Payroll News February 2012
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Industry News February 2012

- Employers are being urged to honour 'Work Your Proper Hours Day' by ensuring that no workers feel compelled to work unpaid overtime today
- Brits are more concerned about their work-life balance than any other nation in Europe , according to a new survey
- New information reveals that there is a marked difference between the skills that jobseekers and recruiting employers think are important for a new job, The Press Association reports
Managers should encourage employers' health and fitness
- Employers are being urged to help their workforce become healthy and fit, according to HR Magazine
- Around 20 per cent of British businesses are considering adopting flexible working during the Olympic Games, but almost half have not yet put any preparations in place, Employee Benefits reports
- Employers are becoming more confident about their ability to offer pay rises, according to a new survey
- The average age at which Brits are retiring is on the rise, according to new research
- A healthy work-life balance is almost as important to British workers as earning a decent salary, according to Fresh Business Thinking
- Almost three million people were subject to a background check last year, The Independent reports
- Absence management is going to be far easier for businesses to address in the future with the use of technology, a new report claims
- Plans to scrap the P45 have been shelved by HMRC
- January has seen a rise in permanent staff appointments, according to latest figures
- Brits have been warned to think twice before posting a complaint online as it could affect their chances of career progression
- New research has found that employees are more motivated by the idea of increased holiday allowance rather than greater job security, HR Magazine reports
- British businesses are expected to fork out around £34 million due to staff illness today
- Current approaches to absence management are "not working" according to a new report
- To commemorate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has published a report examining how British working life has changed in the last fifty years
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