Managing risk in executive incentive programmes: a checklist for HR professionals

The past six months have been spent reacting to the downward spiral in equity markets, rising unemployment, wide-ranging government interventions to stabilise the global financial systems and local...

Pensions Regulator to take steps to lower risk on defined-benefit and defined-contribution schemes

The Pensions Regulator plans to reduce risk around pensions to take some pressure off employers and trustees.

Fleet management: Could the recession cause the trend towards greener fleets to go into reverse?

Companies appear to be changing the way they operate vehicle fleets in response to the recession and climate change but if the economy improves, will the trend towards greener fleets go into reverse?...

Employee Benefits Case Study: Molton Brown

A diverse workforce requires an equally diverse benefits package. Molton Brown complements perks that appeal to the young with a solid pension for the more mature.

Employer and employee confidence in pensions is rising - slowly

Confidence in pension schemes is slowly but surely improving, according to the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).

Campaign launched to set industry standards for the provision of childcare vouchers

Childcare voucher providers have joined forces to campaign for minimum standards in childcare.

The best way to get a pay rise this year is to change jobs

Only 35% of employees think they will receive a salary increase this year - and 15% are getting a pay rise only because they are changing jobs.

The average UK pay rise this year will be one of the lowest in the world

UK employees will receive an average pay rise of 1.46% this year - among the lowest rates on offer anywhere in the world.

Teachers' pay demand is four times higher than the figure the Government said it would offer

Teachers have demanded either a pay rise of 10% or 3,000 - whichever is greater.

Recession and job insecurity make employees cancel holidays

More than half of employees (51%) have cancelled or plan to cancel their summer holidays this year because of the recession and fears of losing their job.

RoSPA calls for young workers to take a second driving test

Six out of 10 employers do not believe 17-24 year-olds are adequately prepared to drive at work, even if they have passed their driving tests, prompting the Royal Society for the Prevention of...

How should HR deal with employee mental health in the economic downturn?

The past year has seen the most difficult economic climate for decades - indeed for many people it will have been the worst they have encountered in their working life. And HR professionals are facing...