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Technological advances are changing the relationship between employer and employee. Investments in self-service technology can allow organisations to to deliver more strategic HR services to staff The arrival of e-business …
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 – Jane Seddon is the new HR director at the Lowry Hotel in Manchester with responsibility for recruiting and training 150 people before the hotel’s launch. The hotel, located on …
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This week’s guru column Radio tagging keeps track of your dinner Unfortunately, it’s not just the Victorians who didn’t trust their workers (see cartoon). Guru has heard some disturbing stories …
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Annual earnings in the European Union are rising by almost 1 per cent more than can be justified by changes in productivity, according to a report by the Federation of …
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The Government has today launched an advice service to provide employers with information about equality issues. Equal opportunities minister Margaret Hodge launched the initiative, which will inform employers about issues …
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Workers at the Sellafield atomic energy complex in Cumbria have been suspended for sending and opening obscene e-mails. Nigel Monckton, a spokesman for British Nuclear Fuels, said the three staff …
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The New Deal has helped more than 1 million people improve their employment prospects, the Government has announced. Employment minister Tessa Jowell said the scheme had helped lone parents, partners …
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The Disability Rights Commission is calling for a change in the law after the Home Office used a legal loophole to refuse a blind man a job interview. The call …
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The ING Group has refused to comment on reports that it is set shed hundreds of jobs from its London investment banking operation. It was reported by the Financial Times …
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An aide to former US President Bill Clinton is to head the UK’s biggest nursing union. Beverly Malone has been offered the position of general secretary of the Royal College …
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Tube workers have voted to start industrial action next week over a safety dispute between London Underground and unions. A 50 per cent turn out by RMT union returned a …
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A decision by the Court of Appeal to overturn a controversial employment appeal tribunal ruling on the Cerebus vs Rowley case, will allow employers to avoid expensive severance payments to …
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An unofficial strike took place in Vauxhall’s Luton plant yesterday as GM Europe and the European Works Council manufacturing committee met up in Zurich to discuss plans for the Luton …
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Employers have been warned to make their employment tribunal procedures watertight as tribunal compensation payouts for unfair dismissal are set to rise. From 1 February 2001 the compensation claim ceiling …
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Car giant Nissan has safeguarded 1,300 jobs with its decision to build the new Nissan Micra in the North East. The £235 million investment in its Sunderland plant could reportedly …