Test your knowledge

Welcome to the September 2009 edition of the Ceridian HR News Quiz. Take our HR quiz and find out how much you know…

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answered correctly 1 According to research by Aon Consulting, what proportion of employees are unaware that the minimum retirement age is set to rise from 50 to 55 in April 2010?

A quarter
A third
Half

2 Three million people in the UK have not had a job since...

1976
1986
1996

3 What percentage of employees feel that their lunch breaks are the shortest they have ever been?

58 per cent
68 per cent
78 per cent

4 Salary sacrifice can be offered through childcare vouchers, but according to research from Mercer, how many firms in the UK actually offer this?

17 per cent
27 per cent
37 per cent

5 According to the latest Labour Market Outlook, employers are not so keen to employ which age group?

16 - 18 year olds
25 - 35 year olds
50 - 60 year olds

6 Approximately how many NHS staff call in sick every day?

25,000
35,000
45,000

7 According to Aon's Employee Omnibus Survey, what proportion of people have increased the amount they contribute to their defined contribution pension in the past year?

One in five
Two in five
Three in five

8 The Women at Work Commission believe the key to reducing the gender pay gap is by:

Tackling career stereotypes among schoolgirls
Checking pay systems
Making the results from related reports available to all organisations across the UK

9 What initiative will be re-launched by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in September in an attempt to prevent slips, trips and falls?

Ladder Exchange Initiativ
Slips, trips and falls prevention initiative
Sensible shoes initiative

10 Recent changes in the Working Time Regulations has meant that the working week for Junior Doctors recently decreased to how many hours?

50 hours
48 hours
46 hours