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The Internet is helping HR professionals develop the capability to fulfil most of their recruitment needs themselves rather than depend on agencies and consultancies to do it for them. This …
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• Recognise that effective practices benefit both organisation and employees• Acknowledge individuals work best when they achieve an appropriate balance between work and all other aspects of their lives• Highlight …
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If the police want to recruit more officers from ethnic minorities, isn’t it time to stop looking for the quick fix?The police service has been told by the Home Office …
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The leader of the Scottish personnel directors’ group has warned that posts will be suspended and services will be slashed if councils are forced to put more money on the …
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A management college is using boat crews in the world’s toughest yacht race to research senior management skills.Researchers will look at the key factors marking exceptional performance of teams and …
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Work to live, or live to work, the Government wants more employers to adopt work-life practices for all – including those who do not have children. For the politicians charged …
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Regulations on balloting which came into force yesterday have raised concerns that more employees could resort to industrial action to resolve workplace disputes.The DTI regulations mean minor errors in the …
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Employers are demanding that the Government cut away red tape surrounding overseas recruitment.Foreign nationals offered jobs by British firms should be granted a work permit automatically, the CBI’s senior policy …
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The fuel crisis tested HR departments’ emergency staff plans to their limits and threw up worrying legal problems about laying off people without pay.As the struggle to get to work …
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Half the number of disputed union recognition cases taken by employers and unions to the advisory service Acas were settled amicably last year.Before 1998, agreement of full trade union recognition …
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The number of women business and financial professionals has surged by 41,000 in the last three years – a rise of 61 per cent.Companies are also recruiting increasing numbers of …
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Claims that directors’ pay is being pushed up by demand for UK executives in the US are “based entirely on fantasy”, unions claimed this week.The TUC says there is no …
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As problems finding petrol continued last week, local authorities were concentrating on keeping those staff who work with the most vulnerable people in the community mobile.Social workers, care assistants and …
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Employees at some NHS trusts were being told last week that they would have to take annual leave if they could not get into work because of the fuel crisis.Staff …
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Reducing staff reliance on driving to work needs the support of HR professionals, a government best practice guide on travel plans claims.Work travel plans designed to promote walking, cycling, public …