its toll on the British workforce as almost one in 10 adults admits worrying about money has caused them to take a sick day, according to YouGov and Money in Mind.

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Campaign launched to name and shame employers that don't pay interns

Graduate Fog, a careers website, has launched a campaign to 'name and shame' employers that "exploit young workers" by not paying them for internship placements.

Strategic Benefits: strengthening the employer-employee relationship

Richard Branson once said: “We developed our business ideas in the belief our first priority should be the people who work for the companies. If staff are motivated, then customers will be happy and...

Strategic Benefits: interview with David Kast, head of HR at Hogg Robinson Group

If one word could be used to sum up the past three years in the business world, it would have to be: cuts. Cuts in budgets, overheads, pay and staff numbers dominated minds of employers in the private...

FTSE 350 improves executive pay structure, but needs to ensure reward is linked to performance, says Deloitte

While FTSE 350 companies have taken positive steps to improve their executive remuneration structures, there is still more work to be done by many to achieve best practice and ensure that reward is...