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Using assessment centres to cherry pick staff is fine if the assessors are up to the job. But with horror stories aplenty, isn’t it time for a code of practice …
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In a month when London Underground services have been crippled by strike action, at least the Tube’s HR team has managed to come up with innovative ways to recruit. More …
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The National Lotteries Charities Board has appointed David Fielding as its director of personnel. Fielding was previously HR director at Phoenix House, a provider of drug and alcohol rehabilitation services …
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Employers are increasingly putting beauty before brains according to a report by the Industrial Society. The report, Looking Good, sounding right: style counselling in the new economy, reveals the emerging …
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More than three-quarters of employers believe stress should be incorporated into Health & Safety legislation. A study published by the Health & Safety Executive, reveals that 79 per cent of …
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British Airways has suspended five members of staff after sexually explicit images were allegedly downloaded from the Internet. A spokesman for British Airways said that the five male members of …
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Call centre employees’ salaries are 40 per cent less than average earnings, according to a report by the TUC. Call handlers in Wales are the lowest paid with an average …
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Prepare for yet another change in the Working Time Rules: that is the message from the European Court in the latest stage of the Bectu case. Jonathan Chamberlain explains Bectu …
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A former member of the Health and Safety Commission has criticised the Data Protection Commissioner’s proposals on drug testing at work. The proposals outlined in the commissioner’s draft code of …
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An agreement between London Underground and the ASLEF and RMT rail unions could have averted the threat of further tube strikes. The unions have suspended the strikes after they last …
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Companies may be forced to provide holiday pay for staff who have been employed for less than 13 weeks if a proposal put forward by a European legal expert becomes …
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Off-road car maker Land Rover has been forced to shed 200 jobs and cut back production of its top selling model because it cannot get enough engines. Land Rover will …
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Employers hoping that Acas’s long awaited voluntary arbitration process will reduce the time and cost of resolving work place disputes could be disappointed according to The Industrial Society. Yvonne Bennion, …
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Corus steelworkers have voted to strike in protest at compulsory job losses announced by the firm. Workers at the firm’s Scunthorpe plant in Lincolnshire voted by 60 per cent in …
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Employers face a multi-million pound bill following a ruling that part-time workers previously denied pension rights might be entitled to compensation backdated to 1976. Employers argued that the right should …