Employers struggle to close the gap between salaries and cost of living, says CIPD

Despite welcome news this week that inflation dropped to 3% in April, the CIPD has warned employers are continuing to struggle to close the gap between basic salaries and the cost of living.

Time for employers to get proactive on workplace wellbeing

Employee wellbeing might be firmly on the agenda for some organisations but are employers any nearer to really reaping all of the benefits associated with it?

Employers waste money through miscommunication of the value of employee benefits, finds CIPD/Benefex survey

The majority of employers in the UK could be wasting the money they spend on salaries and benefits by leaving employees in the dark about the true value of the total package. That’s according to new...

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City bonuses to collapse to below 1998 levels, finds CEBR

City bonuses look set to fall in 2012/13 to £2.3 billion from £4.4 billion this year and £11.6 billion peak in 2007/08.

TUC says employees should sit on pay committees to bring 'a touch of the real world'

Shareholders may have been giving the thumbs down to boardroom pay and bonuses in greater numbers recently, but the Government needs to do more than make investors' voting decisions binding if...

NHS chiefs’ pay growth grinds to a halt at £157,500, responding to Government calls for pay restraint

Pay growth for senior NHS board directors has ground to a halt with pay for chief executives frozen over the last year, reveals the latest NHS Boardroom Pay report from Incomes Data Services (IDS).

Pay awards hover around 3% for first quarter of 2012, finds IDS

The key figure for pay settlements in the private sector is 3% for the first quarter of 2012, according to the latest data from the Incomes Data Service.

Cycle to work schemes experience 9% increase since 2011

The Government supported Cycle to Work Scheme has seen a 9% increase in take up during the first quarter of this year compared to 2011.

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Queen's Speech 2012 analysis: success of executive pay proposals 'remain to be seen'

The Government confirmed yesterday in the Queen’s Speech it would propose a bill would to make shareholder votes on directors’ pay binding.

UK salaries stagnate, finds Office Angels

Permanent salaries advertised in the UK have stalled, according to data from recruiter Office Angels.

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Government launches its first 'John Lewis-style' business, to administer civil service pensions

The first ‘John Lewis-style’ business created from a central government service, was launched yesterday by Francis Maude (pictured), minister for the Cabinet Office.

NHS Leadership Academy will shape NHS, post-Health Bill, says NHS Employers

The NHS has put people at the heart of its agenda, as “the architecture of the organisation looks set to change following the Health Bill,” the director of NHS Employers, Dean Royles, told HR.