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Friday Podcast: NHS HR chief on latest staff survey results; HR salaries, budgets and priorities; Jedi faith and discrimination claims

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:42:00 GMT

HR news and analysis including: Clare Chapman on the NHS response to its latest staff survey Xpert HR on HR salaries, budgets and priorities The Jedi faith and the rise of discrimination claims.

British Airways could face tribunal claims for labelling sick staff as strikers

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:37:00 GMT

British Airways (BA) could face tribunal claims after it allegedly threatened to label staff who call in sick during the cabin crew walkouts as strikers, lawyers have warned. BA is said to have warned

City broking firm found guilty of unlawfully poaching staff

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:30:00 GMT

A city broking firm has been found guilty of unlawfully conspiring to poach staf

Headteacher awarded £400,000 damages by Court of Appeal over 'Islamophobia' accusations

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:23:00 GMT

A headmistress has been awarded more than £400,000 in damages after she was forced to quit her job because she had been accused of Islamophobia. The Court of Appeal ruled Erica Connor, the head of New

Birmingham City Council social workers sacked to improve services

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:16:00 GMT

Six Birmingham social workers have been sacked in a bid to improve the council's heavily criticised children's services. Colin Tucker, director of the children's services department at Birmingham City

BA and Unite continue talks in a bid to avert strikes

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:10:00 GMT

Talks between British Airways (BA) and Unite are continuing in a bid to avert strikes w

Manufacturing skills gap could be improved if City stopped poaching best graduates

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:01:00 GMT

Skills gaps in the manufacturing industry could be improved if the City stopped poaching the best engineering and science graduates, the chairman of BAE Systems has said. Dick Olver told the

Sussex University teachers and researchers to strike over job cuts and lecturing changes

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:31:00 GMT

University of Sussex teachers and researchers are set to hold a one-day strike today (18 March) in response to proposed redundancies and lecturing changes. Members of the University and College Union (UCU) are angry at the

Land Registery to cut a further 800 jobs

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:15:00 GMT

The Land Registry will cut a further 800 jobs, it has emerged. About 1,500 jobs are already set to go by the end of 2011, but the new cull would take place by 2014, bringing the total workforce to about 4,200. The

BA cabin crew off sick before strikes could face disciplinary action

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:07:00 GMT

British Airways (BA) cabin crew who have called in sick since the weekend will be deemed to be supporting the strikes if they are still off when the walkouts start, the airline has warned. This would allow the firm to take

Police spend one-fifth of time completing HR, IT and finance duties

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:30:00 GMT

Police spend one-fifth of their time completing back-office duties such as HR, IT and finance, research has shown. A report into how forces spend their time – and £13.5bn a year – also found just one-third of pol