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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The DfEE has published the results of the Learning and Training at Work 2000 survey. Here are the main findings, taken from the DfEE research brief prepared by David Spilsbury …

This week’s news in brief Too busy for time off Nearly half of British workers say they are too busy to take full holiday entitlement, according to research by holiday …

The challenge:  A company has received an allegation from one of its staff that she has been sexually harassed by her manager. She wants the manager removed while the company …

Job cuts in the electronics and IT industries will do nothing to relieve the skills shortage hitting the sector, a recruitment company has warned. According to the IT staffing company …

The Institute of Directors has urged the Government to abandon proposals to make life easier for parents who work because of their potential impact on businesses in the UK. The …

Hospital cleaning staff should be employed by the NHS if the country’s wards are to be cleaned up, claims Unison. The challenge comes in response to health secretary Alan Milburn’s …

A tribunal ruling that a female City analyst was discriminated against because she received a smaller bonus than her male colleagues has intensified pressure on the Government to introduce mandatory …

Marks & Spencer directors could face fines, or ultimately jail, if they fail to observe a lengthy consultation process after a French court ruled its decision to shut 18 stores …