Individuals who work in Change Management are in short supply, according to Badenoch & Clark’s professional talent spotlight for August.
Lynne Hardman, managing director, professional services, Badenoch & Clark, says: “A rising number of organisations in the not-for-profit sector are hiring change management specialists to review the current organisational structure. Those who have experience in organisational development in particular are highly regarded by employers.
“There is unprecedented demand for change management professionals as a huge number of banks restructure, either in a bid to recover from the negative impact of the downturn or to drive business forward. This is increasing the pressure on salary expectations.”
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A quarter of a million workers at 400 universities, higher education colleges and associated institutions face cuts in their pensions.
A range of changes to members of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) are being proposed to cut a £17bn fund deficit.
They include raising the pension age and increasing the amount members must contribute. Read more »
The Edinburgh-based insurance and pensions company Standard Life has announced a major shake-up which has seen several heads of department leave.
The company is restructuring its marketing departmentand putting more focus on managing its exposure to financial risk.
The measures will see sales and marketing brought together and is part of the new regime under David Nish. Read more »
The government is planning to speed up the state pension age for men to 66, possibly by as early as 2016.
Ministers will also raise the option of extending it further, perhaps to 70 and beyond in the following decades.
The default retirement age of 65 – at which workers can be legally axed by employers – is also set to be axed.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said this would stop people being “cast on the scrap heap” and would help “reinvigorate what retirement means”. Read more »
France’s retirement age will be raised from 60 to 62 over the next eight years as part of sweeping pension reforms, the government announced today.
French labour minister Eric Woerth said that working longer was ‘inevitable’ and necessary to drag the country’s public finances out of the red.
Even with the change, the French workers will still retire far sooner than most others in the the developed world. Read more »
Nick Clegg has criticised “unreformed gold plated” public sector pensions, as new figures show spending on them will more than double by 2014/15.
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) says the taxpayer cost is set to rise from £4bn to £9bn.
Deputy Prime Minister Mr Clegg said that was “unfair” and unaffordable.
But Dave Prentis, leader of the public sector union Unison, said the government was trying to create an “aura” of austerity before making cuts.
The coalition has promised a review of public sector pensions.
According to the OBR report, the rise in spending on provision until 2014/15 represents an average increase of 20% a year in real terms.
It is the first time the cost has been projected more than one year into the future and the OBR cites “demographic” reasons – the fact that more public sector workers are due to retire in the next four years and that they are more likely to live longer. Read more »
One in four people in the UK often works all day without taking a break, a survey suggests.
More than half of the 3,000 people polled by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists said they went to work when feeling unwell or stressed.
Staff shortages were cited as a cause of stress and why breaks were skipped.
While work can contribute to people’s mental and physical well-being, overworking can lead to health problems, the CSP warned. Read more »
Below is a guide of your legal obligations once you have employed someone. It is an employer’s responsibility to make sure that the Employment Law checklist is fulfilled.
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The varied approach to different work styles and attitudes between younger and older employees is one of the most significant productivity challenges facing present employers, results of Capture It, a research project into the multi-generational workplace carried out by the Helen Hamlyn Centre at the Royal College of Art in collaboration with Steelcase.
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Increasing numbers of job seekers are drawing a blank in the search for full-time work. New analysis by the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) revealed that record numbers of people are working part-time because they can’t find full-time work. This numer has now reached over one million.
Over the past 2 years full time work has dropped by over 4% and there has also been a substantial increase in the number of temporary workers unable to find permanent jobs, up 40 percent since the recession began, the highest number on record, and a 45 per cent increase since the recession began. Read more »
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