National pay rates for public sector staff could be scrapped in Wednesday’s Budget speech

The chancellor George Osborne is understood to be planning to remove national pay rates for public sector workers in his Budget speech on Wednesday.

Police Review calls for shake-up of pay, training, conditions and fitness

The Home Secretary Theresa May has received the final part of Tom Winsor’s review into police pay and conditions, which aims to create a “more skilled and effective workforce fit to face the...

BIS launches consultation to give shareholders more power over executive pay

The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) has launched a consultation on measures to give company shareholders greater influence over executive pay, through enhanced voting rights.

Lancaster University and Foundation for Chronic Disease Prevention reveal direct link between physical activity and workplace productivity

As economic forces put the squeeze on workplaces, sending working hours skywards, western world employees have never been so stressed or sedentary.

Mental health benefit claimant numbers increase by 29% since May 2010, according to Legal & General

Analysis published this morning by Legal & General, using Department of Work and Pensions statistics, has shown more than 260,000 people are claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) because of...

ESOP Centre backs Liberal Democrat calls for a minister dedicated to employee share ownership

The ESOP Centre gave its support to calls for a dedicated minister for employee share ownership.

UK companies set to increase salaries marginally above inflation, predicts Towers Watson

UK companies will increase salaries at a rate marginally above inflation in 2012, a new survey by Towers Watson Data Services has found.

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British Occupational Health Research Foundation forced to close due to economic downturn

The British Occupational Health Research Foundation (BOHRF) is to wind down this year, due to lack of funding in the current economic climate.

The company car is here to stay

Last week HR magazine reported on predictions that changes in the up-coming Budget could mean the end of the company car.

Spiralling childcare costs threaten to force parents out of work, finds Daycare Trust

New figures compiled by Daycare Trust show above-inflation increases in the price of nursery care in Britain, with the hourly rate for a child aged under two up 5.8%. The increase for a child aged two...

Cost efficiencies are main driver to salary sacrifice fleet schemes, finds Zenith

Cost efficiencies and stable pricing are the key factors attracting employees to salary sacrifice, according to a survey carried out by leasing, fleet management and vehicle outsourcing company...

Local government staff face another year of pay freezes in a bid to save jobs

Local government employees face another year of pay freezes in a bid to protect front line services and reduce job losses.