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A Gulf war fighter pilot who was captured and tortured by the Iraqis is using his harrowing experiences to help HR teams manage employee stress. John Peters hit the headlines …
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From this summer, the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) will be able to access police files directly to check the criminal records of potential staff. The CRB believes that lawyers, accountants …
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A fifth of companies could be breaking the law by monitoring employees’ e-mails without their consent or knowledge. A survey by law firm KLegal has found that many firms are …
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HR managers are warning that volunteers recruited through the Chancellor’s new £300m community fund must be managed properly if public and community services are to benefit. Last week, the public …
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Brewing giant Scottish & Newcastle has announced it will axe 1,300 jobs as it reorganises its UK business. The reorganisations in its UK business, which comprises Scottish Courage and Scottish …
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Employers have to take responsibility for ensuring equality in the workplace, claims the Equal Opportunities Commission in a new survey. To this end, the EOC has launched a 10-point plan …
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Managers are facing increased workloads and stress levels as a result of losing staff during restructuring by their companies, according to new research by Roffey Park. The authors of the …
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Unless we adopt a questioning approach to everyday work there can be no improvement. Yet many developments in corporate life and in human resources in particular, come not from a …
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Half of the UK’s employers have found problems recruiting skilled workers in the past six months. Lloyds TSB Commercial’s biannual Business in Britain survey revealed that 50 per cent of …
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The Metropolitan Police artificially boosted the number of non-white officers serving on the force in figures submitted to the Home Office. Figures for visible ethnic minority recruitment were increased after …
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The Department for Education and Employment has called for contributions to its consultation on the future of a national training organisation for the telecoms sector. This follows last November’s announcement …
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American cable news channel CNN announced last week that it is to axe nearly 10 per cent of its workforce. The 400 jobs are believed to from its interactive unit, …
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E –biz: 5-minute Q&A Elly Waldron, 30, is HR manager at eDirectory.co.uk, an e-commerce solutions provider for businesses. Since she joined the Barrow-in-Furness dotcom 12 months ago it has …
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Despite the massive potential of online recruitment the industry needs to take steps to increase consumer confidence to get people to trust the Internet with their personal details, says a …
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If you need access to high-level management thinking and analysis for your next board meeting, this is the place. The Pearson Group, whose web sites to date have been exemplary, …