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Getting the best out of staff benefits
Benefits and allowances are an inescapable part of the overall employment package. Yet often they are very much the poor relation in terms of the value that staff place on them. In this issue of Employment Review, we analyse more than 220 employers' travel- and subsistence-related allowances and benefits. We highlight the most popular benefits and the impact that legislation, the growing green agenda and cost increases
are having on provision.
The prevalence of employee assistance programmes (EAPs) has increased rapidly in recent years. Part benefit and part healthcare service, EAPs have reached a crossroads, according to our analysis in this issue.
Our 12th online-only edition of Employment Review also focuses on:
>> how an EAP helped cut absence at Shepway District Council;
>> new legal provisions on keeping-in-touch days for employees on maternity leave; and
>> the latest case law relating to sex discrimination, disability discrimination and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation.
Finally, in this issue we investigate trends in employers' evaluation of their training and development activities. Evaluation is no easy matter, and our research examines how organisations go about this process, the evaluation methods that work best for them and the benefits they achieve.
Neil Rankin, section editor, Employment Review |
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EMPLOYMENT TRENDS |
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PAY AND BENEFITS |
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The third instalment of IRS's four-part annual survey of benefits and allowances investigates the provision of travel and subsistence allowances by 222 employers. It includes:
>> changes in travel-related provisions;
>> company cars, allowances and leasing;
>> mileage allowances; and
>> subsistence allowances.
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Pay reports
>> Anglian Water: inflation-linked increase tops 4%
>> Civil Aviation Authority's 3.8% pay increase
>> Minimum salaries in environmental engineering industry rise by 3.5%
>> 3.8% paybill increase funds merit rises at Lloyds TSB
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Related articles on XpertHR:
>> Pay review update
>> The latest on pay reviews and other pay-related data
>> Pay data in your sector
>> More on employee benefits
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ATTENDANCE AND ABSENCE |
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RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION |
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Migrant workers play an important role in the UK's economy, helping employers fill vacancies where skills are in short supply. Here, we provide an overview of the challenges facing employers when tapping into this source of recruits.
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Related articles on XpertHR:
>> More on employing migrant workers
>> Employment law reference manual: employing foreign nationals
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EMPLOYMENT LAW |
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Answers to some frequently asked questions on the provisions on keeping-in-touch days introduced for women with an expected week of childbirth starting on or after 1 April 2007.
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Nine worked examples on payments for keeping-in-touch days.
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We examine how the tribunals are approaching the relatively recent legislation prohibiting discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation.
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Casenotes
Sex discrimination
Madarassy v Nomura International plc
The Court of Appeal has held that a "possibility" of discrimination arising only from a difference in gender and a difference in treatment is not sufficient to support an inference of unlawful discrimination, unless there is additional evidence. The burden of proof therefore does not shift to the employer.
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Disability discrimination
Pugh v The National Assembly for Wales
A continuing act of discrimination does not have to show a discriminatory policy, regime or practice as long as the act indicates an ongoing situation in which disabled employees are treated less favourably than others.
Article in full: >> View >> Print >> Forward to a colleague
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Related articles on XpertHR:
>> Case study on keeping-in-touch days
>> Disability discrimination update (1)
>> Disability discrimination update (2)
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