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Ryanair Holdings says threatened strike action tomorrow has been called off following discussions with the Dublin Pilots’ Committee.The airline has negotiated a new agreement with the committee, which will be …
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The TUC is calling on councils to reverse a decline in the number of health and safety inspectors employed by local authorities.The move follows a 15 per cent rise in …
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Today is the first anniversary of the increase in minimum paid annual leave from three weeks to four.The entitlement, implemented as part of the Working Time regulations, is estimated to …
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Material from leading international business schools like INSEAD and the Judge Institute of Management has been pulled together in one website launched this week. FT Knowledge, a division of the …
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Just over half of American HR professionals (51 per cent) categorise an employee who changes their job every year as a job hopper.A third (34 per cent) would also put …
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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 this week to Sir Alastair Morton, chairman of …
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An international HR consultancy is urging employers to harness the potential offered by individuals with disabilities.Maurice Phillips, regional director of Coutts London, said that Coutts’ training consultants will work with …
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Employers should consider a sociable workplace with healthy gossip as “crucial to the bottom line” instead of seeing it as the “antithesis to efficiency and productivity”, according to research by …
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High earners love their jobs according to a new Industrial Society Futures report, which reveals that 70 per cent of those earning over £70,000 would carry on working even if …
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Substituting part of a remuneration package with a bonus payment can be an invaluable HR tool for giving staff both an incentive and a greater feeling of fair reward for …
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Legislation conflicts over employers’ rights to monitor employees’ e-mails, phone calls and use of the InternetIn an attempt to catch up with the evolving world of electronic communications, the Government …
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Unions, management and staff at Hackney council are locked in discussions today over the ballot for industrial action as the financial crisis in the London borough gets worse. Unison, the …
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British firms have been moaning about skill shortages for almost as long as the rest of us have been moaning about the weather. But final dramatic proof that Britain has …
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The CBI is launching an e-business council today to lobby the Government and Brussels on new ideas that could improve competitiveness. The new council has 30 member companies, including Unilever …
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Public sector union Unison has warned that a pay award to members of the GMB and TGWU will prolong the dispute among Scotland’s local authority staff. The Convention of Scottish …