http://www.personneltoday.com/en-gbFri, 03 Sep 2010 09:50:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/09/03/56484/hr-news-round-up-hr-stories-making-the-headlines-3-september-2010.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/09/03/56484/hr-news-round-up-hr-stories-making-the-headlines-3-september-2010.html A round-up of HR-related stories in today's newspapers. Negotiations aimed at averting industrial action by London Underground (LU) workers starting on Monday 6 September have broken down and the strike will go ahead Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:50:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/09/02/56483/sharon-shoesmith-given-leave-to-appeal-dismissal.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/09/02/56483/sharon-shoesmith-given-leave-to-appeal-dismissal.html Sharon Shoesmith is free to appeal the ruling oveThu, 02 Sep 2010 12:04:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/09/02/56481/companies-cut-contributions-to-defined-benefit-pension-schemes.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/09/02/56481/companies-cut-contributions-to-defined-benefit-pension-schemes.html Multinational companies making changes to their defined-benefit (DB) pension schemes are cutting back on their contributions, according to new international research. One-third of respondents said they were looking to make Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:04:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/09/02/56480/hr-news-round-up-hr-stories-making-the-headlines-2-september-2010.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/09/02/56480/hr-news-round-up-hr-stories-making-the-headlines-2-september-2010.html A round-up of HR-related stories in today's newspapers. Staff at the BBC have voted to strike over proposed changes to their pensions, threatening television and radio coverage of events such as the Ryder Cup and the partyThu, 02 Sep 2010 10:19:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/09/01/56478/government-publishes-details-of-equality-act-coming-into-force-on-1-october-2010.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/09/01/56478/government-publishes-details-of-equality-act-coming-into-force-on-1-october-2010.html Alcoholics, smokers, voyeurs and exhibitionists will not be protected by disability provisions in the Equality Act, elements of which come into force on 1 October 2010. The Government published the <A href="http://www.xpWed, 01 Sep 2010 11:53:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/09/01/56477/employee-trust-low-in-bosses-of-recession-hit-companies.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/09/01/56477/employee-trust-low-in-bosses-of-recession-hit-companies.html Employees whose organisations have been hit hard by the recession have low levels of trust in their bosses and blame lies with poor management, according to research released today. Organisations who have respondWed, 01 Sep 2010 09:58:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/09/01/56475/hr-news-round-up-hr-stories-making-the-headlines-1-september-2010.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/09/01/56475/hr-news-round-up-hr-stories-making-the-headlines-1-september-2010.html A round-up of HR-related stories in today's newspapers. Britain faces a "brain drain" of talented professionals after it emerged that one-fifth of expats based in this country are considering returning home, accordingWed, 01 Sep 2010 09:23:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/09/01/56474/scottish-council-bosses-fear-22000-job-losses.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/09/01/56474/scottish-council-bosses-fear-22000-job-losses.html Local authority chief executives and finance directors at Scotland's local authorities fear up to 22,000 council staff will lose their jobs over the next two years due to spending cuts, according to research by financial and business consuWed, 01 Sep 2010 08:41:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/31/56473/almost-500-council-staff-offered-voluntary-redundancy.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/31/56473/almost-500-council-staff-offered-voluntary-redundancy.html All staff with the exception of the chief executive have been asked to consider voluntary redundancy by Fareham Borough Council as it faces cuts of £2.4 million in government funding. Some 487 personnel have been offered vTue, 31 Aug 2010 16:40:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/31/56472/firefighters-ballot-on-industrial-action-as-union-fears-jobs-cull.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/31/56472/firefighters-ballot-on-industrial-action-as-union-fears-jobs-cull.html Fire Brigade Union (FBU) members in London have until September 17 to decide if they back unspecified industrial action - short of striking - to try to prevent the London Fire Brigade (LFB) changing their contracts to facilitate a&nbsTue, 31 Aug 2010 15:45:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/31/56470/most-public-sector-jobseekers-would-accept-a-pay-cut.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/31/56470/most-public-sector-jobseekers-would-accept-a-pay-cut.html Public sector jobseekers are increasingly willing to take a pay cut according to the latest research by Totaljobs.com. The survey of 1,600 public sector jobseekers Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:21:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/31/56469/employers-to-slash-pension-contributions-when-auto-enrolment-begins.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/31/56469/employers-to-slash-pension-contributions-when-auto-enrolment-begins.html Many large employers may level down their contributions to employees' pensions once auto-enrolment begins in 2012, the Association of Consultuing Actuaries (ACA) warns. Auto-enrolment, the brain-child of the&nbspTue, 31 Aug 2010 13:14:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/31/56468/hr-news-round-up-hr-stories-making-the-headlines-31-august-2010.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/31/56468/hr-news-round-up-hr-stories-making-the-headlines-31-august-2010.html A round-up of HR-related stories in today's newspapers. Unemployment is set to breach the psychologically important 10% mark over the next five years - but only in the north, <A href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/busTue, 31 Aug 2010 11:36:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/31/56466/german-employers-set-for-new-facebook-snooping-law.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/31/56466/german-employers-set-for-new-facebook-snooping-law.html A new law banning companies from using social networking sites like Facebook to vet potential new employees is being mulled over by the German Government, reigniting the debate on whether or not employers should snoop on employees' privateTue, 31 Aug 2010 00:01:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/30/56467/hr-news-round-up-hr-stories-making-the-headlines-30-august-2010.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/30/56467/hr-news-round-up-hr-stories-making-the-headlines-30-august-2010.html A round-up of HR-related stories in bank holiday Monday's newspapers. The Daily Mail reported that calling a female colleague "love" Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:20:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/27/56462/hr-news-round-up-hr-stories-making-the-headlines-27-august-2010.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/27/56462/hr-news-round-up-hr-stories-making-the-headlines-27-august-2010.html A round-up of HR-related stories in today's newspapers. One in four lap dancers has a degree, according to a study <A href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/one-in-four-lap-dancers-has-a-degree-study-finds-2Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:32:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/26/56457/hr-news-round-up-hr-stories-making-the-headlines-26-august-2010.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/26/56457/hr-news-round-up-hr-stories-making-the-headlines-26-august-2010.html A round-up of HR-related stories in today's newspapers. Plans to cut the number of immigrants entering Britain will not damage the coalition Government's hopes of a new "special" economic relationship with India, Britain'sThu, 26 Aug 2010 09:27:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/25/56456/flexible-jobs-shortage-could-hamper-government-single-parent-work-plans.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/25/56456/flexible-jobs-shortage-could-hamper-government-single-parent-work-plans.html Government plans to get more single parents back into work could be thrown into jeopardy due to a lack of flexible working arrangements, according to new research. The <A href="http://www.gingerbread.org.uk/portal/pls/poWed, 25 Aug 2010 16:27:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/25/56455/employers-enthusiasm-for-pension-auto-enrolment-plans-wanes.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/25/56455/employers-enthusiasm-for-pension-auto-enrolment-plans-wanes.html Employers have given government plans for automatic enrolment into a workplace pension scheme from 2012 a lukewarm reception. A government survey<Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/25/56454/equality-act-2010-public-sector-equality-duty-consultation-launched.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/08/25/56454/equality-act-2010-public-sector-equality-duty-consultation-launched.html A consultation on the public sector equality duty under the Equality Act 2010 has been launched by the Government Equalities Office. The EqualiWed, 25 Aug 2010 10:17:00 GMT