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Liz Hall offers a brief introduction to absence management What is it? Absence or attendance management is the realistic and caring handling of staff attendance. The use of the term …
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Liz Hall offers a brief introduction to a tool which promises to make measuring the impact of HR easier. What is it? The HR Scorecard is the latest offering from …
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A beard can blight your career prospects according to a survey of UK businessmen. The fifth annual Aziz Management Communications Index reveals that a third of clean-shaven company directors and …
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Employers have been warned not to telephone staff at home because they could be sued for invasion of privacy. The Institute of Management has published a leaflet informing its 89,000 …
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Union leaders are calling for three extra bank holidays for British staff to bring them in line with the rest of Europe. UK employees not only receive the least statutory …
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The chief executive of Marconi is to bow to demands to meet up with the company’s unions before he completes his comprehensive business review of the troubled telecoms group. Lord …
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Despite the dotcom downturn employees in the e-commerce sector continue to enjoy above average pay rises and potentially lucrative share options, according to a survey. The survey by independent pay …
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Employee Internet misuse is costing UK businesses £9.6 billion a year on lost productivity according to new research A study by Websense shows that 44 per cent of employees who …
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Employers are being urged to promote adult literacy by taking part in a book swapping initiative. The National Reading Campaign is targeting the workplace with its Swap a Book promotion …
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UK employers could give millions of extra pounds to charity if they sign up to the Government’s payroll giving scheme. Next month, all UK companies with more than 50 employees …
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The managing director of CVvalidation.com, which carries out checks on people who are applying for jobs, has had to defend his own past following an article published in The Times. …
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UK employees work the longest hours in Europe and half of them have no flexible working arrangements in place, according to the TUC and Industrial Society. The report, called Changing …
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Nearly a quarter of the UK employment agencies are showing the signs of recession, according to research by Plimsoll Portfolio Analysis. The research shows that 24 per cent of the …
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Eight out of ten scientific companies are struggling to recruit staff and a fifth have retention problems, according to research. The research, called The Salary Survey of Science-based Industries, shows …
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East Anglia has the angriest employees in the UK with a third having witnessed “office rage”. Research commissioned by HR consultancy Eden Brown shows that a quarter of staff in …