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Employers believe the DTI’s radical plans to reform the employment tribunal system will help cut the spiralling number of tribunal applications. The proposals outlined in a consultation document published last …
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An e-learning pilot launched at the BBC two years ago is being rolled out across the corporation. But the key to its success has been how it has been sold …
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I have 10 years experience as an HR generalist and am currently employed as a HR consultant working on bid and transition work. I would like to move into the …
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IÂ am a CIPD graduate and have worked as an HR generalist for three years since graduation. I enjoy my role but am unsure how to develop my career in …
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The latest in a series of articles that give the basics on key areas of employment legislation. This issue we look at unfair dismissal
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This week’s letters Letter of the week Praising your bid to release talent As a personnel manager living in an area where unemployment is so low it is virtually zero, …
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DTI minister Alan Johnson has called on personnel professionals, business managers and employee representatives to work together to implement the new EU directive on information and consultation. Addressing the CIPD …
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There is little doubt that e-learning is the way forward for organisational development. But how can you convince staff of its benefits if HR is harbouring technophobes? Nic Paton reports …
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Vodafone Group has offered share options to its global workforce in an effort to improve company identity. The global employee share options are open to all 12,000 staff in 12 …
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The Commission for Racial Equality has called on inspection bodies to scrutinise the public sector’s adherence to the Race Relations (Amendment) Act. It calls for close inspection of racial equality …
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Employers need to focus on work-based training because it will contribute more to company profitability in the future, warned the Industrial Society’s head of policy research last week. "Organisations need …
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Refugee doctors will no longer have to find the money to sit the first part of the test they are required to pass to demonstrate their linguistic competence. The General …
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Female staff at a hospital in Carlisle are close to securing a £15m equal pay award, according to Unison. Five hundred female nurses, cooks, ancillary and domestic staff at Cumberland …
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An innovative approach to people management has helped printing firm Astron increase its turnover by £87m in the past four years. The company, which has dispensed with an HR department, …
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A lack of job satisfaction and security is to blame for the haemorrhaging of senior staff from e-businesses, a report has found. A survey by online recruiters FirstPersonGlobal shows that …