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This week’s training news Battle areas reopen The armed forces have resumed routine military training at 21 specially selected areas across the UK after closing sites to prevent the spread …
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A government initiative that allows multinational employers to issue UK work permits for overseas staff has streamlined the application process. Both Sony UK and Ernst & Young have benefited from …
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This week’s business round up Nissan’s New Deal staff Car manufacturer Nissan will use New Deal recruits to build the Micra in Sunderland. One of the biggest employers in the …
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Three local government HR teams audited through Best Value have welcomed the process, despite some critical findings. The HR department at York City Council received only one star from the …
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The number of voluntary sector organisations facing recruitment problems has risen by half in only three months, according to a survey by recruitment firm Reed. The Reed Skills Index, which …
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The mainstreaming of disability issues in all policy formation is a key recommendation of the report, Towards a barrier-free Europe for people with disabilities. The promotion of a non-discrimination culture …
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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 …