Working at Experian

Experian’s HR policies must strike a balance between meeting the local needs of the many different regions where we work, while at the same time being fair, comparable and common across a large global company. A newly-appointed Group Head of HR has overall responsibility for this, working with senior HR colleagues in each different region

Over this year and next all the policies in the UK and US are being reviewed and where necessary refreshed and republished as part of a regular ongoing process. In the UK in FY07 HR developed a suite of e-learning materials designed to help understanding of a variety of employment topics, including diversity, adoption, flexible working, grievance and whistleblowing.

This year, FY08, all public places and workplaces in England will be made smoke-free, so we are introducing a workplace smoking policy which will comply with legislation created under the Health Act 2006.

One policy that is truly global is our Information Security policy and in FY07 this was rolled out across the world and communicated through our line management and directly to employees via intranet and magazine communications.

Reward and recognition

As we demerged from GUS, one particular benefit was that employees received a special one-time award of free shares. This gave them the opportunity to have an ownership stake in the future success of our company.

We are also strengthening the mechanisms to link reward to personal performance.

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