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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 …

In the DfEE’s consultation document, Towards Equal Pay for Women: Speed and simplicity in tribunal cases and the Burden of Proof Directive, the Government makes the following proposals. The deadline …

Twenty-five years on from the introduction of equality legislation, few employers have policies that actively seek to close the gender pay gap, a major report has found. Research among 300 …

Standardised restrictive covenants should be periodically reviewed to account for individuals’ changing circumstances.One size does not fit all, but tailor-made will do the job. That is the latest message from …

While most employers would welcome the simplification of the equal pay tribunal system, others are concerned that the proposed legislation could lead to more red tape.Twenty-five years since the Equal …

Of all the benchmarks of equality in the workforce the one that really counts is pay. Yet few will be surprised that the latest research shows that after 25 years …

Human resources departments are increasingly under pressure because of a surge in employment disputes, according Personnel Today’s exclusive survey.Nearly half of respondents said they are more likely to settle out …

The Working Time directive has proved largely ineffectual since it was introduced more than two years ago, according to new research.A survey by the CIPD reveals that 60 per cent …

A European directive to reduce the working hours of young adults could make them less attractive to employ and so lead to staff shortages, employers’ organisations have warned.A consultation document …