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The Industrial Society has called for employment contracts to be modernised to meet the changes in society and working practices. In its report Cool Contracts – modernising employment contracts, the …

A friendly working environment is the best way to convince candidates to join a company and motivate staff according to a recent survey of recruitment managers. Thirty per cent of …

A fifth of employees who work for call centres change their jobs every year according to research by consultants Blue Sky. Blue Sky’s survey of call centre staff turnover reveals …

I am secretary to the manufacturing director of my company and in January year was given the added responsibility of HR administration for the manufacturing area.  I am being used …

The size of the challenge As the 2011 DDI/CIPD Global Leadership Survey declares at its outset “Quality of Leadership can either make or break the success and sustainability of any …

Talented executives are four times more likely to stay with an organisation which offers a fun and enjoyable career rather than one which provides job security. A Henley Management College …

Employees at IT company Hewlett Packard look set to accept a 10 per cent pay cut which the company asked them to consider in response to the global economic slowdown. …

The Law Society’s former president and former chief executive have been found guilty of race and sex discrimination against its former vice president Kamlesh Bahl. Ms Bahl was in line …

More than 100,000 Tesco staff will benefit from the company’s biggest ever profit share of £44m. A total of 112,500 employees will benefit from the payout which exceeds last year’s …

TUC officials are holding a protest outside Wimbledon to highlight the low wages of cleaners at the tennis championships. Members of Battersea and Wandsworth TUC are demonstrating outside the grounds …

Employers will have to pay new graduates higher starting salaries than ever before to attract the top performers according to new research. The annual UK Graduate Careers Survey reveals that …

The government has bowed to pressure from employers’ bodies and delayed the implementation of the Fixed Term Workers Directive. The directive which is intended to prevent fixed-term workers being less …

Union leaders have been told Marconi is closing its factory at Poole in Dorset as part of its plans to axe 4,000 jobs worldwide. The company employs around 570 staff …

Birmingham City Council has launched a new website to modernise its recruitment process and make council jobs accessible to a wider range of people. The year-long contract with public sector …

Employers need to provide staff with access to financial advice according to an independent inquiry established by the actuarial profession. The Inquiry into the Provision of Financial Information and Advice …