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HR tech, pay transparency and L&D are among the key concerns of HR leaders in 2024 so far, says Gartner.
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Unfair dismissal
Lecturer unfairly dismissed for leaving work early awarded £50k
by Rob Mossby Rob MossTribunal awards lecturer more than £50,000 after finding the disciplinary procedure and gross misconduct dismissal were unfair.
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Unions have welcomed Labour’s pledge to recruit thousands of extra teachers.
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Tribunal found no evidence of race discrimination in academics’ case involving ethnicity, alleged microaggressions, bias and bullying.
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HSBC and Deloitte have pulled job offers to foreign graduates of UK universities after the salary threshold for a skilled worker visa was increased.
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Eighteen-year-olds to be permitted to drive mainline trains as industry seeks to halt over-reliance on overtime and tackle effects of ageing workforce.
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Pay & benefits
Driving up engagement a ‘necessity’ for better business performance
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherHigher levels of employee engagement correlate with better business performance, but offering cash bonuses will not necessarily drive this, new research has found. A study commissioned by Reward Gateway | …
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Personnel Today Awards
Personnel Today Awards: 10 tips to make your entry stand out
by Mark Withersby Mark WithersExperienced Personnel Today Awards judge Mark Withers shares his top tips for a successful submission that will stand out from the crowd.
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Civil servants vote in favour of strike, but the union fails to achieve turnout threshold in key departments.
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Trades unions and Labour reach agreement on workers’ rights proposals after party was accused of watering down plans to please business groups.
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The government has rejected a recommendation from a group of MPs to ban the use of non-disclosure agreements in sexual harassment cases.
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Fifty-one per cent of employees would be tempted to take a job at a different organisation if it offered a four-day working week.
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Construction
Co-Op Live delays caused by Brexit labour shortages, says venue CEO
by Rob Mossby Rob MossOVG chief executive says root cause of the delays was a shortage of construction workers caused by Brexit and the pandemic.
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The Home Office should retain the graduate visa in its current form, the Migration Advisory Committee has recommended in its graduate visa review.
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Closing the gap between teachers’ pay and average earnings is likely to improve teacher recruitment and retention, finds NFER.