Forward to a colleague View as a webpage Add us to your white list Quick Links »   Finance pay   Benefits and allowances   Salary survey   News   Statistics and reference   Blogs Finance-sector pay Finance-sector pay 2012: pay rises moderately as sector growth slows We present XpertHR's analysis of finance-sector pay awards in 2011/12, which finds that pay awards have failed to improve during the year to the end of May 2012 despite relatively high inflation throughout the period. Top Benefits and allowances XpertHR survey 2012: demise of final-salary pensions continues This part of our benefits and allowances survey examines the current practice in respect of pensions. We also look at three benefits that are highly valued by employees: long-service awards, childcare provision and internal discounts. Top Salary survey Computer staff pay up by 3.1% XpertHR's computer staff salary survey for June 2012 has now gone live. The report shows that basic salaries for IT professionals and their managers rose by an average of 3.1% over the 12 months to 1 April 2012, while earnings rose more rapidly. The survey is based on data supplied by 209 organisations on 58,624 employees. Top News › Consultation on directors' remuneration reports (26 September 2012) › Podcast: Time off for public duties; and pensions auto-enrolment safeguards › Case report round-up: Bonus no longer linked to productivity constituted indirect discrimination › FAQs: Payments in lieu of notice and ordinary paternity leave and pay › Case of the week: Equal pay Top Statistics and reference › XpertHR pay trends homepage › Pay review update › Economic indicators Top From our blogs › XpertHR economic commentary July 2012: Black clouds › Top 10 HR questions - June 2012 › Pay awards: "the next industrial battleground"? Top Editor's message FINANCE-SECTOR PAY Away from high-profile executive pay, pay awards in the finance sector have remained modest over the past year. In this issue, we present XpertHR's analysis of 87 pay settlements in finance companies, covering 380,000 employees. The median paybill increase for performance-related awards is 2.6% over the year ending 31 May 2012, while basic pay awards stand at a median 2%. We also present the final article in the series from our benefits and allowances survey. Based on the benefits packages of 356 organisations, we examine current practice in pensions arrangements. The key finding from our survey is that final-salary pension schemes are no longer the most common pension offering in UK workplaces, having been replaced at the top of the league table by group personal pension plans. The report also presents detailed findings on long-service awards, childcare provision (the most common benefit available) and internal staff discounts. Sheila Attwood Pay and benefits editor, XpertHR Get more out of XpertHR › Model policies › Good practice guides › Line manager briefings › Salary surveys Tools for subscribers › My XpertHR › User guide › Advanced search › XpertHR feeds Customer services › Password reminder › Email the helpdesk or call 0845 671 1110 › Read previous newsletters Forward to a colleague xperthr.co.uk This email has been sent to luke.smith@rbi.co.uk Unsubscribe from future pay and benefits emails. Disclaimer This message is intended only for the use of the person(s) ("Intended Recipient") to whom it is addressed. It may contain information, which is privileged and confidential. Accordingly any dissemination, distribution, copying or other use of this message or any of its content by any person other than the Intended Recipient may constitute a breach of civil or criminal law and is strictly prohibited. If you are not the Intended Recipient, please contact the sender as soon as possible. © Reed Business Information Ltd +44 (0)20 8652 3500 | Terms and Conditions | Cookies and privacy Registered Office: Reed Business, Quadrant House, 9th Floor, The Quadrant, Sutton, SM2 5AS. Registered in England & Wales: 151537