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Air traffic controller's recruitment policy ruled discriminatory

An employment tribunal has ruled that an air traffic controller was guilty of age discrimination when it turned down a 50-year old man's application for a position as a trainee controller, in Baker v National Air Traffic Services Ltd . Read More....

Published 27 Feb 2009 2:26 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, recruitment, age, discrimination
Virtually working - from home

A new trial has begun to investigate whether businesses can benefit from a new virtual world called "Home". The concept, which uses online avatars (virtual people) like those used in Second Life , is designed to help senior leaders communicate...

Published 27 Feb 2009 12:49 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: international, flexible working, business practices, second life, homeworking, communications, conferencing
Sex discrimination permeates class and age divide

Twenty-one year old secretary Sarah Crosbie was ordered to scrub the male toilets of the male dominated plumbing company where she was employed, and branded "a bitch and a whore and a silly cow" when she stood her ground and refused to do so...

Published 26 Feb 2009 11:38 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, sex discrimination, discrimination, sexual harassment
Quiz for managers on stress management skills

It could be a sign of the times that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has just launched a new work-related stress website . And if line managers at your organisation have a few minutes to spare, they can now find out how far they are adding to the...

Published 26 Feb 2009 9:56 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: stress, absence management, absence, recession, line managers, hse
Infectious diseases hitting the workplace

Given the continuing spread of the norovirus across the UK and statistics showing an increase in the number of measles cases (on the BBC website), it's no surprise that XpertHR has had a number of recent queries from employers in relation to infectious...

Published 25 Feb 2009 10:23 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: employee health, health and safety
£516 - the cost of absence?

If you're thinking that a few hundred pounds is a bit cheap for all the costs that an employee's absence can entail, you'd be right. Read More...

Published 25 Feb 2009 9:27 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: surveys, sickness, absence management, absence, costs
Reward in 2009: the year that pay awards froze?

It won't have escaped anybody's attention that the first two months of this year have seen a dramatic worsening of business conditions in the UK, as the full force of the credit crunch comes to bear. Alongside the rising tide of redundancies and...

Published 24 Feb 2009 7:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, pay awards, inflation, pay freeze
UK faces "serious risk" of decade-long recession

UK employers already reeling from the impact of the economic downturn may not be pleased to hear that there is a possibility that this could only be the thin end of the wedge. There is "a serious risk" that the current recession could develop...

Published 20 Feb 2009 10:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay awards, bank of england, economics, recession, pay freeze, depression
Pay awards fall sharply to 3%

The median pay award has fallen sharply to 3% (subscription required) in the three months to 31 January 2009, while the number of pay freezes has shot up, according to latest pay trend analysis from IRS, published to XpertHR today. Read More...

Published 20 Feb 2009 7:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, pay awards, pay freeze
When not to ask staff to refund travel expenses

Given the current economic climate, there can't be too many employees who haven't been asked to tighten their belts when it comes to travel expenses. But one US bank took things a bit far when it asked 23 members of staff who were on the New York...

Published 19 Feb 2009 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, business practices, transport, contingency planning, expenses
Darling calls for 'culture change' on bonuses

Chancellor Alistair Darling has weighed in on the future of finance sector bonus culture (on the BBC website), stating that: "We want to see a cultural change where short-term bonuses are replaced with incentives for the long term." Read More...

Published 18 Feb 2009 9:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: bonuses, irs surveys, bonus
Disabled employees more likely to be ridiculed

While the Government is busy deciding whether or not to adopt the concept of indirect discrimination in relation to disability discrimination, new research reveals that disabled people continue to face significant prejudice and discrimination in the workplace...

Published 17 Feb 2009 3:46 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: employee rights, discrimination, disability discrimination, disability
Swearing in the workplace (and on a film set)

Batman star, Christian Bale, gave superheroes a bad name when he hit the headlines for verbally assaulting photography director, Shane Hurlbut, on the set of the Terminator. Bale gave Gordon Ramsay a run for his money when he reportedly used the F-word...

Published 17 Feb 2009 10:31 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, dismissal, gross misconduct, unfair dismissal
Deflation in prospect: RPI inflation drops to 0.1%

Deflation looks set to return to the UK economy for the first time in nearly half a century in the near future. Retail prices index (RPI) inflation has fallen for a fourth consecutive month, dropping by 0.8 percentage points to stop just short of negative...

Published 17 Feb 2009 9:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, pay awards, inflation, economics, deflation
Pay freezes as snow thaws

You might be finding the journey into work a little easier this week, but an increasing number of employees are hitting a severe cold front as they enter their offices. Read More...

Published 16 Feb 2009 4:40 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay awards, weather, irs, pay freeze

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Air traffic controller's recruitment policy ruled discriminatory

Virtually working - from home

Sex discrimination permeates class and age divide

Quiz for managers on stress management skills

Infectious diseases hitting the workplace

£516 - the cost of absence?

Reward in 2009: the year that pay awards froze?

UK faces "serious risk" of decade-long recession

Pay awards fall sharply to 3%

When not to ask staff to refund travel expenses

Darling calls for 'culture change' on bonuses

Disabled employees more likely to be ridiculed

Swearing in the workplace (and on a film set)

Deflation in prospect: RPI inflation drops to 0.1%

Pay freezes as snow thaws