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Marks and Spencer’s head of corporate personnel Pat Taylor is to go back to the shop floor along with 2,000 head office volunteers over the Christmas period.The move is part …
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One in five employees claim they are extremely stressed at work, according to a study for the Health and Safety Executive.Slightly more (23 per cent) say they have experienced illness …
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One in five full time employees are working more than 60 hours a week, major new research on work-life balance commissioned by the Department for Education and Employment reveals this …
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Stress claims are the top priority for risk managers, and those in the public sector regard it as the biggest emerging threat in the workplace.John Humphrey, head of Marsh Employment …
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The Industrial Society and the TUC have published their own set of guidelines on sending and receiving emails at work and called on employers to draw up an email code …
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The Commission for Racial Equality has launched an official investigation into racial discrimination in the prison service after revelations that ethnic minority staff at Brixton prison were racially harassed.Brixton is …
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Wide discrepancies continue across the EU in labour law and practices on paid holidays. Research by HR consultants William M. Mercer has shown that, when added together, annual leave and …
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Senior HR professionals debated what assessment scale is most effective when measuring employee performance this week.Paul Kearns, senior partner at Personnel Works, claimed the best appraisal method uses a one-to-10 …
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IT professionals saw pay rises in line with the industry average of 4.2 per cent last year, according to a survey published by William M Mercer this week.Mercer’s 2000 Information …
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Too many employers are ignorant of the provisions in the Disability Discrimination Act as it approaches its fourth anniversary next month, claims the Institute of Employment Rights.IES director Carolyn Jones …
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Nine out of 10 employers are certain that the pay between male and female staff is equal, but this confidence is often misplaced, the Equal Opportunities Commission said today.Early findings …
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Company car managers are not geared up to take advantage of the Government’s “green” tax regime, claims new research.The new tax regime, due to come into play in 2002, will …
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More than 75 per cent of companies intend to exploit developments in web technology to improve their own recruitment and assessment methods in the coming year, according to research by …
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This year’s graduates are demanding more from employers than three or four years ago due to a sustained period of economic growth, according to specialist recruitment consultancy Media Contacts. The …
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There have been more job cuts in the manufacturing industry, according to the CBI’s latest regional trends survey. The survey published in association with the firm Business Strategies Ltd, shows …