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Tesco talent contest aims to boost employee engagement

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:02:00 GMT

Tesco will help host a talent show to rival the X-Factor next year, in a bid to boost employee engagement and drive up customer sales, it has emerged. The retailer has announced it will creat

Council staff to receive pay rise far above national minimum wage

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:35:00 GMT

Christmas has come early for Preston Council staff after plans to pay every employee nearly £2 more than the minimum wage have been announced. A total of 101 out of 1,600 workers will get a pay rise to £7.45 an hour, under

Friday Podcast: Working Time Directive opt-out, TUPE ruling

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:33:00 GMT

Join Personnel Today for the last podcast of the year. HR news and views including: What happens next regarding the Working Time Directive? If the opt-out is scrapped for good, as is looking li

£81m HR shared services project slammed by MPs

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:32:00 GMT

An HR shared services project likely to cost the taxpayer £81m has been slammed as "one of the worst cases of project management ever seen" by a group of MPs. The Department for Transport (DfT) scheme aimed to cut administr

Doctors’ licence to practise requirement will affect businesses

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT

The General Medical Council (GMC) is warning employers to be aware of a major change to medical regulations that is expected next year. It claims that organisations ranging from police forces to airlines could be affected b

Friday Podcast: Working Time Directive opt-out, pay cuts and pensions, Christmas sickies

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:48:00 GMT

HR news and analysis including: Why the UK is likely to lose its current exemption rights from the Working Time Directive, forcing employees to stop working more than 48 hours a week. We debate the latest thinking fro

Whitbread signs five-year HR and payroll outsourcing deal with Ceridian

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:09:00 GMT

Whitbread, the UK's largest hotel and restaurant company, has signed a five-year HR and payroll outsourcing deal with HR services provider. The contract will see Ceridian delivering HR services to more than 33,000 employees

Government to pay specialists to help get people off benefits and into work

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:43:00 GMT

The government has signalled its commitment to pay specialist companies to get people from benefits into work with its Welfare Reform Bill White Paper. The paper,

Marketing departments encroach on HR territory

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:12:00 GMT

HR chiefs have called for the function to forge closer partnerships with marketing departments after claims that the profession could steal elements of HR's job. Penny de V

Woolworths staff face bleak midwinter as Dragons Den saviour pulls out

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:50:00 GMT

The future of 30,000 Woolworths employees looks increasingly bleak after Dragons Den entrepreneur Theo Paphitis pulled out of the race to buy parts of troubled ret

Dave Ulrich calls on HR to exploit downturn to get rid of duds

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Business guru Dave Ulrich has urged HR professionals to use the tough economic climate to their advantage in 2009 - by getting rid of poor performers. Speaking exc

Employee blacklist shunned by business over potential for bad publicity

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:01:00 GMT

A government-sanctioned national blacklist of staff sacked for dishonesty is struggling to attract employers because they are too worried about the bad press, Personnel Today has learned.

Finance sector admits top talent could now shun City jobs

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:09:00 GMT

The finance sector's image has been scarred, and it could be years before it becomes attractive to applicants again, a leading HR professional has warned.