Disability forum welcomes plans to help mentally ill at work

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:53:00 GMT

The Employers' Forum on Disability (EFD) has welcomed government plans to help people with mental health problems stay in work. Work and pensions secretary James Purnell last week announced an increas

Bonus ban for board members at bailed-out banks

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:54:00 GMT

Chancellor Alistair Darling has banned senior board members at the banks bailed out this morning from receiving bonuses this year.

Icelandic banking crisis could mean no wages for UK council staff

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:28:00 GMT

Several councils could be unable to pay their staff at the end of this month, it was reported yesterday. A significant number of local authorities relied on cash tied up in the doomed Icelandic banking system to pay wages,

Lammy warns employers that skills tax could resurface

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:12:00 GMT

David Lammy signed off as skills minister last week with a warning to employers that they could yet be slapped with a skills tax. Lammy, who was promot

Migrant sponsor registration shortfall not a problem, says Home Office

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT

A senior Home Office immigration figure has told employers not to panic about the points-based system going live across the UK next month. By the end of November, Tiers 2 and 5

Bonus bonanza comes to end as employers get green light to curb City excesses

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:28:00 GMT

City employers have been given the green light by legal experts to slash banker bonuses in the wake of the £50bn government bailout. On announcing the high-stakes rescue package, cha

Women and ethnic minorities to be fast-tracked to top at NPIA

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:01:00 GMT

A national development scheme for high-potential police officers will be launched this week by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) to help speed up promotion opportunities for all staff. E

Friday podcast: Conservatives blast health and safety regulations; and Best Places to Work in HR 2008

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:42:00 GMT

Anti-red tape campaign to be launched by Tories

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:40:00 GMT

The government will come under pressure to cut workplace health and safety regulations this autumn, Personnel Today has learned. Shadow work and pensi

Met Police HR director defends 'you people' comment

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:35:00 GMT

Martin Tiplady has insisted he did not mean any offence by using the phrase "you people" during talks with the Met Black Police Association (MBP

Data theft risk posed by IT staff made redundant in economic downturn

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:38:00 GMT

A data security expert has called for senior IT staff made redundant as a result of the economic downturn to be placed on gardening leave to stop them walking off with potentially damaging information.

Bus staff strike over pay as Metroline defends offer

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:31:00 GMT

London bus company Metroline believes it did all it could to avoid its staff striking today. While in talks with trade union Unite yesterday, Metroline offered its staff a 4% pay increase. But no agre

Ministry of Defence loses personal details of Armed Forces staff

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:32:00 GMT

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has lost personal details of about 100,000 Armed Forces employees after a computer hard drive went missing. IT contractor EDS informed the MoD about the missing hard dri

Prison Service must improve relations with Muslim inmates

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:43:00 GMT

The Prison Service needs to "urgently" improve how staff deal with Muslim inmates, the chief inspector of prisons has warned. After a

Best Places to Work in HR winners announced

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:55:00 GMT

It's official. Motability Operations is the best place to work in HR in the UK, after it picked up

Skilled migrant rules could lead to UK chef shortage

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:49:00 GMT

Hoteliers may struggle to find home-grown labour to replace low-skilled migrant workers when the new immigration system takes hold, HR directors have warned. By the end of November,

Management now thankless task as polite society becomes thing of past

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:40:00 GMT

Managers are worse at saying 'thank you' than they were 10 years ago, according to a survey. A poll of 1,088 workers by business consultancy Maritz found UK businesses were split between 'thankers' and 'thank nots'.

Inspiring the 'Kyle generation' – Chris Grayling's plans for welfare reform

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:18:00 GMT

Forget Generation Y - the future of UK business hinges on the "Jeremy Kyle generation", according to shadow work and pensions secretary Chris Grayling.

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