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Few HR executives are ever offered the top spot. SHRM’s president and CEO Helen Drinan was. She recalls her experience In early 1991, the stock of my organisation, Bank of …
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Unemployment is no longer a stigma thanks to the new breed of high-tech job seekers – casualties of the dot-com collapse. Professor Lisbeth Claus reports These days the Silicon Valley …
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Like it or not, there is a growing trend to outsource the HR function. margaret harvey, who oversaw the BP/Amoco contract, reviews the background to the current growth in the HR outsourcing market and examines the key issues HR directors should consider before embarking on an outsourcing strategy
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With Labour once again in Government, we ask what hopes and fears employers have for the legislation affecting them. What did Labour get right on employment law during ITS first term and where did IT go wrong? compiled by Sarah-jane north
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Life Long Learning and Continuing Professional Development are the processes by which professionals, such as nurses, develop and improve their practice. There are many ways to address CPD: formally, through …
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Whatever the role an OH nurse is expected to take in monitoring employees’ sick leave, it is crucial that she is seen to be independent of management
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Applying an effective work-life balance policy that meets the needs of the organisation and the individual is a difficult juggling act for the HR practitioner. sara bean talks to liz Rayner, HR director of Shell Gas and power, about the practicalities of implementing flexible working policies in a fast moving business
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The European Health and Safety Week will look at reducing the toll of workplace accidents
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A practical guide for employers on how to reduce stress in the workplace has been published by the Engineering Employers’ Federation. The body, which represents engineering and manufacturing firms has …
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This week’s news Fine for fire Medical manufacturer Smith & Nephew has been fined £20,000 following an accident in which a contractor was engulfed in flames. The incident happened at …
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Occupational health nurses are being urged to assess their workplaces to see what they can do to help reduce the risks of suffering sharps or needlestick injuries. The Royal College …
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The challenges of change was the typically forward-looking title chosen by Judy Baker-Rogers for her keynote address to the symposium. On the occasion of her retirement as OH manager at …
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A training package to help OH professionals cope with a workplace comprising a mix of small contractors, sub-contractors and employees has been put together by the Institute of Occupational Safety …
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The main employment law issues that are likely to affect occupational health professionals in the near future were lucidly explained by well-known employment law consultant Joan Lewis. She reviewed the …
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"Sex" in the Sex Discrimination Act concerns gender, not sexual orientation, according to the Court of Session in Scotland, writes David Morgan. The latest judgement in the controversial case of …