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A health and safety expert has called for legal measures that will force employers to introduce risk management measures to protect company drivers. Roger Bibbings, an occupational health adviser for …
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By Susan Gibas, secretary general of the European Human Resource Network, a cross-sectoral information network for European employers and HR strategists dealing with issues of employment and the labour market in Europe. Contact [email protected]
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The approach to recruitment at Land Rover is being transformed in the wake of the firm’s sale to Ford last year. The changes are being driven by the firm’s recruitment …
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This week’s training news Funds for bus learning Bus operator First Group has launched a lifelong learning initiative which will give its employees in Glasgow and North Ayrshire the opportunity …
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More than a third of internal business e-mail is unnecessary, according to a report. The survey by technology analyst Gartner also claims that employees spent an average of 49 minutes …
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A Labour MP has introduced a new Bill requiring firms to protect workers from passive smoking. Leicestershire MP David Taylor insists that the law on passive smoking in the workplace …
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Employers are spending more on online recruitment as the influence of traditional job-search methods declines, according to research by an online jobs site. A survey of 200 HR directors of …
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HR managers can make a real contribution to a company by seeing themselves as "architects" with a responsibility for guiding their line managers, leading HR thinker David Ulrich claims. Ulrich, …
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Andrew Gordon has joined William Mercer as a European partner to head its employment law consulting team. His previous position was a lecturer in international business law at London University …
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When is a personal services company a contractor and when an employee? It seems to depend on each project IR35 was an Inland Revenue press release focusing on "personal service …
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The technology sector is feeling the effects of the downturn. But employers say the sector will bounce back – after a restructure. Karen Higginbottom reports
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Camden Borough Council is running an innovative work placement scheme to give refugees the chance to get relevant experience in the UK. The council, in partnership with London-based charity City …
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Most employers do not believe they have an equal pay problem, according to CIPD research. Its latest membership survey on salaries and rewards shows that 61 per cent of respondents …
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The advent of electronic publishing has forced the magazine industry to improve its recruitment and retention practices and led to the launch of an HR network group last year. Veronica Simpson reports on the network’s progress in raising the profile of HR issues
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The Cabinet Office has launched a recruitment drive to attract ethnic minority undergraduates into its fast-track development scheme. An outreach scout has been appointed to visit university campuses to sign …