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Maternity, paternity and adoption pay to increase from April 2013
The standard rates of statutory maternity, paternity and adoption pay increase from £135.45 to £136.78 per week from 7 April 2013.

Line manager briefing PowerPoint presentations: Flexible working
PowerPoint presentations accompanying the line manager briefings on homeworking, managing job-sharers and managing part-time workers have been added to XpertHR.

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Shift-working survey 2012

Shift-working hours and rotation
We look at various shift patterns, the hours they cover and how workers move between different shifts.

Shift-working premiums
This report examines the rate of shift premiums across the 121 organisations responding to our survey.

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Absence and labour turnover rates
Take part in our confidential ongoing research on absence and labour turnover rates to ensure you receive the most up-to-date figures. Completing it will also entitle you to a complimentary copy of our latest findings.

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Graduate recruitment survey 2012

Recruiting and selecting graduates: 2012 XpertHR survey
The latest XpertHR research reveals encouraging signs that the graduate jobs market is starting to stabilise, following the previous drop in employer demand prompted by the recession.

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Occupational health round-up

Managing the risks to lone workers
Lone workers can face risks that those in an office environment may not even think about. How can you evaluate these and handle them effectively?

The need for a joined-up approach to health insurance
It's time for employers to view private medical insurance as a key part of their occupational health spend, argues Occupational Health magazine.

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› Health checks causing stress, research finds

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From our blogs

How healthy is the UK labour market, really?
UK employment levels continue to rise while headline unemployment continues to fall.

Action in Europe to break glass ceiling for women in listed companies
The European Commission has compromised on quotas but approved a proposal for there to be a 40% objective for female non-executive directors on the boards of listed companies by 2020.

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Editor's message

MATERNITY, PATERNITY AND ADOPTION PAY CHANGES
This month, we report on the planned changes to maternity, paternity and adoption pay, the standard rates of which are set to increase from £135.45 to £136.78 per week from 7 April 2013. Statutory sick pay is also set to increase to £86.70, from its current rate of £85.85 per week.

We have also added new PowerPoint presentations, which accompany our line manager briefings on homeworking, managing job-sharers and managing part-time workers. Employers can use these interactive resources to train managers on dealing with issues relating to flexible-working patterns.

Noelle Murphy
Attendance and absence, XpertHR

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