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Think computers are too impersonal? Stephen Finch and David Morrison look at how total digitisation keeps Cisco’s people happy We can’t live without our computers. But our systems seldom …
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Over a third of businesses believe flexible benefits play an important role in recruiting and retaining staff. A survey by Hewitt Associates has revealed a growth in the number companies …
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New regulations designed to reduce the number of frivolous and vexatious cases going to employment tribunals are due to come into force on April 18. The changes to the existing …
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Around 100 manufacturing jobs will be lost in the UK after the world’s largest car parts manufacturer decided to close its steering-gear plant in Southampton. Delphi Automotive Systems announced that …
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Two city firms have severed their links with animal testing company Huntingdon Life Sciences after a campaign of harassment by animal rights extremists. Winterflood securities and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein who …
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Bus company London United Busways has sacked two staff after they circulated a smutty email picture out of work hours. Sacked Godfrey Aberdeen admitted sending the email to a colleague, …
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The general secretary of the T&G union attacked employers’ bodies’ attitudes to worklife balance at the Socpo Conference in Brighton today. Bill Morris accused the CBI of being an “industrial …
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has won a Beacon award for a project that has helped the unemployed find training and work with the health service. More than 140 people …
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Nearly half a million schoolchildren are working illegally in the UK despite the introduction of the European Young Workers Directive last year. The TUC/MORI survey of 2,500 schoolchildren in England …
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Tony Blair told employers he is listening to their concerns over plans to give women the right to return to work part-time after having a child. Delegates at the British …
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A consortium of employers in Sussex has begun a scheme to recruit people to deal with the predicted jobs boom at Gatwick over the next seven years. The scheme, called …
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Marks and Spencer is to cut 4,000 jobs as part of its action plan to revive its dwindling fortunes. More than 3,300 jobs will go in Europe, while 1,040 jobs …
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The Labour party still has a huge lead over the Conservatives despite doubts over the Government’s handling of the foot and mouth crisis according to an opinion poll carried out …
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City staff under 25 years of age are less able to cope with stress at work, according to a survey by ORC International. More than a quarter of the under-25s …
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Most universities and colleges have implemented whistleblowing procedures for staff but few have used them, claims research by Middlesex University’s Centre for Research in Industrial and Commercial Law. Eighty eight …