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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:

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Read detailed analysis of the 2010 sporting policysurvey fndings: www.personneltoday.com/xperthr71

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■ 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