Friday podcast: absence costing tools, tax breaks for diverse employers and training cuts

Rob Moss04 July 2008 15:28

HR news and analysis including:

what employers can do to help tackle violent crime and help inner city youths find employment
how a new tool for HR directors can show how much money illness is costing the workplace
Boots HR director Alex Gourlay has suggested that employers should receive tax breaks for promoting diversity in the workplace, such as for when they favour hiring under-represented groups of people equally qualified to over-represented groups, as suggested in the draft Equalities Bill in June
and why the latest training budget cuts across firms in the UK will affect businesses long term.

Presenter Louisa Peacock is joined by Greg Pitcher, Guy Logan and John Charlton.

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