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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 …
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This week’s news in brief… Finance firm cuts jobs As many as 1,700 jobs are to be cut as Sun Life Financial of Canada reduces the size of its UK …
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The Government’s proposals to switch the burden of proof in employment tribunals to the employer in discrimination cases will encourage spurious tribunals and raise costs for employers. The Institute of …
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Many performance appraisal systems are failing employees as well as organisations and are having a limited impact on business performance, according to research by the Institute of Employment Studies. Employers …
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Performance-related pay is to be introduced in the armed forces across all three services in a bid to improve retention and recruitment. Pay 2000 for lower ranking officers is to …
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The Government last week committed the UK to enacting by 2006 an EU directive agreed last October outlawing ageism. Clearly, the ageism debate has moved on from whether we should …
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The chairwoman of the Call Centre Management Association has branded the TUC’s campaign to name and shame call centre managers as “regressive”. At a call centre conference held in London, …
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An initiative to let call centre employees at Prudential Assurance take control of their own workload has led to greater productivity, according to one of the company’s call centre managers. …
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The Employment Service and the Public and Commercial Services Trade Union last week signed an agreement on the working arrangements for the services’ new network of customer service centres. The …
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Contract caterer Aramark is combating the industry’s skills shortages by hiring chefs from hotels and highlighting the progress of staff from washing-up jobs to managerial positions. Aramark employs more than …
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Companies using automatic psychometric testing to look for potential employees or promote existing staff could fall foul of regulations in the Data Protection Act. Compliance manager at the Information Commission, …
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Staff at Halifax bank are set to receive share options worth 20 per cent of their annual salaries. The bank last week bought out ailing pensions company Equitable Life and …
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Four black members of the Metropolitan police force’s independent advisory group on race relations have resigned over concerns that their role has become purely cosmetic. The independent advisory group was …
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A Sikh police sergeant who was sacked after being wrongly accused of sending racist hate mail has received £350,000 in compensation, a record for a police officer in a race …
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Employers are increasingly putting beauty before brains, according to a report by the Industrial Society. Looking good, sounding right: style counselling in the new economy reveals the emerging trend for …