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HR professionals are concerned that new appointees to employment tribunals lack experience of employee relations.Last year, the Government changed the system of appointment for tribunal members to encourage more applications …
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The long-awaited alternative to employment tribunals will be launched this month when the Acas arbitration scheme is put before parliament.The scheme aims to cut the number of cases going to …
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GCHQ has put a brain-teaser on the Internet to find new recruits. The teaser follows a similarly encoded puzzle earlier this year, which increased job applications by more than 30 …
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The long-awaited alternative to employment tribunals will be launched this month when the Acas arbitration scheme is put before parliament. The scheme aims to cut the number of cases going …
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HR professionals are concerned that new appointees to employment tribunals lack experience of employee relations. Last year, the Government changed the system of appointment for tribunal members to encourage more …
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Companies are being urged this week to implement e-mail policies, following a significant tribunal case in which a company’s decision to sack staff for e-mail abuse was upheld. Holset Engineering …
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The £17.1 billion spent on temporary staff every year in the UK could be significantly cut if firms exploited Internet technology, according to research by recruitment specialist Reed Executive. James …
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Want a raise but can’t find the right moment – or the right way – to ask the boss? Body language may well hold the answer to your problem. According …
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Four reports on stress in a week is enough to make anyone stressed, especially HR professionals who end up managing the whole nebulous concept of “stress at work”. The public …
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Plans to give awards to companies for taking part in a Government-backed scheme to boost ethnic minorities at work have come under fire from HR leaders. Kay Allen, equal opportunities …
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Companies must hire multi-lingual graduates if they are to compete in the global economy, an international HR chief has warned. Stephen Boley, global HR director for IT at PricewaterhouseCoopers told …
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Graduate employees are the unhappiest at work, according to University of Warwick research published last week. The study, What has been happening to job satisfaction in Britain?, found that although …
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Viral infections knock out more local authority staff than stress, according to a survey from the Employers’ Organisation. They head the top four reasons for absence, with stress second, followed …
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Portable computers carry no greater health risk to their users than non-portables, although their users can suffer discomfort, according to a Health and Safety Executive-sponsored study. It warns users to …
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The new year wage round could prove painful for employers, following the release of figures showing pay awards have broken the 3 per cent barrier for the first time in …