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This week’s letters First HR posts are too hard to find With regard to the letter from Paula Laite regarding how difficult it is to get a job in HR …
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Corporate UK has had a salutary six months. Railtrack and Corus may have found themselves in the eye of the hurricane of public scrutiny but Vauxhall and the oil companies …
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Tom Hill has been appointed as senior consultant with William M Mercer, based in London. His responsibilities will include advising clients on share schemes, long-term incentives and global share plans. …
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When does the consultation period end for the Green Paper, Work and Parents: Competitiveness and Choice? Employers have until 7 March to get their submissions into the DTI. What are …
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This week’s case roundup Contractual right to delegate personal services MacFarlane & another v Glasgow City Council, IDS Brief 678, EAT MacFarlane was a sports instructor. Initially, she was responsible …
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Workers at Peugeot’s Ryton plant have rejected the company’s pay offer of just over 4 per cent. The car workers voted by 1,780 to 374 to reject Peugeot’s two-year deal …
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ASDA has launched a “talent race” initiative to recruit more managers from ethnic minorities. The supermarket chain will hold six workshops, starting next month, around the UK to promote retail …
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Plans to merge the AEEU and MSF unions are to be promoted during a UK-wide road show. Sir Ken Jackson, general secretary of the AEEU and Roger Lyons, general secretary …
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An employer’s strategic clarity is a stronger driver in employee retention than the offer of work-life balance practices, according to research by recruitment agency Korn/Ferry International. The research suggests that …
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The Bioindustry Association has called for tougher measures to protect directors of companies involved in animal testing following the attack on the managing director of Huntingdon Life Sciences. Brian Cass …
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The CBI has warned that an increase in the minimum wage could increase labour costs and hit employment. It stressed the need for caution when it published its evidence to …
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An initiative by Post Office Counters to train 65,000 people so they can carry out on-line transactions will be completed by Spring 2001, claims Knowledgepool, the training provider. The retail …
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Polaroid is poised to cut 235 jobs at its factory in Dumbarton, Scotland according to reports The US camera and film making firm is to make the jobs cuts in …
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The TUC has called on employers and the Government to join unions in helping clean up the construction industry’s poor safety record. Last year, 80 people were killed on building …
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Vauxhall workers have started industrial action to protest at plans to close the firm’s Luton plant in 2002 with the loss of 2,000 jobs. T&G union members at Vauxhall’s Ellesmere …