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• Stephen Byers, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, will be the keynote speaker at a major London conference organised by Personnel Today’s sister magazine Training and the Industrial …
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Like most of us I soaked up much of the analysis carried in journals about the achievements at the end of the last millennium. Due weight was given to technology …
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From share trading to shopping, e-commerce is sure to have a massive impact on life in the 21st century, allowing businesses to trade with customers around the world. By Sue …
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With the fear of getting left behind by technology hanging over businesses, many feel they are stuck between a rock and a hard place. But why is now the time …
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• News that the TUC is in discussion with the Dome organisers to rent the much-maligned exhibition for the International Day of the Worker on 1 May is a bit …
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Risk-taking, creativity and humour – just a few of the criterion RADs judges looked for among this year’s 700 entries A mixed bag of the amazing and the mediocre – …
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Your services can now be accessed by customers around the world. But make sure you stay one step ahead of the cybercriminals. By Isabel ChoatBefore you rush headlong in to …
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False’ advice reveals race risks The Government has conceded that recent laws on employing foreign nationals can be used as a cover for race discrimination. The admission comes as Unison …
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Expectant mothers could claim sex discrimination if companies do not meet their health and safety needs Most employers appreciate they must not discriminate against pregnant employees. However, few realise the …
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With the rise of the compensatory limit from £12,000 to £50,000 for dismissals on or after 25 October 1999, potential liability for unfair dismissal has become a serious business issue …
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Taylor v Commissioners of Inland Revenue IDS Brief 649, EAT • Taylor was a valuation executive and whilst on maternity leave was graded 4 in an appraisal. This meant she …
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• Paul Kearns’ column (7 December), although provocative in tone, lacks substance. His claim that the IPD has only recently recognised the importance of relating the professional body of knowledge …
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David Blunkett has launched a training scheme aimed at countering employers’ fears that newly-skilled staff will be poached. The Secretary of State for Education and Employment last week announced that …
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• The rise in UK interest rates by a quarter of a point to 5.75 per cent last week, which the City had been expecting, immediately caused mortgage lenders to …
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Human resources departments have failed to enhance their strategic role in organisations in the past decade. The finding, in research by one of the UK’s leading management schools, is a …