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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 …
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Our continuing series of quick guides to major employment legislation, puts key information at your fingertips and brings you up to date with the latest developments. This week Simon Loy, employment law partner at Eversheds examines what effect the European Convention on Human Rights has had on domestic law six months after it was incorporated into the UK’s Human Rights Act 1998
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In the second in a series of three articles examining the strategic challenges facing HR in the future, Professor Amin Rajan and Gary Storer look at the way the strategic HR role has evolved and must devolve according to the lifestyle of an organisation
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This week’s case roundup Business transfers and constructive dismissal Rossiter v Pendragon, IDS Brief 683, EAT Rossiter’s employment transferred to Pendragon in October 1997 following a business transfer to which …
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The Prime Minister Tony Blair has called the General Election for 7 June. Blair made the announcement during a visit to St Saviour’s and St Olave’s CE School in Southwark, …
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Parents of adopted children will get similar rights to other working parents under a new deal announced today by the trade and industry secretary. Working parents who adopt a child …
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Employment Minister Tessa Jowell announced measures to simplify and speed up equal pay laws this morning. The Government’s key aim is to reduce the red tape for women seeking to …
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Visitors to the PersonnelToday.com website have taken exception to the wording of an online poll. The online survey which ran from 24 to 30 April 2001 asked, "Tube strikes prevent …
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A fifth of all employment agencies are at serious risk of failure even if the anticipated recession is only short down turn, according to research. A study by analysts Plimsoll …
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Two thirds of London commuters blame the transport system for high stress levels on arrival at work. Eighty-three per cent of women and 63 per cent men claim that if …
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Pay deals declined last month, according to new research. Income Data Services reports that average pay deals have been around 3.5 per cent this year. However analysis of over 250 …
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Nearly a quarter of city workers have refused to apply for a job on ethical grounds, a survey has revealed. The survey of 930 city workers by CitiPeople found 24 …
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A new TUC report claims that the economic impact of the foot and mouth crisis is likely to be small and temporary. However interest rates need to be cut further to aid the UK’s …
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The Cabinet Office has launched a recruitment drive in a bid to attract ethnic minority undergraduates into the civil service’s fast track scheme. Â An outreach scout will visit university …