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More than half of all employers are using the Internet to recruit potential candidates, according to the CIPD’s fifth annual recruitment survey. More than 55 per cent of the 250 …
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British employers lost more than £10bn though employee absenteeism last year, according to CBI research. The annual survey, Pulling Together, claims that the average cost of absence per employee is …
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More than three-quarters of employers are operating flexible working policies to encourage women into the workplace but few monitor the impact of these policies, according to a survey by Opportunity …
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The future driver of business success is entrepreneurship, not the traditional focus on increasing market share and making business efficiencies. This was the view of senior HR professionals at the …
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News of wholesale or high-profile cutbacks in the HR function of major corporations, from Marks & Spencer to the BBC, seem to appear in the press with alarming regularity. And, …
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HR professionals in the legal sector are being urged to work more closely with senior lawyers to help recruit and retain staff. A new report by recruitment consultancy EJ Legal …
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This month’s training news E-skills NTO formed Two national training organisations have merged following consultation over the future of the telecoms NTO. Lifelong learning minister Malcolm Wicks announced that the …
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The Government has reformed the labour market to build a durable and fair basis for constructive employee relations, according to the Labour Party manifesto. It lists its successes as four …
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The Liberal Democrats will champion equality in the workplace if elected. Dr Vincent Cable, spokesperson on trade and industry, said the Lib Dems would pass a comprehensive Equality Act to …
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The Conservative Party intends to slash business red tape by introducing a deregulation commission and resisting further European Union directives. If elected, the Tories would introduce a new body that …
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Letters – Personnel Today readers respond to the real asylum debate Letter of the week Work can bring a welcome respite I congratulate Personnel Today for launching this debate as …
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It’s election time and, guess what, all the main political parties have come over all employer-friendly. The Government is going to cut red tape, according to its manifesto. Don’t laugh …
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Is it a slowdown or a recession – or not quite either? Whatever is going on, manufacturing in particular is losing jobs. Motorola closed a Scottish factory with the minimum …
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The Police Federation’s election call for an extra 12,000 officers across the UK to prevent a surge in crime could be impossible to meet, according to HR professionals in the …
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Cutting red tape, equal rights and learning dominate employers’ bodies manifestos CIPD The CIPD is calling on the next government to hold a review on employment legislation There is too …