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Flexible working reduces absenteeism claims an Industrial Society report. The report, called Managing Attendance, shows that employee absence rates fell from around eight days per employee per year to six …
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Unemployment in the engineering sector is set to soar, new research predicts. The EEF/RSM Robson Rhodes study highlights high domestic interest rates, economic slowdown in foreign markets and the continuing …
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Struggling retailer Marks and Spencer today announced disappointing results. Its sales are down 2.6 per cent for the 14-week period to 7 July. Sales of clothing, footwear and gifts were …
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Job losses at Marconi will top 1,000 after the MSF union announced the company would cut a further 500 jobs. The union said that 322 jobs would go at Coventry, …
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Nine out of 10 public sector employers have no targets in place for the recruitment, promotion and training of ethnic minorities, claims research by Unison. Over half of employers are …
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The TUC has called on the government to introduce legislation that will force employers to introduce rehabilitation policies for sick and injured employees. It claims that 19 million days are …
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Companies in the technology sector are exposing themselves to serious business risks due to their lack of adequate HR planning, a report claims. The absence of clearly defined processes, procedures …
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I currently work as a management development consultant in a public sector organisation in Scotland, a position which I have held for nearly two years. I am a Graduate member …
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The automotive sector faces potentially damaging skills shortages which threaten future productivity, a six-month report has revealed. The survey finds that areas such as applied IT, engineering, and manufacturing all …
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Rob McLuhan reports on how one company is using a software tool to control employees’ working hours – and reaping massive rewards. Global chemical company Rhodia is using a time …
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Personnel Today has written to the immigration minister Lord Rooker to seek a response to its "Refugees in Employment" campaign aimed at making it easier for employers to take on …
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Nationwide wants to adopt a more flexible approach to retirement from September. The building society intends to allow staff to work until they are 70 under new proposals aimed at …
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I am now half way through studying for my CIPD and wish to move into a City HR role. I have been told that as the CIPD is not valued …
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I am a personnel manager with 15 years HR experience in local government and have dealt with a wide range of issues including pay negotiations, IR, Tupe, best value and …
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I am currently in a generalist HR role, and enjoy all the disciplines involved, but am thinking the future lies in specialism. Which areas would you tip as the big …