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AbsenceLatest NewsHR practice
Employees take sickies in latest UK heatwave
by dan thomasby dan thomasRising temperatures across the UK are predicted to scorch businesses as absenteeism levels rise.
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Employers and workers join call to include benefits packages in job advertisements
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryFull benefits package would differentiate firms from competitors.
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Employment lawLatest NewsHR practiceEmployment contractsJob descriptionsRecruitment & retentionWorkforce planning
British Airways aims to save £13.2m a year through better use of Gatwick cabin crew resources
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryBA and unions agree new work practices for cabin crew working out of Gatwick
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Latest NewsLearning & development
Financial Services Authority rolls out ambitious scheme to educate the masses on pensions, debt and other finance issues
“Make the most of your money’ scheme targets ill-informed.
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Latest NewsHR practicePerformance management
BBC training chief urges employers to value talented employers as much as profits
Employers must begin to value their talent as they value their money, according to the BBC’s head of learning and development.
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Equality, diversity and inclusionLatest News
Unions demand cash to back equality drive
by Ross Wighamby Ross WighamTrade unions have demanded that the government keeps its promise to award them £5m to help boost the role of equality representatives in the run-up to the launch of a new single equality body next year.
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Latest NewsKnowledge managementHR strategyPay & benefitsHR Technology
Ryanair to use Northgate HR software in £240,000 deal
by dan thomasby dan thomasPayroll and other HR services covered in deal.
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Employee relationsIndustrial action / strikesLatest News
Train drivers to strike over restricted taxi use
by dan thomasby dan thomasTrain drivers are to stage a series of strikes in an increasingly bitter row over the use of taxis for staff
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Latest NewsWellbeing
Packed lunches on the increase but staff tuck in too early
by dan thomasby dan thomasMore than a third of UK employees are now bringing a packed lunch to work in an effort to save money and be healthier, research reveals
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Latest NewsHR practicePhysical environment
Employers put more workers in less space to reduce office costs
If you don’t like your colleagues then it might be time to make the effort because office workers are getting less personal space than ever.
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Auto-enrolmentLatest NewsPay & benefitsPensions
Employees want to pay more into proposed National Pensions Savings Scheme
Employees would be willing to pay up to three times as much into the government’s National Pensions Savings Scheme (NPSS) as the amount proposed in the pensions White Paper.
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Employee relationsIndustrial action / strikesLatest NewsTrade unions
MoD staff strike over plans to privatise training
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryMembers of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) are starting a 24-hour candlelit vigil outside the Ministry of Defence (MoD) main building in Whitehall today over plans to privatise defence training
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Latest NewsHR Technology
Acas signs deal with Northgate HR for HR and payroll system
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryConciliation service Acas has awarded software firm Northgate HR a five-year contract to provide a new HR and payroll system for its 900 employees across the UK.
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If HR were an organisation, what would its employer brand be, and how would it attract fresh talent? Four recruitment advertising agencies give their views on how HR should promote itself.
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Trade unions plan to play major part in roll-out of new combined equality body
by Ross Wighamby Ross WighamWhen the Commission for Equality and Human Rights comes into being the unions are expecting to play an important role in its regional outposts.