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www.personneltoday.com 8 June 2010 23
key statistic
63%
Percentage employers witharrangements in place to
allow employees to followthe World Cup
Source: IRS/XpertHR
Pay awards■ he median basic pay
award stood at 1% over thethree months to 30 April2010, according to data romIRS or XpertHR.■ Just over one-third o pay awards (36.3%) resulted in apay reeze.■ he interquartile rangeor pay awards was betweennil and 2%.■ hree-iths o pay deals(59.5%) were worth less thana year ago.➜www.xperthr.co.uk/paybenefts
Infation
■ Retail prices index (RPI)ination: 5.3% (April 2010).
■ Almost two-thirds o employers (63%) havearrangements in place toallow employees to ollow theootball World Cup.■ By sector, private sectoremployers are much more
likely to make specialarrangements to allowemployees to watch majorsporting events such asWorld Cup matches. wo-thirds o public sector organ-isations (67%) have no suchprovision in place, comparedwith only one-third (31.8%)in the private sector.■ Te most popular work-ing time arrangement put inplace to al low employees towatch World Cup matches isexible start and end times,ollowed by extended lunch
breaks (see chart, top).■ Te most popular specialacility to allow employees toollow World Cup matchesduring working hours is tomake Vs available to sta (see chart, bottom).■ One employer plans toallow employees to have time
Benchmarking World Cup preparations... Business benefits of staff watching games
With the 2010 World Cup set to kick off this Friday(11 June 2010), a majority of UK employers haveplans in place to allow their employees to watchmatches taking place during their working day. Butrather than causing disruption, employers believe
these arrangements will have a positive impact onbusiness. These are among the key ndings of benchmarking research on sporting policiesundertaken by IRS for XpertHR, and based onresponses from 100 organisations employing acombined workforce of 285,386.
Access full benchmarking data on World Cuppreparations and sporting policies:
www.personneltoday.com/xperthr70
Read detailed analysis of the 2010 sporting policysurvey fndings: www.personneltoday.com/xperthr71
XpertHR data
XpertHR benchmarkingThe new benchmarking service
rom XpertHR draws together a
wealth o HR benchmarking data
that will be useul to your job.
We believe this is the most
comprehensive resource o HR
benchmarking data available to
UK employers. Drawn
predominantly rom IRS survey
data, it’s designed to be both
accessible and interactive.www.xperthr.co.uk/hr-benchmarking
Take part in IRSbenchmarking surveysThe IRS benchmarking survey
research programme has a
our-decade history o reporting
on and setting the agenda or
HR best practice. Take part in
our research to beneft rom our
expertise.
www.irsresearch.co.uk
Statistics you need to knowKey employment law acts and
fgures, supplied by XpertHR.
www.personneltoday.com/rates
■ Consumer prices index(CPI) in lation: 3.7% (April
2010).■ Retail prices index exclud-ing mortgage interest pay-ments (RPIX): 5.4% (April2010).➜www.statistics.gov.uk
Unemployment■ Headline unemploymentrate: 8.0% (January to March2010).■ Unemployment level: 2.51million (January to March2010).■ Claimant count unem-ployment rate: 4.7% (March
2010).➜www.statistics.gov.uk
out to watch relevant WorldCup matches in a local pub.■ A majority o employers(88%) believe that accommo-dating employees’ desires toollow the World Cup willminimise its impact on pro-
ductivity. A urther 85%believe such arrangementswill be good or business andmorale.■ Tree-fhs o employers(60%) believe exible startingand inishing times are themost popular sporting poli-cies among employees, whiletwo-fhs (38%) cite extendedlunch breaks.
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Whole economy pay review pattern:April 2009 to April 2010
Indicators... at-a-glance business data
0 10 20 30 40
TVs incommunal areas
TVs in staff room
Use of radios
Allow employeesto watch eventon the internet
Other
No. of employersSource: IRS
31
15
9
4
4
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Flexible startand end times
Extendedlunch breaks
Consider laterequests for
annual leave
Time off in lieu
None
Source: IRS % of employers
67%
49%
44%
30%
16%
Provision of special working arrangementsduring 2010 World Cup
Provision of special facilities for employees
during 2010 World Cup