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Enter into an alliance with an e-learning provider as carefully as you would enter into a marriage. That’s the advice Siemens’ performance development manager Tony Smailes gives to John Robinson. …
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As if the department didn’t have enough to keep it occupied, HR’s central role as "the conscience of an organisation" means it always has to be there to troubleshoot the …
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Roselyn Sands, of Paris law firm Proskauer Rose, examines the strict rules that French employers have to comply with before they can end an employee’s contract and how legal action …
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Combating skills shortages for the Information age is the title of the e-skills Employers Charter, produced in response to research published by the e-skills NTO, which showed that the skills …
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Utilities companies have had to cancel non-essential maintenance work to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, according to the HR manager at East Midlands Electricity. Dave Newborough told Personnel Today …
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Senior HR professionals from Cadbury Schweppes and Glaxo SmithKline in the US have used Internet recruitment to slash costs and reduce the time taken to fill vacancies from weeks to …
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A truck driver awarded a “plonker of the month” certificate by colleagues has won a case for unfair dismissal against logistics firm Christian Salvesen. The tribunal ruled that driver John …
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A former vice-president of the CIPD has hit back at criticisms that its professional qualifications are out of touch with the needs of the business world. Bob Morton, head of …
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The debate about whether age discrimination is best tackled through the voluntary route or legislation will drag on as the Government hammers out the details on how to translate the …
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Employers are under pressure to introduce age discrimination policies in advance of legislation to be introduced in 2006. The warning came at two separate events last week. Equal opportunities minister …
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Personnel director at steel giant Corus Allan Johnston has spoken of his frustration that promised Government support for re-training its workers has not yet materialised. As the 90-day consultation period …
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Seven leading aid agencies have improved security and support for their field workers by implementing a code of best practice in human resources. The results of the sector’s first audit …
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HR managers must become more aware of international employment law as the workforce becomes increasingly globalised. This was the message delivered by Eversheds lawyer Ann-Marie Pugh at the legal practice’s …
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More than three-quarters of employers have policies dealing with staff use of e-mail and the Internet, according to research. A survey by employment law firm Allen & Overy found that …
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Up to one in six nurses has been bullied, a report by the Royal College of Nursing has found. A survey of 4,500 nurses found that 17 per cent reported …