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Leadership, teambuilding and time management training can improve business productivity despite their “soft” images, according to research by learning solutions provider FranklinCovey Europe. Three-quarters of managers who provide this type …
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The director of personnel at Vauxhall is optimistic that the company will be able to avoid compulsory redundancies following the planned closure of its Luton plant. An estimated 2,000 jobs …
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The Government has agreed to meet the CIPD within two weeks as a result of Personnel Today’s open letter to DTI Secretary Stephen Byers. The letter, published last week, demanded …
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Alan Johnson responds to Personnel Today’s demands for HR to be included in the Government’s employee consultation review. Dear Personnel Today Thank you for your letter of 12 February 2001 …
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A working party will meet for the first time next month to thrash out the details of age discrimination legislation that will affect all UK employers. Employment minister Margaret Hodge …
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Q One of our employees has to take her son to a hospital appointment. I told her to use her holiday entitlement. She insisted that she has a right to …
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Over the last few months, due to pressure from lobby groups and the introduction of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA), the Government has proposed changes to the employment tribunal …
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Employers may make reasonable adjustments under the Disability Discrimination Act for all employees Can an employer comply with the duty to make reasonable adjustments under the Disability Discrimination Act while …
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What’s the most unusual senior management job title you have ever come across? Let us know the most absurd, amusing, bewildering or abstruse job title you have heard of. Send …
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Veronica Simpson talks to a company which says massage impacts its bottom line. For Iris, a London-based marketing services company, free massage treatments are simply part of a more caring …
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The head of personnel at Ryanair has defended the airline after it was fined £8,000 following a complaint by the Irish Equality Authority that a recruitment advert was ageist. Eddie …
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A telecoms firm has teamed up with the AEEU and Corus to create 4,000 jobs for redundant manufacturing workers over the next two years. EXi Telecoms’ project will offer retraining …
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Draft regulations included in the Data Protection code of practice on drug testing could restrict companies from checking employees for illegal substances in the future. The code, which is expected …
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BP Amoco has introduced a flexible reward and a fast-track promotion scheme that also encourages employees to consider the environmental impact of their business actions. Vice-president of remuneration and benefits …
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A European directive on employee consultation during takeovers could result in more red tape for UK employers. Companies would have to consult staff or their representatives as soon as a …