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With the launch of the Disability Rights Commission campaign this week, Prime Minister Tony Blair, writing exclusively for Personnel Today, argues that disabled employees benefit business. Human resources professionals need …
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Women are finding it as hard as ever to get to the top of companies, according to a new survey.The report, Breaking the Barriers: Women in Senior Management, suggests that …
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Trade unions have applied for a £1,000 flat rate pay rise for their local authority members. This represents a 6.4 per cent increase on last year’s pay deal and is …
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Coca Cola and Fox’s biscuits were among the fifteen winners at the national training awards held today in London’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.David Blunkett, secretary of state for education and …
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Peoplesoft’s UK product strategy manager has questioned current Internet HR strategies and urged employers to tailor strategy to the individual employee.At today’s HR conference on self-service organised by IIR in …
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A heavy-handed approach to managing sick leave leads to an increase in days lost through illness, an occupational health expert has claimed.Dr Mike Orton, formerly an occupational health doctor for …
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Alcatel Telecom’s HR strategy manager has urged other employers to use a flexible benefits system to retain staff and reduce costs.Flex is a benefits system in which an employee’s salary …
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Barclays intends to move to a web-based HR self-service system in a bid to cut costs.Its model is based on SAP technology and intended to reduce costs 35 per cent. …
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The UK still lags behind other European countries in the use of intranet and Internet for self-service HR, according to a benchmarking survey by PriceWaterhouse Coopers (PWC). Speaking at the …
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In the competition to find and hire the best people, online recruiting has emerged as a powerful and strategic tool – and its potential is only beginning to be realized. …
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Employers have dismissed proposals outlined by the Government last week to offer all parents the option of part-time working. Ministers suggest in a Green Paper that both parents should have …
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The Personnel Today portfolio is expanding globally, having acquired the publishing rights to the bi-monthly magazine HR World last week. Our aim is to relaunch the publication in the New …
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The Government needs to address how it can employ more disabled people in its own workforce, Prime Minister Tony Blair says today in an exclusive article for Personnel Today. As …
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A rail company has brokered a pay agreement which is set to be a benchmark for the sector. Great North Eastern Railway has negotiated a deal with drivers’ union Aslef …
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UK employers can breathe a sigh of relief after ministers agreed at the Nice Summit of the European Council that there will be no extension to employment legislation. While the …