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A tight labour market is putting increasing pressure on employers to offer staff flexible working arrangements, according to Lloyds TSB’s senior manager for equal opportunities. Jon Whiteley told delegates at …

Personnel Today’s monthly series reveals how managers tackle business problems and enhance performance. In this issue, Peter Raine, from Superdrug Stores explains how a successful collaboration between an academic institution …

The outbreak of foot and mouth disease is threatening thousands of jobs in small haulage companies, according to the Freight Transport Association. More than 400 companies were brought to a …

If HR professionals want to take their place alongside colleagues on the board, they must learn to speak the same business language. But what is the language of business? Is …

As call centre working practices are called into question, Megan Peppin looks at managing this growth area It is 2001 – yet how can some organisations treat their employees with …

Neil Patrick has decided to leave the HR industry after 30 years. After three years at Stoddard International, as head of HR. Patrick, 47, (right) took up his new post …

This week’s case round up No ‘constructive dismissal’ in disability claims Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis v Harley, unreported, February 2001, EAT Harley had suffered from bulimia nervosa for …

The Government has announced today that it will increase the National Minimum Wage to £4.10 per hour in October. It said it would also increase mandatory basic rate of pay …

Over 600,000 disabled people in work will have their legal rights extended, according to a government report released this morning.   The Government will amend the Disability Discrimination Act to …

An estimated 700 jobs are to be lost at Nortel Network’s optical components plant in Paignton, Devon. A spokesman for the company said the precise number of jobs to be …

A record number of employment tribunal claims is weighing down business, according to an Engineering Employers’ Federation (EEF) survey. The findings revealed that the number of employment tribunal claims handled …

At least 8,000 jobs could be at risk after BAE systems threatened to review the future of three UK warship yards according to reports. The giant defence contractor warned that …

The Government has announced measures to allow directors who are under threat of violence to keep their home addresses private. Measures in an amendment to the Criminal Justice and Police …

Worried employers and employees have flooded Acas public enquiry points with more than 500 calls about the foot and mouth outbreak. Currently there are 32 cases across the country, with …

American Express is to introduce an initiative that will give its employees the chance to work abroad on projects to help developing nations. The scheme has been set up in …