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The number of graduates flooding the jobs market is rising, but with high salaries and incentives at stake, how can employers ensure that they find the right person for their position, not just someone hoping to cash in and move on? By Mike Broad
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Staff support for Blue Circle Cement’s merger last week with French building materials group Lafarge was fostered by its consultative structure. Unions at Blue Circle Cement are heavily involved in …
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Ford is reviewing its work-life balance policies to try and ensure that all its staff, including workers on night shifts, can make the most of their home lives. At an …
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Flexible working reduces staff absenteeism, according to Industrial Society research. Many of the 300 HR professionals surveyed in Managing Attendance claim that the reduction in staff absence is due to …
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The IPA’s new study, Sharing the Challenge Ahead: Informing and Consulting with your Workforce, should be required reading for anyone who works in HR. It shows UK employers are turning …
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Distribution company RS Components has cut costs significantly and increased productivity by involving employees and unions in the business strategy. It needed to introduce more products to its range and …
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Why is it so hard for HR directors to become a natural choice as a company’s CEO? In the last part of our three-part series on CEOs and the boardroom HR, Godfrey Golzen examines why true HR professionals are so often ignored
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Office supplies company Lyreco is the winner of Training magazine’s TD2001 Award. Guy Sheppard finds out how training has been fundamental to its transformation from a multi-million pound loss-maker to …
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This week’s training news Online learning initiative planned for Scotland Scotland’s government learning body, Scottish University for Industry, is offering e-learning to all adults over 18 years of age. More …
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This week’s case roundup No double recovery of compensation HM Prison Service v Salmon, IRLR 425, EAT Salmon was one of only three women prison officers of 120 at Canterbury …
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The TUC has criticised the lack of detail in the Prime Minister’s speech on the government’s plans to transform the public services. Tony Blair, during a speech in central London …
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The value of management buy-outs completed in the first six months of this year increased by more than a half over the same period for the year before. The total …
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Salary constitutes a minor part of chief executives’ total pay according to SCA’s interim survey of top pay for The Sunday Times. Share options, bonuses, long term incentive plans, pensions …
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The minimum wage should be linked to average earnings to prevent it falling behind the general rise of average earnings. This is the view of research body Catalyst, which has …
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The Department of Trade and Industry is out of date and out of touch with the economy, according to a report by independent think-tank Demos. The report describes the department …