Corporate responsibility can be a well-meaning but empty concept unless it is put into practice in the ways that organisations manage and reward their people. Our case study on insurance group Aviva shows how a company's reward offering can be part of a corporate responsibility strategy. Flexible benefits enable Aviva staff to take part in carbon offsetting and give charity donations through payroll, while staff receive three days' paid leave to volunteer in the community.

More evidence of recession is seen in our survey on shift payments, which finds that nearly one-third of employers had frozen shift pay at their latest review as part of a broader pay freeze. We include more than 30 examples of shift premia paid by employers.

In this issue, we highlight some of the latest content from Occupational Pensions on XpertHR, including the Government's decision to bring forward its review of the default retirement age.

Our pay reports cover Anglian Water, the prison service, firefighters and the organ-building industry.

Sarah Welfare
Editor,
Pay and Benefits Bulletin

Pay reports recently added to the site:

Anglian Water: 0.36% increase brings four-year deal to a close

Organ-building industry: 4.6% basic pay rise

Prison service, England and Wales: 1.8% increase to pay scale maxima

Firefighters and control staff: 1.25% pay increase

Pay review update: 4 September 2009

The latest pay review update table contains pay settlements at AstraZeneca, the Allied Irish Bank, Lloyds TSB and many more.

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Statistics and forecasts

The datafile contains the most recent inflation, earnings and labour market statistics, pay settlement data and inflation and earnings forecasts. Our panel of City and academic forecasters expects retail prices index (RPI) inflation to average -1.2% over 2009, but rise to 1.5% by the first quarter of 2010. Earnings growth is expected to be 1.2% during 2009 and 2.7% through 2010.

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From the blog

Launched and run by the editorial team that produces XpertHR and the IRS e-journals, the Employment Intelligence blog is regularly updated with news, comment and links to the latest employment developments. Recent posts include:

• What can we expect from the 2010/2011 national minimum wage increase?
• "Red Adair" gets radical on City bonuses
• What pay prospects does 2010 hold?
• Frequently asked questions on bank holidays

Today's tip: find reward practice case studies

Are you conducting a major review of pay, benefits or grading at your organisation, and would like to see how other organisations have tackled similar issues? You can view our latest case studies from the Pay and Benefits homepage to read in detail about other organisations' methods, processes and lessons learned.

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