Incentives and motivation: peer-to-peer reviews grow in popularity

The film awards season may be well behind us for another year, but who could fail to love the glitz and glamour of the Academy Awards?

Employers 'taking advantage' of growing numbers of jobless, as advertised salaries drop, according to Office Angels

Average advertised salaries faltered in September, recording a marginal month on month fall (down 0.23%), across administrative and non professional services roles, according to Office Angels and the...

Childcare support for working parents to be provided to 80,000 more households, Government promises

Childcare support will be paid to around 80,000 more households, the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg and welfare secretary Iain Duncan Smith have announced.

Co-op to provide free flu vaccinations to 100,000 employees

More than 100,000 Co-operative Group employees are set to receive a free flu jab in Europe's largest ever private sector flu vaccination programme.

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Mental ill-health costs UK billions a year, say Unite and Mind

Unite, the country's biggest trade union, has recently teamed up with UK mental health charity Mind to examine how mental health is affecting workers. Unite estimates that 70 million working days are...

Executive pay in Asia grows as the West stagnates, according to Mercer

Increased pay restraint in Western Europe and North America, combined with economic growth in emerging markets, is pushing pay for Asian directors beyond levels in the West, according to Mercer...

Macmillan Cancer Support and CIPD launch guide to help employers support those affected by cancer

Macmillan Cancer Support has launched The Essential Work and Cancer Toolkit, to help employers support people with cancer, and their carers, in the workplace, and features an employer’s guide produced...

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Wellbeing agenda: a good start, but for performance, you need to take it a step further

The wellbeing agenda is a rapidly growing movement. It is appearing not only in public policy but in economics and business, says Simon Lutterbie (pictured).

Almost half of working parents 'completely unaware' of childcare vouchers

Working parents are unaware of the financial benefits that could be available to them through their employer, according to a survey commissioned by Co-Operative Employee Benefits.

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Increase in National Minimum Wage will benefit 890,000 employees, says TUC

Approximately 890,000 workers, two thirds of them women, will benefit when the adult national minimum wage (NMW) increases by 15p to £6.08 per hour tomorrow (1 October) says the TUC.

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Hewitt New Bridge Street: FTSE 100 employers remain cautious about executive remuneration

Following two years of widespread salary freezes, most of the UK’s largest companies have maintained caution in executive salaries, a FTSE 100 remuneration survey has found.

Cycle to work: HMRC to issue further guidance on VAT payments

Employees who are using cycle to work schemes, which were signed on or before 27 July 2011 will not have to pay VAT on the remainder of their salary sacrifice payments.

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