http://www.personneltoday.com/en-gbFri, 08 Aug 2008 17:25:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/46973/friday-podcast-8-aug-08-mcdonalds-and-police-recruitment-and-ubs-poaching.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/46973/friday-podcast-8-aug-08-mcdonalds-and-police-recruitment-and-ubs-poaching.html Our weekly HR news and analysis audio programme includes: chief people officer Angela O’Connor tells Personnel Today how the Police Service should copy the Armed Forces in advertising better for the range of caFri, 08 Aug 2008 17:25:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/47054/ubs-wins-court-order-to-stop-ex-employees-poaching-clients-for-new-firm.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/47054/ubs-wins-court-order-to-stop-ex-employees-poaching-clients-for-new-firm.html After a 'smash and grab raid' on its British business, Swiss bank UBS has recently won a court order temporarily preventing former and departing employees from poaching clients. The bank accused Vestra Wealth – an inveFri, 08 Aug 2008 15:04:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/47051/personnel-today-top-40-power-players-2008-have-your-say.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/47051/personnel-today-top-40-power-players-2008-have-your-say.html Personnel Today is calling on readers to tell us who you think should be included in the Top 40 Power Player list for 2008. Later in the year, Personnel Today will be publishing its annual list of the mosFri, 08 Aug 2008 13:02:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/47050/six-figure-pay-gaps-exist-between-boards-of-listed-and-non-listed-firms.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/47050/six-figure-pay-gaps-exist-between-boards-of-listed-and-non-listed-firms.html Companies wishing to float on the Stock Exchange should first be prepared to pay an extra £100,000 per year to each member of their boards, according to research. A report by remuneration specialist Hewitt New Bridge StreetFri, 08 Aug 2008 12:34:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/47049/tube-lines-launches-competition-for-staff-with-money-saving-ideas.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/47049/tube-lines-launches-competition-for-staff-with-money-saving-ideas.html Tube Lines has called on its employees to help improve the way it operates after one idea stands to save the company £1.3m. Tube Lines – responsible for the maintenance and upgrade of the London Underground infrastrucFri, 08 Aug 2008 12:02:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/47045/axa-to-cut-500-jobs-in-bid-to-save-80m.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/47045/axa-to-cut-500-jobs-in-bid-to-save-80m.html Insurance giant Axa yesterday announced it would cut 500 jobs as part of a move to save £80m over three years. HR, finance, IT and marketing roles are among the jobs that will be axed, according to <A href="http://www.axa.Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:58:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/47044/illegal-criminal-record-checks-on-staff-being-carried-out-by-employers.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/47044/illegal-criminal-record-checks-on-staff-being-carried-out-by-employers.html Employers are making illegal criminal record checks on staff, amid calls for a review of the law. A BBC Radio 4 investigation has discovered requests to the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) for applicants to jobs such as trainFri, 08 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/47043/new-degree-launched-to-help-close-it-skills-gap.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/47043/new-degree-launched-to-help-close-it-skills-gap.html A new foundation degree will be launched at 12 colleges around the UK this autumn to address the nation's growing IT skills gap. The part-time <A href="http://courses.tvu.ac.uk/CourseDetails.aspx?CourseInstanceID=3453Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:43:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/47039/beijing-olympics-of-no-real-interest-to-most-uk-employees.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/47039/beijing-olympics-of-no-real-interest-to-most-uk-employees.html As the Olympic Games get underway today (8 August) in China, employers closer to home can breathe a sigh of relief that the majority of workers seem uninterested inFri, 08 Aug 2008 08:54:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/47038/sellafield-staff-to-vote-on-possible-strike-action-over-pay.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/47038/sellafield-staff-to-vote-on-possible-strike-action-over-pay.html Sellafield nuclear power station staff will vote on Monday whether to strike over pay. Talks aimed at solving the pay dispute broke down on Thursday with trade unions claiming that Sellafield Ltd had not made a significant Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:58:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/46980/age-discrimination-and-retirement-plewes-v-adams-park-produce-ltd.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/08/46980/age-discrimination-and-retirement-plewes-v-adams-park-produce-ltd.html Plewes v Adams Pork Produce Limited Facts Mr Plewes worked for Adams Pork Produce as a producFri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/07/47026/pensions-past-comes-back-to-haunt-pension-provisions.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/07/47026/pensions-past-comes-back-to-haunt-pension-provisions.html Two recent European cases may have far reaching implications for pension schemes Two recent European cases (Maruko and <A href="http://www.emplawThu, 07 Aug 2008 14:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/07/47034/unemployed-recruitment-target-of-25-for-travelodge-in-coastal-local-employment-partnership-scheme.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/07/47034/unemployed-recruitment-target-of-25-for-travelodge-in-coastal-local-employment-partnership-scheme.html Employment and welfare reform minister Stephen Timms has welcomed a hotel chain's pledge to create hundreds of new jobs for the long-term unemployed by building 55 neThu, 07 Aug 2008 14:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/07/47025/driving-skills-under-scrutiny-as-derby-and-st-edmundsbury-councils-fit-black-box-monitors-to-bin-lorries-and-other-vehicles.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/07/47025/driving-skills-under-scrutiny-as-derby-and-st-edmundsbury-councils-fit-black-box-monitors-to-bin-lorries-and-other-vehicles.html Council bin men and other drivers could soon find themselves rated for how well they drive while working. Two local authorities are to install black box-style technology in council vehicles to monitor whether employees are driving safely anThu, 07 Aug 2008 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/07/47024/innovative-graduate-recruitment-vital-to-future-social-care-workforce.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/07/47024/innovative-graduate-recruitment-vital-to-future-social-care-workforce.html The chief of HR at a social care charity has voiced serious concerns about the lack of people choosing to work in the sector now, which could cause major staffing problems in 20 years' time. <A href="http://www.personneltoThu, 07 Aug 2008 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/07/47022/tuc-calls-for-apprentice-entitlement-to-national-minimum-wage.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/07/47022/tuc-calls-for-apprentice-entitlement-to-national-minimum-wage.html Trade union leaders have called for all apprentices to be legally entitled to the national minimum wage. The TUC said too many people were dropping out of vocational training courses because they coulThu, 07 Aug 2008 10:11:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/07/46986/redundancy-last-in-first-out-policies.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/07/46986/redundancy-last-in-first-out-policies.html Q My company is considering several lay-offs for economic reasons and we, in HR, have been asked to advise which <A href="http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/2007/11/20/43053/legal-implications-of-redundancy-cutting-the-headcoThu, 07 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/07/47023/sickness-absence-can-be-reduced-with-employers-help-with-rehabilitation.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/07/47023/sickness-absence-can-be-reduced-with-employers-help-with-rehabilitation.html The vast majority of workers with health problems can be helped back into employment with simple support, according to research. A review into vocational rehabilitation found that more than 90% people with health problems cThu, 07 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/07/47021/woolworths-hr-director-invests-in-more-company-shares-as-prices-struggle.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/07/47021/woolworths-hr-director-invests-in-more-company-shares-as-prices-struggle.html Woolworths group HR director Claire Tiney has upped her stake in the high street retailer as its share price struggles. Tiney has bought 172,000 shares at 5.68 pence each, lifting her holding to 212,0Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:30:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/07/47020/environmental-consultancy-launches-pro-bono-scheme-to-benefit-charities-and-staff.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/07/47020/environmental-consultancy-launches-pro-bono-scheme-to-benefit-charities-and-staff.html The HR chief at an environmental consultancy has spoken of the benefits to staff of being deployed on voluntary projects to help charities. Workers at WSP Environment and Energy are to give up five woThu, 07 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT