British workers are increasingly looking for performance-related pay and bonuses, according to a representative from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
Performance and reward adviser Charles Cotton claimed a growing number of employees want to be rewarded when their company makes profit as a whole or individual teams perform particularly well.
"Obviously, there is a [...]

MrTed Ltd., the leading provider of on-demand Talent Acquisition Solutions, today announced it is being acquired by StepStone Solutions, a global leader in Talent Management Solutions. Over 1,500 organisations in 40 countries rely on StepStone Solutions every day to improve their business performance, build effective talent strategies, and to help their people have more effective, [...]

Employees with mental health problems should be able to go back to work easily and enjoy equality, according to an expert.
Sally Burton, an executive director at the Shaw Trust, a charity that helps disabled people be more independent, said that part of the solution could rest with doctors and other health professionals.
“Through better diagnosis and [...]

Men and private sector workers are not happy with their holiday allowance, according to a new study.
IFF Research’s Attitudes to Work report found there is a clear gap between the sexes, as well as between the private and public sectors, when it comes to vacation satisfaction.
Only 44 per cent of men admitted to being very [...]

Morgan McKinley have released the results of a survey of 194 HR and hiring managers in the financial services sector in London on the H2 2010 hiring outlook. The survey found that 76% expect overall City hiring levels to increase (47%) or stay the same as H1 2010 (29%) in the second half of [...]

Changing the attitudes of staff, by using an innovative training film, has helped Plymouth City Council to provide a better service, cut customer complaints, improve employee morale and motivation and create a more enjoyable and supportive work environment.
Morale in the council’s customer service team had dipped following a period of change and consolidation but [...]

A shortage of talent in the renewable energy sector is inflating salaries as companies strive to halt defections to competitors, according to a new study by global management consultancy Hay Group.
In contrast to the rest of the UK market in general, organisations are pushing up pay in order to hold on to key talent, according [...]

Company car policies are an increasingly standard element of any corporate benefits package, but with just one in five fleets (18%) placing environmental issues at the top of their agenda*, the impact on both the environment and an organisation’s own internal sustainability policies can be damaging. For Crest Nicholson, a company consistently rated as one [...]

Crown Relocations, a leader of international relocation services, has announced today that Narin Ganesh is to appear on Channel 4’s primetime TV programme, Undercover Boss. Narin is regional Finance Director for Crown Relocations in the UK, Ireland and Scandinavia.
Produced by Studio Lambert, the Undercover Boss series first appeared on UK screens in 2009. It [...]

Kwik Fit Insurance has been celebrating winning a major UK employment award.
The insurance intermediary’s Flex programme claimed the honours for ‘Most Effective Benefits Strategy (for organisations with more than 1000 staff)’ at the Employee Benefits Awards, the only UK event dedicated to celebrating employers’ reward and benefits strategies.
Kwik Fit Insurance was praised for [...]