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Employees who abuse company IT systems could find themselves collared by a specialist cyber police unit launched last week. The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit is the first national law enforcement …
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The Swiss insurer Zurich Financial services which owns Allied Dunbar and Eagle Star is to make 170 employees redundant in the UK. A cost-cutting programme will see 50 jobs lost …
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Computer giant Hewlett-Packard is to cut 3,000 jobs due to the US consumer and commercial downturn. The firm also warned that its profits would be between two per cent and …
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Many occupational health professionals are disillusioned with the profession, according to a survey by Personnel Today’s sister magazine Occupational Health. Forty three per cent of respondents claim that occupational health …
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HR managers in the NHS have welcomed the creation of a new agency that will boost patient safety by introducing a national system for reporting failures, mistakes and near misses …
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BT has closed its final salary pension scheme to new employees but the company has denied that this is in a bid to cut costs. The firm’s £25 billion final …
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Teachers voted to boycott a new government appraisal system yesterday, which could potentially give them £6,000 pay rises. Delegates at the National Union of Teachers’ Conference in Cardiff backed a …
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Employees who abuse company IT systems could find themselves collared by a specialist cyber police unit that is launched today. The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit is the first national law …
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Local government employees are being urged to study for vocational qualifications under new plans by the Local Government National Training Organisation (LGNTO), announced today. The LGNTO launches its Local Government …
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Half of UK business managers claim they are working longer hours, according to a business survey. The I in Business Survey 2001, carried out by the British Chambers of Commerce …
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Last week employers in the UK looked on in disbelief as the story of Marks & Spencer’s withdrawal from France unfolded. Unions, the French legal system and politicians rounded on …
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Online recruitment sites are used by HR managers everywhere on a daily basis. But are they being fully embraced by the department and integrated as fully as they could be? …
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No, we’re not suggesting a site that organises naturist office awaydays (although there probably is one somewhere on the Web). Go Native is rather for fully clad executives looking for …
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Cribsheet: The latest technology in a nutshell. This week: Broadband. What is it? The name used to describe various types of high-speed connections to the Internet. Broadband is viewed in …
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The Royal Bank of Scotland outsourced its graduate recruitment programme to PSL at a cost of £600,000 last month. The aim is to develop a more consultative role for HR, …