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Consignia is to meet with the Communications Workers Union to try and reduce the number of industrial disputes. The meeting with the union follows the publication of an independent review …
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The DTI is trying to persuade the European Parliament not to reverse concessions the UK won on rules for worker consultation across the European Union. Industry minister Alan Johnson will …
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Employers will be able to use the Internet to find the names of people who formally apply to an employment tribunal under new proposals from the Employment Tribunal Service. The …
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Thousands of civil servants are being balloted to strike over differences in pay at the new Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The Public and Commercial Services Union …
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The Learning and Skills Council has unveiled plans to make the UK the best-educated workforce in the world by 2010. The council, which has a budget of £5.5 billion this …
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Two McDonalds restaurants in Surrey have been fined £12,400 for exploiting child workers. Ikhya Enterprises, which holds the franchises for the outlets in Camberley, was fined after admitting 20 offences …
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The CIPD has rejected calls for tougher laws on corporate manslaughter following the release of Health & Safety Executive figures that that show the number of people killed at work …
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Employers who train their own staff perform consistently better than other types of provider, according to a report by the Training Standards Council. The survey of 492 companies shows that …
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A third of dotcom companies were forced to cut staff over the last year, according to research by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. The study also reveals that a quarter of dotcom chief executives …
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An employment tribunal has upheld the decision by Shropshire County Council to dismiss a residential social worker after pornographic pictures of her appeared in a magazine. The tribunal told the …
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Life Long Learning and Continuing Professional Development are the processes by which professionals, such as nurses, develop and improve their practice. There are many ways to address CPD: formally, through …
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The HSE hopes its new information sheet will improve accident reporting in the catering industry
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The Government has said it is still committed to introducing laws to make companies and public bodies criminally liable for deaths caused by poor safety management – despite the fact …
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Despite the massive cost of alcohol-related illness to businesses most are failing to tackle the problem
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This month’s news Reproductive health A booklet targeting general managers and non-specialist personnel on how to protect employees from risks to their reproductive health has been published by the Chemical …