Staff dissatisfaction with pay, promotion and prospects mounts, poll of 400,000 reveals

Employee dissatisfaction with pay, promotion and prospects, is growing according to a survey of 400,000 private sector employees.

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Oil and gas employees earn twice the national average salary, finds Hays Oil and Gas

UK oil and gas industry professionals are enjoying salaries on average more than double that of other workers according to The Oil and Gas Global Salary Guide 2012, which is based on data from over...

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Vince Cable pledges to curb executive pay

Business secretary Vince Cable (pictured) has pledged to curb executive pay, give power to shareholders to block “excessive” pay packages and make firms justify high pay packages on company reports.

Executive pay proposals: what do they mean for listed companies and banks?

Even those who are not keen students of executive pay will know there are regular calls for change to the current system - particularly following economic downturns. In the past little has changed,...

Fairness and performance: A new approach to pay for the National Farmers Union

One year after we set the wheels in motion for a total overhaul of the National Farmers Union (NFU)'s approach to pay and performance, we are about to embark on our first financial year under a new...

Survey dispels the myth HR practitoners 'fall into their role'

A vast majority of HR professionals have specifically chosen HR as their career as opposed to falling into their role by chance.

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Prime minister moves to remedy "market failure" of executive pay increasing without business performance improving

The prime minister David Cameron has promised shareholders a “binding vote” on executive pay, as a means of curbing excessive salaries

A non-cash award with a celebration of achievement is an enduring memory

The New Year is traditionally a time where we look back at the past 12 months in the hope of learning lessons for the future.

Staff representation on the remuneration committee? Take a trip to John Lewis...

After graduating as a journalist in the late 1980s, I took a Christmas job at John Lewis in High Wycombe, while seeking my first media role.

Increased rail fares will take 8% of employees' salaries, according to Hay Group research

Increased train fares look set to “swallow up” 8% of workers’ salaries, according to Hay Group’s latest PayNet UK Salary Tracker.

CIPD: employees lose faith that reward reflects how hard they work

Employees have lost faith that pay and reward will accurately reflect how hard they work, as economic realities bite, according to a report from the CIPD.

Jobseekers warned to 'look beyond basic pay' to combat unemployment

As unemployment levels remain at their highest for a generation, Office Angels has urged jobseekers to look beyond basic salary offered for a role and consider all of the benefits that come with a...

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