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

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:28:00 GMT

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 workpla

Another racism review will just slow progress, warns Tiplady

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:36:00 GMT

Another review of institutional racism in the Police Service is not needed and will only stand in the wa

Spoof retirement letters sent to MPs by Employers Forum on Age

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:02:00 GMT

MPs have received spoof retirement letters as the Employers Forum on Age (EFA) ramps up its campaign to scrap th

Sexual harassment of men rife in the UK workplace

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:18:00 GMT

The fairer sex may not be playing fair after all, with four out of five male workers being harassed by women at work, according to researchers. According to a study by employment law firm Peninsula, 77% of male workers had

Age discrimination victory for Heyday could resurrect 250 other cases

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:01:00 GMT

More than 250 age discrimination claims could be revived in the wake of a European Court of Justice (ECJ) hearing on the challenge to the UK retirement age on 2 July. According to the Employment Tribunals Service, abo

Association of Muslim Police requests government assistance in racism research

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:36:00 GMT

The Association of Muslim Police (AMP) has written to home secretary Jacqui Smith to ask her to prevent police forc

‘No win no fee’ lawyers face tighter controls in equal pay disputes

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:03:00 GMT

'No-win no-fee' lawyers at the heart of the equal pay chaos that is overwhelming local councils could face tighter controls in the future after the governmen

Equality Bill: Tribunals to have power to set policy on pay and recruitment if firms discriminate

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:01:00 GMT

Tribunal panels will be given powers under the Equality Bill to order organisations found guilty of discrimination against a single employee to make sweeping changes to their hiring and pay practices. Employ

Friday podcast: Equality Bill, diversity, unions vote strike, prayer rooms

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:45:00 GMT

HR news and analysis including: Unions have voted for a two day strike next month over a low pay offer, and local government officials have criticised the action. Jim Savege, the lead on pay for the Public Sector People Managers’ Ass

Equality Bill first draft laid before Parliament

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:27:00 GMT

Equality minister Harriet Harman today laid the first draft of the long-awaited Equality Bill before Parliament.

First draft of Equality Bill could pave way for positive discrimination

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:21:00 GMT

Harriet Harman will unveil the first draft of the Equality Bill before Parliament today - potentially paving the way for positive discrimination in the workpl

Equality rep rights plea to MPs as TUC targets ministers

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:56:00 GMT

Impassioned pleas were made last night for ministers to intervene in the plight of union equality representatives. Equalities minister Harriet Harman and business secretary John Hutton received a battering on the issue fro

Pensions Bill amendment to ban employers’ inducements to opt out from workplace pension schemes

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:40:00 GMT

Encouraging or forcing workers to opt out from a workplace pension scheme will become unlawful under proposed changes to the Pensions Bill.<

HR chiefs slam claims that employers face 'stagnating' workforce

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:30:00 GMT

The suggestion by a leading pensions expert that employers are faced with a stagnating workforce of older staff unprepared for retirement has been criticised by HR chiefs. At the launch of a report b

Friday podcast: diversity policies, Nestle's successful recruitment strategy and the national minimum wage

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:32:00 GMT

HR news and analysis including: Private sector firms bidding for government contracts will now have to publish details of their diversity policies under plans unveiled in the Equalities Bill due to be read in Parliament o

Equalities and Human Rights Commission defends itself after damning staff survey results

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT

The equalities watchdog was moved to defend itself after a damning survey revealed just 8% of workers would recommend it as a good place to work. A union survey of half the workforce at the Equalities

Lloyds TSB named best performing employer on improving racial diversity

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:29:00 GMT

Lloyds TSB has been named as the best performing employer when it comes to efforts on improving racial diversity. A report by Race for

Private firms bidding for government contracts must publish diversity info

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:35:00 GMT

Private sector firms bidding for government contracts will now have to publish details of their diversity policies, the government has confirmed. Speaking ahead of the

Health insurance age claims loom for firms that sideline older workers

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:02:00 GMT

Employers who provide health insurance as a benefit to staff could face claims of age discrimination