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The figures are contained in the report The Future of Careers, by Linda Holbeche of Roffey Park Institute. Most of those questioned (98 per cent) said they had been working …
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A survey by the CIPD and employment law firm Hammond Suddards found only 76 per cent did so, and the percentage is even lower for other pieces of legislation. Only …
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While 75 per cent of those responding to a survey by workthing.com said they were looking for a new job, 40 per cent were in search of company information. A …
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Union recognition deals with employers have doubled in the past two years. Stephen Overell asks if this reflects a new maturity in industrial relationsLegislation on trade union recognition is making …
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With stock options increasingly a key part of US executives’ salaries, Richard Staines asks how the idea translates on this side of the AtlanticMany of the US’s senior IT professionals …
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Has UK plc got the leaders it deserves? Clearly not if you look at some of the Government-backed initiatives under way to define and develop leadership among current and potential …
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A new web site claims to offer a completely automated, Internet-based recruitment system, and its creators are bullish about what it can do for the status of the profession.Activerecruiter.com, developed …
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Have you noticed that everyone is involved in a major, hush-hush e-business or e-commerce initiative that will change the way they do business, transform their organisation and their careers? Your …
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The difficulty is where to start. Companies putting together an e-learning strategy face a bewildering range of options, as training web portals spring up to cater for a burgeoning market. …
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• In setting its agenda for the next six months, the new French presidency of the EU Council of Ministers hopes to move forward on the outstanding worker’s rights legislation …
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It is really quite a startling finding. Chief executives, it turns out, are not that different from the rest of us. Job insecurity and high labour turnover are par for …
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• An e-mail from Julian Burch of Expotel arrived in the office, commenting on the Institute of Personnel and Development’s (now, of course, the Chartered Institute) new black and gold …
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Employers need to protect e-mail systems from abuse, but they also have to ensure they stay strictly within the law when it comes to checking up on their staffThe new …
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Many employers already allow an employee the right to have a friend or colleague accompany them as a witness at a disciplinary or grievance hearing. Indeed, the Acas Code on …
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Alabaster v Woolwich IRLB 643 EAT• Alabaster’s expected week of confinement (“EWC”) was 11 February 1996. On 1 December 1995 her annual salary was increased by almost £1,200 and she …