http://www.personneltoday.com/en-gbMon, 01 Dec 2008 16:19:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/48553/baby-p-report-condemns-hr-processes-at-haringey-council.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/48553/baby-p-report-condemns-hr-processes-at-haringey-council.html The damning independent report into the death of Baby P has highlighted a number of HR issues at Haringey Council. The council's head of children's services, Sharon Shoesmith, was sacked in the wake of the <A href="http://Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:19:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/48552/100000-manufacturing-jobs-at-risk-in-2009-as-recession-bites.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/48552/100000-manufacturing-jobs-at-risk-in-2009-as-recession-bites.html Almost 100,000 manufacturing jobs will be lost next year as the UK plunges into recession, according to a report. The December 2008 Engineering Outlook survey by employers' body the EEF and advisory firm Grant ThorMon, 01 Dec 2008 14:33:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/48551/raise-minimum-wage-to-6.10-urges-tuc.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/48551/raise-minimum-wage-to-6.10-urges-tuc.html The TUC has called for a 37p increase in the adult national minimum wage to help fight the credit crunch. The union umbrella body wants the rate tMon, 01 Dec 2008 14:22:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/48550/eurotunnel-workers-threaten-christmas-strike-in-roster-dispute.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/48550/eurotunnel-workers-threaten-christmas-strike-in-roster-dispute.html Eurostar staff rosters have been branded "unfair" by union bosses sparking warnings that staff may strike in the run-up to Christmas. Members of both the RMT and TSSA trade unions have voted in favour of industrial action, Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:23:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/48549/private-pensions-surplus-boosted-by-low-inflation.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/48549/private-pensions-surplus-boosted-by-low-inflation.html November saw the largest recorded rise in the value of the UK's biggest pension schemes. The accounting position of the 200 largest privately sponsored pension schemes improved by £38bn over the month, according to advisoryMon, 01 Dec 2008 09:59:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/48548/100000-a-year-nurse-wins-public-support.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/48548/100000-a-year-nurse-wins-public-support.html News that an NHS nurse has broken the £100,000 salary barrier has been welcomed by the public. The Sunday Times yesterday revealed that RotherhMon, 01 Dec 2008 09:45:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/48538/stupid-lack-of-tax-breaks-for-occupational-health-slammed-by-expert.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/48538/stupid-lack-of-tax-breaks-for-occupational-health-slammed-by-expert.html The lack of tax incentives for employers in the government's drive for an occupational health revolution has been branded "stupid" by an expert. Sayeed Khan, chief medical adviser at manufacturers' body the EEF, told PeMon, 01 Dec 2008 08:55:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47287/how-to-create-a-watertight-garden-leave-clause.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47287/how-to-create-a-watertight-garden-leave-clause.html Common law states that employees have a right to work so failure to provide it could, in the absence of a carefully drafted garden leaveclause, be treateMon, 01 Dec 2008 00:02:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47263/web-technology-when-to-use-caution.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47263/web-technology-when-to-use-caution.html Without a doubt the worldwide web has brought many benefits since its inception in the early 1990s - apart from information that is often unreliable. As every parent struggling with a child's homework assignment knows, finding accurate infMon, 01 Dec 2008 00:01:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47291/case-round-up-noah-v-sarah-desrosiers-highland-council-v-tgwu-allen-v-gmb-johns-v-solent.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47291/case-round-up-noah-v-sarah-desrosiers-highland-council-v-tgwu-allen-v-gmb-johns-v-solent.html In Noah v Sarah Desrosiers t/a Wedge, Bushra Noah, a Muslim hairdresser, succeeded in her claim that she had been indirectly discriminated against on grounds of religion as a result of her employer's requirement that she remove her headscaMon, 01 Dec 2008 00:01:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/48533/business-big-wigs-heap-praise-on-motivational-role-of-hr-in-tough-times.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/48533/business-big-wigs-heap-praise-on-motivational-role-of-hr-in-tough-times.html A trio of business leaders have spoken of the crucial role HR professionals have to play in keeping employees motivated during the economic crisis. <A href="http://www.diageo.com/en-row/NewsAndMedia/PressReleases/2000/PauMon, 01 Dec 2008 00:01:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47262/law-in-practice-discriminatory-job-advertisements.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47262/law-in-practice-discriminatory-job-advertisements.htmlMon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47266/qa-additional-maternity-rights-birth-of-more-rights.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47266/qa-additional-maternity-rights-birth-of-more-rights.html Employment lawyers would probably not know what to do with themselves if they had no new maternity legislation to discuss, so it is just as well the MaternitMon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47268/policy-clinic-redundancies-and-underperformers.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47268/policy-clinic-redundancies-and-underperformers.html Many observers believe the British economy is in the midst of the most severe downturn since the recession of the early 1990s.<STROMon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47272/religious-rights-at-work.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47272/religious-rights-at-work.html Q Does the Ladele case - where registrar Lillian Ladele won religious discrimination case after refusing to officiate at civic partnerships - prove that religion is more influential in the workplace than ever? Mike JudMon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47275/avoid-breaching-the-data-protection-act.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47275/avoid-breaching-the-data-protection-act.html In 1998 David Beckham sported a sarong, Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton were outed for their antics with a cigar, and TV hard man Bear Grylls became the youngest British mountaineer to climb Mount Everest. Less memorably, it was the year Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47277/whistleblowing-code-of-conduct-launched.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47277/whistleblowing-code-of-conduct-launched.html Accountancy firm Grant Thornton's recent International Business report revealed that only 40% of UK businesses have measures in place to accommodate employeMon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47283/employers-welcome-campain-to-cut-employment-costs-red-tape.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47283/employers-welcome-campain-to-cut-employment-costs-red-tape.html A campaign to help organisations save time and money on employment costs has been well received by industry groups. The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Berr) has launched the <A href="http:Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47284/equality-bill-criticised-by-employers-as-unrealistic.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47284/equality-bill-criticised-by-employers-as-unrealistic.html Controversial plans to allow employers to discriminate in favour of hiring ethnic minority job candidates have been branded unrealistic by senior employment figures.Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47288/case-of-the-month-london-borough-of-lewisham-v-malcolm.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/12/01/47288/case-of-the-month-london-borough-of-lewisham-v-malcolm.html London Borough of Lewisham v Malcolm House of Lords In a recent case on housing provision disMon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT