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HR-specific courses MSc in management with HR offered as a specialism (students decide on their specialism in the January after admission). Its executive, modular and flexible MBAs feature HR as …

This week’s case roundup Can a majority shareholder be an employee? Sellars Arenascene v Connolly, IDS Brief 683, CA Connelly was the majority shareholder in EGP, which in turn had …

The challenge:  A company employs some of its workforce on successive fixed-term contracts. Their terms and conditions are less favourable than those of their permanent colleagues, and they are starting …

In the first UK deal of its kind Powergen is offering a home PC and Internet connection to all its 5,000 UK employees and their families. Powergen is investing £2million …

British staff take 6.5 million days off work a year which costs the country’s employers £370m, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). HSE research shows that 150,000 workers …

Managers do not recognise HR as central to business success, according to research by Internet consultancy Click2learn. The survey shows that over half of the 100 managers questioned never speak …

Asda is to advertise in The Stage magazine to recruit 100 actors to entertain shoppers as they walk around the stores. Sally Hopson, Asda’s director of customer services, said the …

There is a massive gulf in the opinions of employers and employees over working conditions and remuneration. A survey by recruitment agency Office Team reveals that although more than three-quarters …

Healthcare provider Bupa has attributed its increased profitability to improving employee and customer satisfaction. Barry Dyer, director of organisational development at Bupa, explained that flexible working patterns and a management …

Employers face a potential minefield under new rules due to be introduced on fixed term contracts an employment law firm has warned. Lauren Anysz, employment lawyer with Leeds-based Morris Solicitors, …

Networking is an essential skill for people who are serious about progressing, writes Stephanie Sparrow Most of the HR profession is unnecessarily reluctant to network. So says David Butcher, director …

What action can a global corporation take to keep its employees from setting up in competition or defecting to rival companies? Liz Hall examines the difficulties of enforcing legally binding …

The TUC is launching a dual-language guidebook to help Portuguese workers obtain better working conditions in the UK. The TUC claims that thousands of Portuguese migrant workers who come to …

The government has announced today that they will look into workplace conciliation to reduce the number of employment tribunals. The DTI will examine why there has been a rise in …

Over 70 per cent of office workers believe that the most important consideration when choosing a new job is the company’s culture, a survey has found. Salary is the next …