Industry News - September 2010

• Report says holistic approach to workplace health most effective form of absence management
• Survey shows cloud services make up one tenth of IT budget spending
• Charities benefit from payroll giving schemes
• IPP declares national payroll week a success
• Logistics giant standardises workforce management with high tech time and attendance system
• Business saves 75% of HR costs thanks to new system
• HMRC considers taking tax out of employer payroll administration
• HR bosses get creative to improve staff motivation
• BCC warns that EU maternity pay changes could cost £2.5bn per year
• EAT amends ruling in care home TUPE case
• Financial sector jobs are most satisfying, new survey reveals
• More people hand in notice this week than any other time of year
• Government report suggests overhaul of industrial relations
• Start-ups can now benefit from national insurance contributions holiday
• One in five new recruits leave within six months
• Survey identifies Friday as the favourite pay day
• Public sector employers warned about changing pay structures
• National Payroll Week begins
• Recruiter Magazine looks at the growing demand for background check services
• Germany makes proposal to ban Facebook from employment screening in European law
• Payroll problems leave workers chasing payments