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Procter and Gamble is retaining more female employees and getting more women into management roles as a result of a programme to promote diversity. Five years ago the chemicals company …
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Putting personnel records on the intranet and giving employees control over the information can transform the way a company does business, according to Cisco’s global HR communications director. Speaking at …
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Dotcoms are planning pay rises of nearly three times the national average in an attempt to retain staff, according to a survey by Hay Management Consultants. Base salaries in dotcoms …
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Employers have been advised to issue warnings to frequent fliers about the health risks of long-haul travel following the publication of a report by the House of Lords Science and …
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Training for people working in the rail industry urgently needs to be improved, according to Lifelong Learning minister Malcolm Wicks. In a letter to the chairman of the shadow Strategic …
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From Friday (1 December) the power of the courts to order the parties involved in a divorce to apportion pension rights overrides all occupational and personal pension schemes under the …
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Companies which publish their corporate values and HR strategy experience more significant growth than those which do not, according to research by Arthur Andersen. There has been an 84 per …
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The Prison Service is resisting pressure from hundreds of prison electricians who are threatening to strike over a name badge rule, which they claim threatens their personal safety. The 600 …
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Thomson Travel Group has announced plans to extend its call centre in Glasgow, which will create hundreds of jobs over the next three years. It will provide customers with the …
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A company’s ability to attract employees is now a more important factor than market share, a senior representative of oil giant BP told an international conference on HR last week. …
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The finance, engineering and production parts of a business are relatively easy to measure and compare. The function and disciplines of HR are, however, built on shifting sands. Tomorrow’s legislation …
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Too many firms unnecessarily expose themselves to damaging publicity during employment tribunals, lawyers warned this week. Alan Jones, human resources partner at law firm DLA, says employers need to take …
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A former operations director of broadcaster ONdigital has told a tribunal that he was unfairly dismissed after complaining about not being paid a bonus. John Egan, 40, told a tribunal …
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A record number of US companies expect to take on extra staff in 2001. A survey by Manpower found 27 per cent of 16,000 employers questioned expect to expand staff …
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HR managers have welcomed a £330m increase in funding for wages in higher education as government recognition of the need to address issues such as equal pay in the sector. …