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Employer relief as mandatory Level 2 training threat is put back five years

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:05:00 GMT

The threat of employers having to provide mandatory training has been significantly delayed after the government pushed back the date by which the skills commission will report on the issue. Buried in the detail of Wednesda

Automatic enrolment into workplace personal pensions gets approval from EC, experts and ministers

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:00:00 GMT

Experts and ministers have welcomed confirmation by the European Commission that automatic enrolment into workplace personal pensions will be allowed under EU law - but say more can be done to support employees. Secretary o

Friday Podcast: Imelda Walsh on flexible working, Queen's speech latest and university sleeping...

Fri, 16 May 2008 16:58:00 GMT

HR news and analysis including: Imelda Walsh talks exclusively to Personnel Today on the flexible working review to extend the right to request flexbile

HR outsourcing provider Capita to double India workforce in 2008

Fri, 16 May 2008 16:19:00 GMT

HR outsourcing provider Capita plans to double the number of people it employs in India by the end

Enforced smiling in the workplace puts health at risk

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:46:00 GMT

Smiling too much at work can seriously damage your health, German scientists have claimed. Researchers at a university in Germany - where the right to be surly is almost a national pastime - now claim

Call to set up timetable to scrap statutory retirement age

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Calls for a formal timetable for the removal of the mandatory retirement age have come after a national survey found workers in the UK wanted to work longer. HSBC's Future of Retirement study, conducted by the Oxfo

Boffin breaches Data Protection Act and gets embroiled in family drama

Fri, 16 May 2008 10:57:00 GMT

Lancaster University reprimanded its head of economics professor Geraint Johnes for breaching data protection rules by telling a concerned mother about h

Prison Service teams up with equalities commission to tackle sexual harassment

Fri, 16 May 2008 10:51:00 GMT

The Prison Service has launched a crackdown on sexual harassment, bullying and discrimination as part of an action plan agreed with the equalities watchdog.

Minister admits ‘fit for work’ recommendation of Black Review is on the agenda

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:04:00 GMT

The government is already looking into the feasibility of piloting a 'fit for work' service, one of the key planks of the Black Review. National director for health and work Dame Carol Black's

Government to extend flexible working rights to staff with children up to age of 16

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:19:00 GMT

The government has announced that the right to request flexible working will be extended to staff with children up to the age of 16. Business secretary John Hutton has accepted the recommendations of Sainsbury's HR director

Staff retention levels to improve at Royal Mail as credit crunch bites

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:30:00 GMT

Royal Mail's HR director has predicted that the current economic downturn will be good for the organisation's retention levels. Dermot Toberty, di

National Work from Home Day could see five million workers absent from office

Thu, 15 May 2008 10:30:00 GMT

National Work from Home Day today kicks off national Work Wise Week, with many employees taking the opportunity to work from home. Up

World's most successful companies pay lower salaries

Thu, 15 May 2008 10:23:00 GMT

A study has found that the world's most successful companies pay lower wages than their rivals. Consultancy Hay Group found that employers on the