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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 …
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Unions can help IT staff get a life• In response to the points made by Robert Ingram in “Staff exploitation can’t be blamed on IT, says expert” (27 June), I …
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Employers in London are lowering their chances of recruiting the right candidates in an already tight market because they are unclear about what they are looking for.That is the conclusion …
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If you are nor already on the partnership boat, there is a good chance you have missed it. Allied Distillers HR director Andy Newhall told delegates.Newhall warned partnership was essential …
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1 Boards must agree a shared, accurate definition of leadership. Leaders must be able to motivate people to achieve goals.2 Boards should strengthen the CEO selection process by resolving strategic …
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Chancellor Gordon Brown often talks about “negative incentives”, preventing people from working and keeping them on benefits. But there are curious parallels from the US at the top of the …
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Andersen ConsultingArgosArrow Electronics UKAsda StoresAstronAxa InsuranceB&QBalfour Beatty Rail RenewalBank of ScotlandBass BrewersBradford & BingleyBrann Contact Training and DevelopmentBritannic InsuranceBritish GasBritish GypsumBroadmoor Hospital AuthorityBSMGBTCable & WirelessChurchill InsuranceCity of Bradford Metropolitan District …
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• House of Fraser has been trialling e-learning solutions as a means of boosting management skills and providing staff with self-development opportunities. A total of 30 modules supplied by Xebec …
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Good business web sites are all about making life easier and Online Recruitment could be a godsend to HR managers struggling to keep track of proliferating on-line recruitment sites. Onrec.com …
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Low pay, bleak conditions and frustration over lack of resources are all to blame for the worst nursing shortfall in 25 years, according to The Last Straw published last week …