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Solidarity among employees was very much in the air in the immediate aftermath of last month’s terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. However, cynics were waiting to see whether …

Legal questions and answers Q  We have a close sales team, who work under pressure to demanding targets. There is a lot of "banter" and jokes against individuals which has …

David Maitland joined Connex as group HR director in August last year. He began his HR career as a graduate trainee for United Biscuits in 1985 and has worked for …

The electrical contracting industry must change its approach to training, recruitment and retention if it is to overcome the serious skills shortages that it currently faces. This was the message …

Barclays has opened its first regional learning centre at its central Birmingham office. Similar learning centres, which are part of Barclays University (bu), will be launched around the country over …

The engineering industry is targeting ethnic minorities and women as part of a recruitment drive to help it boost the number of people taking modern apprenticeships to 10,000 by 2005. …

This week’s e-business news in brief Greene King installs recruitment intranet Pub retailer and brewer Greene King is installing a recruitment intranet as part of a drive to improve the …

A Web-based recruitment strategy developed by Woolworths plc in partnership with ChangeWork Now is potentially reducing the high street retailing giant’s direct hiring costs by up to 70 per cent, …

In this climate of mass globalisation, pressure is on HR to make sure their companies and workforces appear in as good a global light as possible. This site was originally …

Despite warnings of a global recession and continued predictions of gloom and doom surrounding e-business, figures from UK-based Internet monitoring company NetValue show that the number of secure connections made …

The flexibility built into the current draft EU directive on consultation is critical to business performance, and should, at all costs, be retained

Home Office minister Jeff Rooker has responded to Personnel Today’s Refugees in Employment campaign with a pledge to look again at the official letters to refugees which prove their right …

British Airways has cut senior management pay by 10 per cent in a drastic measure to shore up losses sustained following the terrorist attacks in New York. The move, which …

Eight out of 10 HR managers claim they have had no problems complying with disability law, according to a CIPD report. Adapting to Disability reveals that 80 per cent of …

The Disability Rights Commission has called for further legislation to ensure all disabled employees experience equality in the workplace. The DRC’s first annual review calls for a new disability Act …