http://www.personneltoday.com/en-gbWed, 17 Mar 2010 17:41:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54874/nhs-workers-lack-time-to-do-job-properly-staff-survey-reveals.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54874/nhs-workers-lack-time-to-do-job-properly-staff-survey-reveals.html Half of NHS workers have warned that trusts are understaffed and feel they lack sufficient time to do their jobs properly, a survey has revealed. The <A href="http://www.cqc.org.uk/_db/_documents/16Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:41:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54872/acas-says-pre-claim-conciliation-service-has-prevented-more-than-5000-tribunal-cases.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54872/acas-says-pre-claim-conciliation-service-has-prevented-more-than-5000-tribunal-cases.html More than 5,000 employment tribunals are said to have been avoided after the launch of Acas' pre-claim conciliation service, the arbitration body has claimed. Acas helpline advisers have referred some 8.034 cases to the prWed, 17 Mar 2010 15:40:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54871/skills-shortages-still-a-worry-for-uk-employers-despite-millions-of-unemployed.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54871/skills-shortages-still-a-worry-for-uk-employers-despite-millions-of-unemployed.html Skills shortages remain a worrying issue for many UK companies despite millions of people being unemployed, research revealed today. Almost one-third (31%) of the 209 companies surveyed by the <A href="http://www.sscalliaWed, 17 Mar 2010 15:11:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54870/public-sector-leaders-back-calls-for-pay-transparency.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54870/public-sector-leaders-back-calls-for-pay-transparency.html The Local Government Association (LGA) has insisted that the pay of council chief executives is already open to public scrutiny after a report from the Audit Commission called for more transparency in severance packages. ThWed, 17 Mar 2010 14:38:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54867/fall-in-unemployment-figures-receives-cautious-welcome-from-employers-groups.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54867/fall-in-unemployment-figures-receives-cautious-welcome-from-employers-groups.html Employers' groups have cautiously welcomed today's announcement of a surprise fall in unemployment figures, but warned that the statistics mask some "worrying trends". The <A href="http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/lmsuWed, 17 Mar 2010 11:39:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54866/unemployment-falls-slightly.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54866/unemployment-falls-slightly.html The unemployment rate fell by 0.1% in the three months to January 2010, marking the first quarterly fall since the three months to May 2008, official figures revealed today. The number of unemployed pWed, 17 Mar 2010 10:44:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54865/kpmg-to-recruit-3500-jobs-this-year-and-increase-graduate-intake.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54865/kpmg-to-recruit-3500-jobs-this-year-and-increase-graduate-intake.html KPMG is set to fill another 2,800 jobs this year on top of the 700 positions already being advertised, Personnel Today has learned. Michelle Quest, head of people at the professional services firm, said the companWed, 17 Mar 2010 10:24:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54864/british-airways-strike-threat-gains-support-from-powerful-us-trade-union.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54864/british-airways-strike-threat-gains-support-from-powerful-us-trade-union.html The dispute between British Airways (BA) and Unite will become international today when representatives of the union meet with counterparts at Teamsters, the powerful US trade union, to discuss the looming cabin crew strike. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:17:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54863/city-lawyer-seeking-19m-over-workplace-bullying-claim-settles-for-undisclosed-sum.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54863/city-lawyer-seeking-19m-over-workplace-bullying-claim-settles-for-undisclosed-sum.html A City lawyer who had claimed £19m in compensation over workplace bullying has settled for an undisclosed multi-million-pound sum. Gill Switalski, 54, who earned £140,000 a year at FC Asset Management, had already wonWed, 17 Mar 2010 09:06:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54862/nest-retirement-saving-scheme-for-low-paid-staff-could-be-a-disaster.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54862/nest-retirement-saving-scheme-for-low-paid-staff-could-be-a-disaster.html The government scheme aimed at encouraging low-paid employees to save for their retirement could be a "disaster", experts have warned. The call came after the government revealed that all contributions into the National EmpWed, 17 Mar 2010 08:52:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54861/five-new-national-skills-academies-to-be-launched.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54861/five-new-national-skills-academies-to-be-launched.html Five new national skills academies, covering rail engineering, logistics, green building services, biotechnology, and composites, are to be launched, the government announced today. The new bodies, funded by £12m of public Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:38:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54860/royal-dutch-shell-to-cut-a-further-1000-jobs.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/17/54860/royal-dutch-shell-to-cut-a-further-1000-jobs.html Royal Dutch Shell has announced a further 1,000 job cuts on top of the 1,000 already slated to go this year. The move, announced by chief executive Peter Voser as he unveiled the <A href="http://www.shell.com/home/contentWed, 17 Mar 2010 08:26:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/16/54859/kraft-pledges-redundancy-freeze-after-cadbury-site-closure-apology.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/16/54859/kraft-pledges-redundancy-freeze-after-cadbury-site-closure-apology.html Kraft has pledged that there will be no compulsory redundancies at Cadbury manufacturing sites for the next two years, after apologising for reneging on a pledge to keep the UK firm's Keynsham plant open. <P align=Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:16:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/16/54858/flexible-working-push-by-jobcentres-welcomed-by-employers.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/16/54858/flexible-working-push-by-jobcentres-welcomed-by-employers.html Business groups and campaigners have broadly welcomed the government's move to encourage employers to offer all jobs flexibly - as long as it is not enshrined in law. Work and pensions secretary YvettTue, 16 Mar 2010 17:02:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/16/54857/companies-waste-4000-per-employee-due-to-pay-inefficiency.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/16/54857/companies-waste-4000-per-employee-due-to-pay-inefficiency.html UK companies are wasting almost £4,000 per employee – or 8% of their payroll costs – by failing to deliver their pay policies efficiently, research has revealed. Analysis of corporate pay rates, by HR consultancyTue, 16 Mar 2010 16:23:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/16/54852/kraft-execs-face-mp-questions-on-cadbury-closures.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/16/54852/kraft-execs-face-mp-questions-on-cadbury-closures.html MPs are to quiz Kraft executives today, following the US food giant's takeover of confectioner Cadbury. The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee is to take evidence from Kraft executive vice-president Marc Firestone, Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:36:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/16/54851/employment-law-damages-business-says-bcc.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/16/54851/employment-law-damages-business-says-bcc.html The "relentless flow" of complex employment law is stifling UK competitiveness and risks future job creation, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) warned today. A new BCC report, <A href="
https://docs.googTue, 16 Mar 2010 09:28:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/16/54850/severence-payouts-for-council-chiefs-attacked-by-government-watchdog.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/16/54850/severence-payouts-for-council-chiefs-attacked-by-government-watchdog.html Council chiefs found to be 'under-performing' are receiving huge payoffs, before moving to other councils, the local government watchdog has found. But the commission said the main reason for the deals - which affected alTue, 16 Mar 2010 09:12:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/16/54849/jobs-for-british-workers-campaigners-protest-at-power-station-site.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/16/54849/jobs-for-british-workers-campaigners-protest-at-power-station-site.html Campaigners calling for jobs to be given to British workers are today protesting outside a power station in Pembrokeshire. The demonstration, at a power station under construction in Pembroke Dock, is the <A href="http:/Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:11:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/16/54848/ba-strikers-cannot-picket-heathrow-terminal-5.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/16/54848/ba-strikers-cannot-picket-heathrow-terminal-5.html Striking British Airways staff will be unable to picket the airline's Heathrow base due Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:56:00 GMT