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Employers who are tough on sick leave risk alienating staff and increasing absenteeism, an occupational health expert has claimed.Dr Mike Orton, formerly an occupational health doctor for BMI, a provider …
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A Marks & Spencer store in Cardiff has successfully used role play to reduce staff absence on its customer service desk.The programme used local actors to play the roles of …
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This week’s international round up Work health survey ‘should ring alarm bells’ Working conditions across Europe are deteriorating, causing an increase in work-related health problems and declining productivity, a survey …
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More than half of UK firms would use proposed regulations allowing them to opt out of paying fees to recruitment consultancies when temporary staff are recruited to permanent jobs.The DTI’s …
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Sheffield Hallam University is managing a project to create an anti-discrimination framework for employers in European Union countries. Among the issues covered by the Diversity Enabling Framework are working conditions, …
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Personnel Today’s monthly series reveals how managers tackle business problems and enhance performance. In this issue, Carol Borghesi, director of call centre management at BT, explores the personnel issues that …
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As the judges for this year’s RAD Awards draw up their shortlist of winners, Richard Staines reports on the judging process and what the judges thought of the general standard …
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By John Lloyd, national officer, Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union.Time was when the Government’s attitudes and actions in the industrial relations world were a vital component of government reputation. Not …
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This week’s letters CIPD could learn from other bodies I read with some interest the article “How can the CIPD boost its clout with the Government?” (News, 21 November). I …
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With claims from disgruntled staff mounting, many employers are baulking at the high costs of a legal defence. So should you just settle? A major report on employment tribunals starts …
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Recent events have turned the spotlight on the people sitting on tribunals, but it is not always clear where members’ allegiances lieIn November, Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers announced …
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The boom in employment tribunals cases is welcome news for some. It has sparked a colourful and diverse new service economy to cater for employers’ needsAt the end of last …
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This week’s guru column. Breaking news puts staff in the firing line Horror stories from a recent occupational health conference were enough to put Guru off the lunchtime cruditŽs. One …
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This week’s training round up Enlightening venture on-line for public sector Impower, an on-line provider of government services, and Epic Group, a developer of on-line interactive training, are forming a …
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Union demands for a £1,000 flat rate salary increase for local council staff could cost jobs if approved, the president of the Society of Chief Personnel Officers, Terry Gorman, has …