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Flexible working being used by one-fifth of employers to avoid job cuts, survey shows

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:01:00 GMT

One-fifth of organisations have avoided redundancies by introducing flexible working practices, a survey has shown

City broking firm found guilty of unlawfully poaching staff

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:30:00 GMT

A city broking firm has been found guilty of unlawfully conspiring to poach staf

Carers just as likely to look after relatives and partners as children, CIPD survey reveals

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:54:00 GMT

Workers are as likely to have caring responsibilities for a partner, relative or friend as they are for children, a CIPD survey has revealed. One-third of employees have some caring duties, with 20% citing children as the

Young unemployed must be helped by employers to become job-ready, skills chief warns

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:41:00 GMT

Employers must ramp up efforts to improve the job-ready skills and employment prospects of young people as hundreds of thousands still struggle to find work, a skills chief has warned. Speaking at London's Welfare to Work

Financial scheme to help jobless off benefits and back to work could be doubled for Londoners

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:30:00 GMT

Financial incentives to encourage those claiming unemployment benefits to get back into work could be doubled for Londoners, a Greater London Authority (GLA) chief has said. Anthony Browne, the mayoral policy director for e

Racism row over job ad seeking Indian applicants

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:19:00 GMT

An online job advert which called for someone of Indian origin to apply for a post has sparked a racism investigation by the equality watchdog. IT firm Torry Harris, based in India and the UK, posted

KPMG to recruit 3,500 jobs this year and increase graduate intake

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:24:00 GMT

KPMG is set to fill another 2,800 jobs this year on top of the 700 positions already being advertised, Personnel Today has learned. Michelle Quest, head of people at the professional services firm, said the compan

‘Jobs for British workers’ campaigners protest at power station site

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:11:00 GMT

Campaigners calling for jobs to be given to British workers are today protesting outside a power station in Pembrokeshire. The demonstration, at a power station under construction in Pembroke Dock, is the

Social care jobs interest reaches record high, government claims

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:01:00 GMT

A record numbers of candidates have considered a career in social care over the past month, the government has claimed. More than 28,000 people have expressed an interest in working in the sector, whi

Tesco director blames failing school system for producing pupils 'with attitude problems'

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:45:00 GMT

A Tesco board director will today criticise the education system for churning out pupils with poor literacy and numeracy skills and an "attitude problem", making them harder to recruit. Lucy Neville-Rolfe, executive directo

Morrisons targets school pupils in bid to promote retail careers

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:08:00 GMT

EXCLUSIVE Morrisons will advertise careers available at the supermarket to school pupils for the first time to crush the myth that retail jobs are just about shelf-stacking, Personnel Toda

Graduate tax-breaks urged for employers who take on university-leavers

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:35:00 GMT

Graduate employers should be given tax breaks to encourage them to hire more young workers, the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) has said. Launching its manifesto Talent, Opportunity, Prosperity, the associa