As we edge closer to the peak time for pay reviews this month’s Executive Compensation Review includes our first survey of management pay awards in 2010, covering those conducted during the three months to January, a period that usually gives an early indication of what lies ahead for pay reviews during the year. We also take a look at the latest graduate recruitment and pay trends, seeing whether the market will improve this year after being hit heavily by the cost-cutting axe in 2009.

Also included in March's edition is how international industrial services group Harsco implemented a new global pay and grading structure. While June Grant, a Senior Principal at Aon Consulting, assesses the impact of the Government’s announcement last year of a move to restrict pensions tax relief for those earning over £150,000.

This month sees the publication of our latest Pay and progression for graduates. This year’s survey is based on over 100 companies providing information about their graduate schemes, including recruitment numbers, starting salaries, attraction and selection methods and the impact of the recession.

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• Survey round-up - reviews of the latest salary surveys published by leading and specialist suppliers
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March 2010

• Our latest quarterly round-up of management pay awards in 2010
• Latest recruitment and pay trends for graduates
• How industrial services company Harsco introduced its global pay and grading programme
• City professionals' job market
• Speakers' Corner assesses the impact of the forthcoming restriction on pensions tax relief for those earning over £150,000
• Survey round-ups of city pay, non-executive directors, HR and personnel staff and distribution and transport professionals

February 2010

• Non-executive director fees in the FTSE 100
• Latest management benefit findings
• How Bellway regained investor approval for its executive pay policies following a previous majority vote against
• Compliance specialists job market
• Should the public sector follow private sector practice and set up independent remuneration committees?
• Survey round-ups of computer staff, engineering and personnel rewards

January 2010

• Pre-Budget report sets tone for general election
• FTSE 100 directors’ incentives hit by recession
• Will bankers’ pay be fixed in 39 steps?
• Engineering managers and senior engineers job market
• Survey round-ups of Annual survey of hours and earnings, non-executive directors, and purchasing and supply chain professionals