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Policing for diversity
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 17/11/2008
Kent Police has built an inclusive workforce to meet the diverse needs of the communities it polices.

Improving health and attendance at Somerset County Council
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 17/11/2008
Somerset County Council’s wide-ranging efforts to reduce employees’ attendance and work-related stress have almost halved stress-related absences, saving it £0.5 million a year, and boosted employee motivation; it is now focusing on promoting employees’ health and wellbeing.

Survey: Employers' use of online and offline psychometric testing
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 17/11/2008
The internet is now heavily used by employers to administer psychometric testing, this IRS study finds, and although only basic safeguards against fraud are usually in place, many employers still believe that it compares favourably with other testing methods.

Employability scheme in Leeds fills NHS jobs and improves diversity
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 17/11/2008
An employability training scheme to help marginalised groups in Leeds has seen 70% of participants find work in the NHS, helping to reduce recruitment difficulties and improve diversity, particularly of ethnic minorities.

Wychavon District Council: staff engagement proved vital to success
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 17/11/2008
Having won top place in the Times "Best Councils to Work For" 2008 awards, it is clear that Wychavon District Council has succeeded in winning staff loyalty; we investigate how this was achieved.

Survey: Getting the most out of age discrimination and equalities law
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 03/11/2008
Two years on, IRS surveys the impact of the age discrimination Regulations on recruitment, retention and related practices, and suggests how employers can get the most out of these and other changes to equal opportunities legislation.

The caring ethos at the heart of John Lewis's absence policy
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 03/11/2008
John Lewis has an absence rate that is considerably lower than average for the retail sector, thanks to its astute absence management practices and long-term focus on keeping staff fit and well.

Performance pay budgets increase by 3.75% in 2007/08
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 24/10/2008
One in six employees has at least part of their annual pay increase determined by performance, according to the IRS analysis of 2007/08 pay awards.

Pay prospects survey: 2009 pay rises to be worth 3.5%
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 24/10/2008
Last year, employers fell slightly short of their predictions of a median 3.5% pay increase in 2008. They expect to pay 3.5% in the year ahead too, but can this level of pay awards be sustained amid falling inflation, rising unemployment and economic shocks?

Annual review of pay trends 2008: Pay awards lag behind inflation
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 24/10/2008
Our review of whole-economy pay trends over the past two years finds that pay awards have not strayed far from the 3.5% benchmark level, but remain consistently below inflation.

Pay bargaining calendar 2007
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 24/10/2008
Pay bargaining is tightly bunched in the year, with employers favouring just a few months in which to settle their pay reviews.

Economic outlook: Falling inflation and slow growth
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 24/10/2008
We examine the current widespread economic uncertainty and the ongoing deterioration of credit conditions, and look at forecasts for the key economic indicators of interest to pay setters.

IRS pay prospects 2008: summary
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 24/10/2008
Here we provide a summary of the IRS survey of pay prospects, giving details of the key pressures on pay settlements in the coming year; predictions on actual pay awards due to be made in 2008/09; and other reward strategies used to enhance the total reward offering to employees.

Business partnering at the AA
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 22/10/2008
By introducing an HR business partner model, the AA has helped transform the company’s productivity levels and has boosted other organisational measures such as staff retention and engagement.

The IRS graduate recruitment survey 2008/09
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 20/10/2008
The annual IRS survey of graduate recruitment looks at the prospects for the 2008/09 hiring round; highlights the most effective ways that employers have devised to find and select the best graduates; analyses starting salaries; and maps the trends in improving recruitment techniques.

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