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An HR scheme by Halifax has significantly increased its proportion of ethnic minority staff in multi-cultural areas. The bank set up targeted ethnic minority recruitment schemes in three Yorkshire branches …

Phil Boucher finds you don’t have to be suffering from executive stress to book into one of the more exotic and offbeat retreats gathered here – but it helps. Bhaktivedanta …

Rob McLuhan describes how a training package which delivers support straight to users’ desks smoothed BT’s introduction of a new version of accountancy software Training staff in a new version …

This week’s international news Lufthansa pilots avoid strike in dispute over pay The airline pilots’ union in Germany has backed away from a strike at national carrier Lufthansa as part …

The outsourcing bandwagon picked up speed this week when Nortel Networks jumped on by launching a deal with PricewaterhouseCoopers. The contract will see 100 HR staff move to a service …

This week’s case roundup Illegal contract Beauvale Furnishings v Chapman, unreported, November 2000, EAT Chapman was offered employment by BFL. He asked BFL to structure his remuneration for tax purposes …

This week’s letters Letter of the week ‘Irrational’ euro claim disputed In the front page news story "Labour seen as high-cost party" (5 June) Shaun Tyson, professor of HR management …

With studies showing that three-quarters or more of investment in IT training is wasted, there is a strong case for targeting any spending on the needs of the business as well as the individual. So how do you ensure you get the best return to maximise business competitiveness as well as personal development? Rob McLuhan reports

European ministers were poised to vote through the controversial EU directive on staff consultation at the social policy council meeting in Luxembourg, as Personnel Today went to press. The proposal …

Employers in the City are getting better at handling the staff implications of redundancies and mergers, according to research by consultancy Meridian Consulting. The survey of 40 senior HR managers …

Nine out of 10 large companies struggle to recruit e-business staff, according to a survey by HR consultancy William M Mercer. Project management, e-marketing and technical support roles are hard …

Asylum-seekers are highly skilled potential employees, claims innovative research by the National Organisation for Adult Learning in Leicester. The report shows that 85 per cent of the 121 asylum-seekers surveyed …

More than half of companies based in Europe look abroad for job candidates, according to research by Job Partners. The Emergence of e-Recruitment as a Strategic Asset shows that 56 …

This week’s guru Testing kits? Now that really is taking the p*** Have you ever been tested for drugs at work? In a former life, Guru was tested and the …

As finding good staff grows harder, talent-finders will become crucial