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This week’s case roundup Discrimination of contract workers Allonby & others v Accrington & Rossendale College and Education Lecturing Services, unreported, March 2001, Court of Appeal Allonby had been employed …
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A Court of Appeal ruling has reminded employers of the risks of discriminating against fixed-term workers . By Nicholas Moore The Court of Appeal has recently given employers a salutary …
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Canon’s pilot study to develop a more consistent method for assessing its European managers has led to increased job rotation. Canon Europe’s head of HR Bill McQueen explained that the …
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Misunderstandings are unravelled as commission responds to feedback When the Data Protection Commission first envisaged a code of practice on the use of personal data in employer/employee relationships, little did …
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This week’s letters Letter of the Week: Parental rights can only hurt business I have been torturing myself by reading about the Parents at Work Green Paper on balancing the …
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If one in five of us had caught flu last winter, we would have rightly called it an epidemic. With around the same share of the labour force suffering from …
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So it’s no use lamenting the demise of the traditional role of the HR manager. Instead we provide a guide to the new skills and competencies you need to acquire, …
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Insurance giant Royal & Sun Alliance has introduced policies to ensure the growing number of its employees who work from home receive the same support and feedback as office-based staff. …
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A new e-learning network that will help UK local authorities to cut training costs dramatically is being introduced this year. The joint venture between the local government Improvement and Development …
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Employers have been drawing up plans to protect staff and customers during the anti-capitalist marches scheduled for May Day. Activists have dubbed this year’s demonstration as "May Day Monopoly" after …
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Law firm Nabarro Nathanson has been appointed Sharon Tattersfield (pictured) as personnel manager of its Sheffield office. Her role involves a mixture of hands-on operational and strategic input. She aims …
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The union representing the UK’s pilots has opposed plans by BA to introduce drink and drug testing for flight crews. The British Airline Pilots’ Association, which represents nearly 8,000 flight …
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Graduates with solid work experience are more employable than those who have taken gap years or done voluntary work, a survey of the country’s leading blue-chip recruiters has revealed. Work …
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A revolutionary public-private partnership set up between Liverpool City Council and BT may change the way HR in local government works, reports Ben Willmott The role of HR in local …
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This week’s guru It’s all down to how you code the e-mails Ah, Barcelona, the sun, the architecture, the tapas – and the eccentric conference speakers. The London Business School’s …