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Increasing red tape and regulation has made it more difficult for employers to provide and improve good occupational pension schemes. This was one of the main findings in a survey …

An investigation has been launched by New Scotland Yard after eight gay police officers were sent threatening letters in the post. A spokesman for the force said that the Directorate …

The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association is running its own training course to combat the huge shortfall in the number of trained rehabilitation workers. Research commissioned by the Visual …

The Government’s new Improving Working Lives standard could be undermined by the lack of credibility that HR staff in the NHS have in certain regions, claimed a senior nurse at …

BASF Pharma is cutting 250 jobs following its decision to close its r&d arm in Nottingham. The German chemical conglomerate claims the closure is unavoidable due to much needed rationalisation. …

Employment agencies are risking bankruptcy and take-over by going into in to debt in attempts to gain an advantage over competitors, according to research by Plimsoll Publishing The survey of …

Sloppy spelling and poor grammar hinder an employee’s journey up the career ladder, research by Office Angels reveals. The survey of 1, 500 employers and employees showed that 84 per …

Unions have criticised the Royal Sun Alliance’s dismissal of 10 employees for circulating smutty e-mails as being excessive. Sarah Veale, senior policy officer at the TUC, said, “The punishment was …

Company bonus schemes designed to encourage and reward high performance are failing to deliver the goods.A survey of top employers in the UK has revealed many bonus schemes are not …

Crown Prosecution Service staff have started industrial action following a dispute over their pay rise. Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCSU), who work as administrative staff in …

A partnership deal between Thames Water and trade unions has received a £50,000 award from the DTI. The company received the maximum sum allowed from the Government’s Partnership Fund and …

Human resources departments are under increasing pressure because of a surge in employment disputes according to the results of Personnel Today’s exclusive survey.Nearly half the respondents said they would be …

Nearly half of all firms are more likely to settle out of court than go to an employment tribunal since the introduction of increased compensation payouts.An exclusive Personnel Today survey …

Why has alternative dispute resolution (ADR) never really caught on in the employment field?. With tribunal applications having risen so steeply over recent years, you might think employers would be …

Since armed forces retailer Naafi agreed an ADR scheme with professional services union MSF in June last year, there have yet to be any cases which go forward to employment …