Government to broaden share ownership schemes to increase staff retention and boost business performance

The Government is to reform the tax system to encourage employee share ownership.

Employers look to enhance flexible benefits provision in difficult times, finds CIPP

Flexible benefit schemes are growing in popularity, as employers explore ways to keep staff engagement levels up in ‘difficult times’, according to a report by the Chartered Institute of Payroll...

Philips Avent poised to launch wellbeing initiative for 650 employees

Philips Avent, the manufacturer of mother and childcare products, has launched a wellbeing support initiative for more than 650 employees at throughout 2012.

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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.

Fitness scheme for shift workers rolls out Nationwide

A health and fitness initiative for shift workers launched nationwide yesterday, backed by the Mayor of London, Sport England and Addison Lee.

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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.

Women are three times more likely to take stress-related absence than men, says Legal and General

Analysis by insurers Legal & General, using Department for Work and Pensions statistics, has shown that stress-related absences are nearly three times more likely to be taken by women than men.

Breaking news: Simplyhealth acquires Denplan

Healthcare provider, Simplyhealth has acquired provider of dental payment plans and dental employee benefits, Denplan.