Employers who knowingly hire illegal migrant workers now face a £10,000 fine or a prison sentence. Does this mean HR has to keep closer tabs on employees?
Margaret Kubicek
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Eight months into the smoking ban, employers and staff are benefiting from clearing the air and joining stop-smoking programmes. Margaret...
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BlackBerries and mobiles have blurred the boundaries between work and personal lives, and one unpleasant side-effect has been the inexorable rise of 'cyber-bullying'. Margaret Kubicek investigates.
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Websites such as MySpace have redefined a generation, and HR needs to keep up with how young people communicate and work. Margaret Kubicek finds out how to catch recruits young.
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As the final report of the Leitch Review of UK skills is about to be published, employers need to set out their learning and development priorities, says Margaret Kubicek.
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HR in larger organisations is considered more strategic, but building credibility is still an uphill struggle, reports Margaret Kubicek.
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HR is perceived to have less value in the public sector than in commercial organisations. Margaret Kubicek finds out why.
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Spotlight on… World Cup sickies
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Setting boundaries for staff behaviour is an issue for all companies, but even more so for those where staff wear...
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We ask to what extent should a gut feeling be valued as a behaviour and addressed in management developmentWith softer...
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Pharmaceutical company Kimberly-Clark is going international with its coaching – rolling out a common model across the global business as...
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Margaret Kubicek assesses the enduring appeal of Ken Blanchard, who wrote The One-Minute Manager more than two decades ago
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Increasingly employers are working with union learning representatives to boost skills acquisition in the workplace
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Occupational standards for retail financial services look set for a radical overhaul following a consultation by the industry’s sector skills...
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Diversity training needs to do much more than cover employers' backs against discrimination claims to be effective. Margaret Kubicek reports