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British Airways has cut senior management pay by 10 per cent in a drastic measure to shore up losses sustained following the New York terrorist attacks. The move, which will …
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Durham Country Cricket Club has called in consultants to help improve work-life balance for its staff. DCCC chief executive David Harker, said, “I believe we’re the first sports club to …
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West Midlands Probation Service is to provide staff health checks to help meet Home Office absenteeism targets and cut an estimated £1m sickness absence bill. According to Probation Service figures, …
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Applications to join the CIA and FBI have rocketed since the terrorist attacks of 11 September. In the past week alone the CIA has received more than 3,000 prospective CVs, …
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The e-skills National Training Organisation has launched an initiative to improve employees’ basic IT skills. It is part of a joint effort between government, education and industry to assess and …
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Tesco has launched the UK’s biggest retailing careers web site to help it fill over 20,000 vacancies this year. The company, which is the only grocery retailer to offer global …
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Senior public service staff are unhappy with the Government’s ‘Best Value’ reforms claiming that they have led to indiscriminate cost cuts that have hit both employees and services. A …
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Women are promoted more often than men but receive smaller pay rises when it happens, claims research by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). On average a man being …
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Helicopter pilots are to be balloted for industrial action next week over their employer’s slowness in narrowing the pay gap with their aircraft counterparts. Two hundred CHC Scotia pilots based …
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Bureaucracy is the most likely obstacle to creativity in companies, according to a survey of business managers by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. The web-based survey, carried out for …
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Ford is to offer probably the best maternity pay in the UK after announcing it will pay 100 per cent of employees’ salaries for the full 40 weeks of maternity …
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The electrical contracting industry must change its approach to training, recruitment and retention if it is to overcome the serious skills shortages that it faces. This was the message from …
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Half of senior business leaders and board members feel that they do not add value to the business, new research reveals. The False Summit Report by leadership consultants Skai also …
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Office Christmas parties are being cancelled in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in the USA. Hotels are reporting a cut in bookings from American tourists and business travellers as …
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The business world is inundated with experts from Charles Handy to Tom Peters claiming to have answers to today’s complex workplace issues. Godfrey Golzen identifies the top10 ideas HR should …