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The Government must set employers targets to encourage them to carry out equal pay audits if the pay gap between men and women is to be closed. This was the …
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Durham Country Cricket Club has called in consultants to help improve work-life balance for its employees. Performance improvement company General Physics has teamed up with the club to introduce flexible …
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The West Midlands Probation Service is introducing staff health checks to help meet Home Office absenteeism targets. According to the West Midlands service’s figures its staff were absent for an …
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Catering company Sodexho Scotland has cut its long-term absenteeism rate by 78 per cent in two years after improving management training on the issue. Gerry Coyle, Sodexho’s HR manager, said …
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This award is designed to recognise innovative approaches in selection, recruitment and retention of employees. The judge has looked for HR teams that have adopted a clear approach to selecting employees and developing, motivating and retaining them in line with strategic objectives
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A more sane approach to settling disputes is to look to the workplace for answers, says Mike Emmott
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Senior HR leaders were split over the wisdom of outsourcing of HR at last week’s Boardroom HR conference in Birmingham. Former group HR director of BP Nick Starritt said the …
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The CIPD has warned employers to be sensitive in dealing with staff information when a law allowing them access to criminal records is introduced next year. Research by the Joseph …
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The Government has announced an "open door" policy to make it easier for companies to recruit staff from overseas, including lower skilled workers. Home secretary David Blunkett told last week’s …
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HR departments must go on the defensive and get tough in the boardroom, said Andrew Banks, CEO at TMPWorldwide. "HR professionals have a major challenge that they need to respond …
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Local Government HR group Socpo welcomed an announcement by the Government last week that it is to review its controversial Best Value reforms. Both Socpo and the GMB union have …
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A landmark ruling made by a tribunal last week will mean staff working in the UK on foreign contracts are protected under British employment law. The tribunal in London judged …
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Nearly a third of the UK’s largest firms have put a stakeholder pension scheme in place, even though many already have other existing occupational schemes. Research published to coincide with …
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Demand for the best graduates is set to soar across Europe for the next three years, a study reveals. The Eurograduate Survey of EU Recruitment Trends finds that 70 per …
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Halifax has increased the proportion of graduates accepting job offers after revamping its image and changing recruitment procedures. Group graduate recruitment manager Martyn Steele said the bank decided to change …