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Employers need to offer excellent career development to attract European graduates, according to research. Nearly three-quarters of the 7,322 students surveyed claim career progression is a priority during the three …
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High staff turnover rates in call centres are costing the industry over £1bn a year, according to a research by consultants Blue Sky. The research shows that it costs call …
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This week’s news in brief Talking up IT IT workers should be selected for their communications skills rather than their technical prowess, according to joint research by Computer Weekly and …
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Britain has seen a fairly constant decline in trade union influence since the 1970s and the causes have been much debated. The Thatcher reforms to union law, and the shift …
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Employers face at least a five-month wait for the new Tupe regulations to come into force. The legislation, which protects employee terms and conditions when they are transferred from one …
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The Crown Prosecution Service is set to radically overhaul its HR operations after an 18-month inquiry revealed that it is institutionally racist. Race Discrimination in the Crown Prosecution Service – …
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This week’s guru Football’s coming home thanks to FA’s HR team Not a lot of people know that HR has been the saviour of English football (News, 24 July). While …
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Futurology is in fashion. Almost everyone it seems wants to peddle views on the shape of things to come in the workplace. But though entertaining, most of this futurism suffers …
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This week’s training news Payout for Vauxhall The Luton Vauxhall Partnership has received £875,000 to train staff at the company’s Luton plant for when they are made redundant next year. …
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Government publishes draft regulations covering the rights of employees working to fixed-term contracts
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It is not the magic bullet, but a US strategy claims to improve both top and bottom lines of a business
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Plans to reform the tribunal system have been met with relief from employer bodies. For them, the radical proposals hold the key to establishing effective company grievance procedures and tackling the claims explosion.
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Consignia needs to improve its management training if it is to prevent more of the industrial disputes that crippled the postal service in May. As Personnel Today went to press …
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Bruce Warman has worked in HR for 14 years and is now HR director at Vauxhall. Below he describes his big break: "I was offered a job in organisational development …
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Investment bank Goldman Sachs is cutting more than a third of its HR staff. The bank is undergoing a period of consolidation and has offered voluntary redundancy to 800 HR …