April 2009 - Personneltoday.com Editors Blog

Personneltoday.com Editors Blog

Home

Report this Blog for Abuse

Syndication

Archives

Sort by: Most Recent | Most Viewed | Most Commented

Equality Bill fails to scrap retirement age rules

Age campaigners - and Personnel Today - are disappointed that the Equality Bill didn't include any measures to committing to scrapping the default retirement age before the current review date of 2011. EFA chief Catharine Pusey said: "Today,...

Published 28 Apr 2009 5:28 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: employers, Equality, equalitybill, retirementage, efa
Firms won't publish pay gaps voluntarily, despite Equality Bill

As expected the Equality Bill contained a few surprises. I realise that's an oxymoron, but the government always likes to think its new draft legislation contains a few 'shock factors', despite the fact that most of the press including Personnel...

Published 28 Apr 2009 4:52 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Diversity, equalpayequalitybillglassceilingequalpayreportspayauditscompulsorypayauditsharrietharmancipdhrverabairdmariaeagle
Lightweights at the BCC Conference

At the BCC Business Convention in Birmingham this week. The train up on Sunday was delayed while a kidnap victim was freed from a car filled with gas canisters. West Midlands police and the regional army bomb disposal performed admirably to rescue him...

Published 27 Apr 2009 9:51 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Human Resources, equalitybill, kenclarke, baronessvadera, bcc, nickclegg
Positive action could lead to claims of discrimination

The one provision of the Equality Bill which I find troubling is the idea that employers will be able to recruit people from an under-represented group when there are candidates of equal merit. One problem with this is that in the real... Read More.....

Published 27 Apr 2009 7:44 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Recruitment, Equality, Diversity, discrimination, equalitybill, equalrights, positiveaction
CIPD unveils standards shake-up

The CIPD has launched its new HR Profession Map as part of a revamp of standards and its approach to developing the HR practitioners of the future.Chief executive Jackie Orme has been promising a big announcement on qualifications, and the... Read More...

Published 23 Apr 2009 3:35 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: hr, Human Resources, jackieorme, cipd, qualifications
Chancellor's empty Budget gestures for employees and employers

It's Budget time again, and in his desire to avoid mentioning the City too much, Alistair Darling has crammed in quite a lot of employment content into this year's depressing address. Indeed, in a swipe at the few pinstriped types who... Read...

Published 22 Apr 2009 8:54 AM by Editors Blog
CIPD HRD 2009 Conference

I attended the CIPD's HRD 2009 conference in London this week, travelling on the Docklands Light Rail past the Square Mile, where so many fingers point as a contributing factor to the recession. Read More...

Published 21 Apr 2009 6:51 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Human Resources, recession, cipd, hrdconference, Talent management, conferenceandexhibition
Budget 2009 | It'll leave you gasping for air

Lots of questions about what the 2009 Budget will entail, and at the moment, your guess is as good as mine. Actually, probably not as good, but not far off. Sunday will likely see a few leaks from Wednesday's Budget, but nothing that will blow employers...

Published 17 Apr 2009 8:51 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Politics, employers, Economics, business, Recruitment, Training, CBI, tuc, cipd, gordonbrown, prebudgetreport, alistairdarling, budget
Has Jackie Orme made a difference at the CIPD?

A little more than a year has passed since Jackie Orme took over at the helm of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. We want Personnel Today readers to tell us what difference, if any, you think she has... Read More...

Published 17 Apr 2009 4:11 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: hr, Human Resources, recession, jackieorme, cipd, future, institute
A dangerous precedent to be set?

As I write, former Visteon employees across the UK have their fingers tightly crossed as they await the outcome of a second meeting today between Unite union representatives and Ford. Despite meetings between Unite and the 'powers that be' at...

Published 16 Apr 2009 2:49 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: employers, employees, hr, visteon, protests, jobcuts, redundancy, unite, union, demonstrations, workers, ford
'New' CIPD chief executive | One year on - but what's changed?

It's been a year since the new chief executive at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has begun work. Jackie Orme joined the CIPD in April 2008. At the time her appointment sparked surprise - and a little concern - from......

Published 15 Apr 2009 12:04 PM by Editors Blog

Filed under: hr, Human Resources, Skills, recession, humanresources, pepsi, jackieorme, cipd, qualifications, personnel
Gordon Brown bullyboy tactics are nothing new

The mock exasperation in the national press, and the sleaze kings that are the Tories, over the bullyboy tactics employed by Gordon Brown's team is a timely reminder that the PM is, indeed, in touch with the real world and... Read More...

Published 15 Apr 2009 5:44 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Leadership, tories, bullying, damianmcbride, gordonbrown, bully, tonyblair, sleaze
Top professions becoming more socially exclusive

If you want to be a lawyer, doctor, accountant or top civil servant then it helps massively if your family is wealthy and you attended public school.Not exactly a revelation, but the social mobility gap is getting worse, according to... Read More...

Published 15 Apr 2009 3:58 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Diversity, career, children, access, professions, socialmobility
Personnel Today Awards - 10 top tips on writing a winning entry

The entry deadline for the 2009 Personnel Today Awards is 5 June, so the sooner you send in your entries, the better. Here are 10 tips on what to include, and what to leave out, to maximise your chances of... Read More...

Published 14 Apr 2009 9:24 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: personneltodayawards
Get obese NHS nurses to diet? Carry on laughing

A report this week calls on NHS staff, particularly nurses to lose weight to set an example to staff as a whole. Apparently 700,000 of the NHS's 1.2 million staff are overweight. This is a good example of how policies... Read More...

Published 14 Apr 2009 4:51 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: NHS, diet, hattiejacques, overweight, lifestyle, nurses, obesity

1 2 Next >

April 2009 - Personneltoday.com Editors Blog

Syndication

Recent Posts

Tags

Archives

Equality Bill fails to scrap retirement age rules

Firms won't publish pay gaps voluntarily, despite Equality Bill

Lightweights at the BCC Conference

Positive action could lead to claims of discrimination

CIPD unveils standards shake-up

Chancellor's empty Budget gestures for employees and employers

CIPD HRD 2009 Conference

Budget 2009 | It'll leave you gasping for air

Has Jackie Orme made a difference at the CIPD?

A dangerous precedent to be set?

'New' CIPD chief executive | One year on - but what's changed?

Gordon Brown bullyboy tactics are nothing new

Top professions becoming more socially exclusive

Personnel Today Awards - 10 top tips on writing a winning entry

Get obese NHS nurses to diet? Carry on laughing