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Research has found that many staff are struggling to take the first step on to the housing ladder. Employers are warned if they do not act now, the economy will suffer. By Karen Higginbottom
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More than half of HR professionals believe that employers have the right to influence employees’ lifestyles. Nearly 300 Personnel Today readers took part in our News Barometer online survey, with …
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A British manager’s work is never done, even when they are on holiday. Three-quarters of managers remain contactable by work when they are on the beach, according to research by …
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An HR consultancy has come up with a novel response to the current economic downturn and a depressed share price – it has stepped up its recruitment. Frank Varela, chairman …
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A new e-learning system is set to save the US navy £14m ($20m) over the next 10 years. From October, Thinq’s e-learning system will be installed on the navy’s ships …
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Private and public-sector employers at Gatwick have formed a task force to ensure that the airport’s expansion is not handicapped by skills shortages. Directors from BAA Gatwick, economic advisers from …
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This week’s news in brief Work-life guidance A guide telling employers how to introduce work-life balance practices is being launched by the TUC today. Changing Times urges employers to set …
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British Waterways has won government funding to develop an occupational health programme that will help it reduce staff absenteeism. The company has been awarded a grant from the Partnership Fund, …
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HR professionals in manufacturing are facing the dilemma of how to balance cost cutting with improving staff productivity as the sector moves into recession. Figures released earlier this month by …
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Cathy Scivier implements HR in an NHS trust Working mum Cathy Scivier would love to have more time to spend with her eight-year-old daughter. In May, she took up the …
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Regulations are now in force which enable tribunals to resolve cases quickly and weed out spurious claims
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Bruce Robertson, head of HR at Prà t à Manger, on the qualities that make Kathryn Matz, who owns an HR consultancy, his career confidante since their time together at Harrods
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This is a new category in the Personnel Today Awards and is aimed at HR teams who have used employee communication effectively to achieve business objectives or to support organisational change
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This week’s case roundup Tupe – failure to consult (1) James McKinnon, JR (Haulage) Limited ("Mackinnon") (2) John Maitland & Sons ("Maitland") (3) Bibby Distribution Services ("Bibby") v TGWU, unreported, …
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Preventing mistakes, they say, can make just as much money as flashy inventions, and the principle of Six Sigma is that by measuring how many mistakes are made you can …