Almost 100,000 manufacturing jobs will be lost next year as the UK plunges into recession, according to a report. The December 2008 Engineering Outlook survey by employers' body the EEF and advisory firm Grant Thornton shows manufacturing will be h  More...
01 December 2008 14:33

Thousands of public sector HR professionals could pay for Alistair Darling's Pre-Budget Report spending splurge with their jobs, it has emerged. Details buried deep in the report reveal that the chancellor is set to slash government spending on H  More...
28 November 2008 17:41

Employment and welfare reform minister Tony McNulty has called on the public sector to hire more long-term unemployed people and apprentices to fight rising jobless figures. Speaking exclusively to Personnel Today , he said state employers neede  More...
28 November 2008 10:19

Tesco, Royal Mail and Centrica are among the employers helping Gordon Brown to set up the National Employment Partnership (NEP) scheme, announced in the government's  Pre-Budget Report . Chief executives from private and public sector organisati  More...
28 November 2008 10:14

The finance sector's image has been scarred, and it could be years before it becomes attractive to applicants again, a leading HR professional has warned. Maria Bentley, global head of HR for investment bank UBS, said the sector's role in the econ  More...
28 November 2008 10:09

In the coming months, the pressure will be on HR professionals to cut staff benefits, so they will need to find innovative, cost-effective rewards that genuinely motivate employees. As the economic gloom deepens and the threat of job losses sends emp  More...
27 November 2008 12:05

Staff a high street retailer Woolworths have been reassured they will be paid their salaries in full tomorrow, despite the company going bust. Professional services firm Deloitte has been appointed administrator to the 99-year-old retailer and Enter  More...
27 November 2008 10:36

"Painful" wage cuts for millions of workers worldwide are expected next year, experts predict. The Global Wage Report 2008/09 by the International Labour Organization (ILO) predicts that global growth in wages will be just 1.1% in 2009, down fro  More...
27 November 2008 08:01

The increase in the tax rate to 45% for top earners will make the UK an unattractive place to work, experts have warned. Monday's Pre-Budget Report, which announced a 5% increase in taxation for people earning more than £150,000 from 2011, will   More...
26 November 2008 12:53

The nuclear industry has been hailed the UK's answer for revitalising career opportunities in manufacturing David Powell, regional vice-president for the UK at Westinghouse, which provides equipment to the nuclear electric power industry, said at   More...
26 November 2008 07:59

The government has announced a moratorium on Jobcentre Plus closures and pledged to find 6,000 extra front-line staff to help people made redundant get back into work. Work and pensions secretary James Purnell told Parliament that no more Jobcentres  More...
25 November 2008 16:12

The government's Pre-Budget Report may not save any jobs in the long run, an expert has warned. Chancellor Alistair Darling yesterday announced a £1bn Small Business Finance Scheme to ease the effects of the credit crunch on employers and saf  More...
25 November 2008 09:00

Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced a £1bn Small Business Finance Scheme to ease the effects of the credit crunch on employers and safeguard jobs.   Small firms will be able to borrow sums between £1,000 and £1m on flexible terms through the  More...
24 November 2008 16:45

Gordon Brown has urged businesses to continue to upskill the nation's workforce as the economy plunges further into recession. Speaking at the annual CBI conference in London, the prime minister told companies they were capable of taking the Brit  More...
24 November 2008 14:10

A government immigration adviser has told firms concerned about labour shortages when the new immigration system takes over this week to push up wages. David Metcalf, chair of the Migration Advisory Committee, which drew up the migrant worker shorta  More...
24 November 2008 07:04

Our weekly HR news and analysis audio programme includes: advice from a senior HR director about the function’s role during the economic downturn how a hotel chain is preparing for the UK losing its opt-out to the Working Time Di  More...
21 November 2008 16:50

Plans to force the long-term unemployed, single parents and disabled people to seek work should be reconsidered, according to a senior government adviser. Richard Tilt, head of the Social Security Advisory Committee, warned that welfare-to-work ref  More...
21 November 2008 10:09

The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has warned employers worried about the UK losing its Working Time Directive opt-out not to exploit young people working cheaply or for free to fill gaps. Luxury hotel chain the Lancaster Landmark Hotel   More...
21 November 2008 08:08

Axed staff face lengthy spells out of work as the economic crisis hits the government's ability to get people off benefits quickly, a minister has admitted. Employment minister Tony McNulty last week said he was proud of the government's re-employ  More...
21 November 2008 07:37

High-street business Woolworths has confirmed it is in talks over the possible sale of its entire retail business for just £1. The retail chain has been in discussions with a turnaround specialist, thought to be Hilco , about selling all 800 stores  More...
19 November 2008 10:17