Sainsbury's bonuses are at odds with CSR credentials

Sainsbury's executive reward manager, Leigh Harrison, was forced to admit her pay and rewards structure for top executives bears no correlation to its stated CSR credentials.

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Prepare now for costs of elder care, warns Tomorrow Project

The cost to business of employees caring for their elderly relatives could be as much as 12 times what it will cost to bail out the financial institutions over the next 20 to 40 years.

Incentives must be aligned with HR strategy

Incentives and bonuses play an 'essential role in levering business performance' - but they have to be aligned to HR strategy, according to HR leaders.

Pensions have lost their perk appeal

The Government has "killed the golden goose" of quality retirement provision, through 20 years of interference, according to HR directors.

The flaws of the fit note system

Proposals to introduce fit notes in place of the current sick notes system have been the subject of intense debate among HR professionals, the medical world and businesses throughout the UK. Plans...

Nine ex-ministers write to prime minister urging him to rethink plans to scrap childcare vouchers

Today it has emerged nine ministers have written to the prime minister urging him to rethink his controversial plans to scrap tax-exemptions for childcare vouchers.

Risk from swine flu absence doubles

The likelihood companies will suffer from absences through ill-health has nearly doubled in the past three months, due to infections from swine flu and other colds and viruses, research has found.

Three-quarters of firms are breaking VDU regulations

EXCLUSIVE: Nearly three quarters (73%) of companies do not comply with VDU regulations because they only fund either eye tests or the cost of any glasses required, but not both, as they should.

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FTSE 250 firms bolder over bonuses

Pay freezes among FTSE 250 companies are greater than those of their FTSE 100 counterparts, according to a report by executive remuneration consultancy Hewitt New Bridge Street.

Keeping the workforce healthy may not be an employer's duty, but it's certainly in their own interests

Do employers have a duty of care to employees to ensure they are aware work commitments have an impact on physical inactivity? Many employers would say that the level of physical activity among their...

NICE challenges employers to cut workplace stress

NICE - the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - will today launch new guidance for employers about how to improve mental wellbeing promotion.

New staff reward gift card gives access to a multitude of high-street stores

A new multi-store gift card fromThe Gift Voucher Shop (GVS) makes its appearance in the incentive and motivation market.