Forward to a colleague View as a webpage Add us to your white list Quick Links »   Data review   Top 10 articles   Video   News and views   Statistics and reference   Blogs Data review Five-year review of XpertHR's pay data We provide an insight into the pay data that can be found on XpertHR and review trends over the past five years. Top Top 10 pay and benefits articles 2011 1. Annual review of pay trends 2011 As the bargaining year draws to a close, we present our analysis of the state of pay bargaining over the past year. 2. Performance-related pay: the 2011 XpertHR survey We survey current practice in the area of performance-related pay, looking at how such schemes are implemented and the problems that respondents have encountered. 3. Annual review of pay prospects 2011/12 A package of tools and data to help pay and benefits professionals plan for the year ahead. 4. Pay progression in the public sector Many employees in the public sector receive salary increases reflecting their experience in the role in addition to a basic pay award. We look at some examples of how pay progression operates for different groups within the sector. 5. Public sector pay review bodies 2011: two-year pay freeze begins We round up the reports of the independent public sector pay review bodies published in March 2011. 6. Benefits and allowances survey 2011: no decline in popularity This article summarises the main findings of the 2011 XpertHR benefits and allowances survey and takes a look at flexible, voluntary and salary-sacrifice benefits. 7. Life after pay freezes Pay freezes have been the main feature of wage bargaining for the past two years, but where do employers go from here? We examine the new territory in which pay setters find themselves. 8. Strategic reward at Senergy Energy services company Senergy has reshaped its rewards programme, putting greater emphasis on linking business objectives to employee benefits. 9. Using market-related pay effectively Setting pay rates according to the labour market may be appealing to many employers, but it can entail a substantial amount of research without any guarantee of success. We consider some of the key issues. 10. XpertHR sick pay survey 2010: rates and qualifying periods Our survey of policy and practice among 160 employers includes access to sick pay, service-related entitlement and what happens when the time limit on payments expires. Top Outlook video Pay prospects 2012 XpertHR pay and benefits editor Sheila Attwood and senior employment law editor Clio Springer discuss recent pay settlement trends and predicted pay rises for 2012. Top News and views from XpertHR › Maternity, paternity and adoption pay to increase to £135.45 from April › Government confirms tax rates for 2012/13 Top Statistics and reference › Pay review update: 6 January 2012 › XpertHR pay trends homepage › Economic indicators Top From our blogs › Monetary Policy Committee minutes state 2.3% third-quarter pay growth › Can we expect more public sector strikes in spring 2012? › UK unemployment rate hits highest level since 1996 › New salary benchmarks for 2012 pay round › Osborne to deliver Budget on Wednesday 21 March 2012 Top Editor's message A YEAR IN REVIEW The pay team at XpertHR collates the details of more than 1,500 pay settlements each year. From this, we identify and report on trends in pay awards, pay freezes, performance-related pay and sector differences. In this issue, we review the pattern of pay awards over the past five years, as well as looking in detail at the profile of the pay awards collected. We also take the opportunity, before the January 2012 pay bargaining gets into full swing, to look back at our pay coverage during 2011. Our list highlights the most popular pay features on XpertHR during 2011, revealing that readers have been looking ahead to pay awards in 2012, as well as having kept on top of the past year's trends. Also featured in the list are articles on performance-related pay, strategic reward, pay progression and market-linked pay. Happy New Year. Sheila Attwood Pay and benefits editor, XpertHR Pay Intelligence blog Perspectives on the changing world of pay, including news, commentary and analysis on pay issues, law, employee relations, recruitment, retention, reward and work organisation. XpertHR Benchmarking Benchmark your employment practices, policies and performance; download results for use in your own reports; and benefit from four decades of HR benchmarking expertise. 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