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This week John Marsh, head of personnel management at the Prison Service, and Bjorn Anders Wallin, HR director at Group 4 Falck Global Services, compare notes on their careers

Restructuring and redundancies are going to be very much on the minds of HR people over the next few weeks as world markets go into free fall following the attack …

Continuing our regular series spelling out the implications of important cases which

The Court of Appeal has recently clarified the issue of the level of damages that can be claimed in cases of wrongful dismissal

A court decision in France will give employers more confidence making redundancies across Europe. Marks & Spencer welcomed the ruling against three French unions last week that had challenged the …

Call centre managers continue to struggle to recruit and retain employees, despite measures to improve pay and conditions. The annual Incomes Data Services survey, which covers 139 organisations and 100,000 …

Council chief executives are being urged to improve health and safety standards following the release of figures that show fatalities in local authority workplaces have increased. Bill Callaghan, chairman of …

This week’s training news Five-star driver plans Hardwood merchant Timbet is launching a training programme to develop drivers’ skills. TDG Safety and Training Services will provide training to improve safety …

Two weeks after the terrorist attacks in the US, HR teams are busy supporting staff and getting business back on track. The Personnel Today team reports

Acas has criticised government proposals to remove some of its duties as part of employment tribunal system reform. The Government’s consultation paper, Routes to Resolution: Improving Dispute Resolution in Britain, …

IT services company Avaya has relocated more than 600 employees from eight different offices to its new headquarters in Guildford with the loss of only four staff. HR played a …

A mentoring scheme set up by the Refugee Council has had an 80 per cent success rate in placing refugees into jobs. The programme plays an important role in providing …

The Association of Healthcare Human Resource Management claims that initiatives to recruit nurses are working despite research which indicates staffing levels are still inadequate. A survey by the Royal College …

HR professionals need to re-examine their organisation’s approach to crisis management following the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, according to the CIPD. Fran Wilson, CIPD international manager, told …

The US terrorist attack will have a significant short-term impact on the UK economy but will not lead to a full-blown recession. CIPD chief economist John Philpott believes that investment …