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The asking of private or personal questions at interview, particularly concerning a job applicant’s family responsibilities or ethnic background, can constitute sex or race discrimination should the applicant subsequently not …
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Companies which offer their staff bonus schemes face issues as to whether they are contractual or discretionary. Substituting part of a remuneration package with a bonus payment can be an …
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Applications for a senior HR post that broke every rule in the book give one recruiter cause to worry. My assignment was to recruit a senior HR manager. This ought …
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Reading John Frye’s Opinion (On-line recruitment is not always right, 10 October) I was reminded of the Commissioner of US Patents who, in 1899 claimed, "everything that can be invented …
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EU legislators and Britain’s personnel profession have a relationship that makes Gore and Bush look close. Little of the legislation conceived in Brussels – from working time to parental leave …
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Mark Day, HR director at Healthcare cash benefits provider HSA Healthcare, will now take on the additional responsibility of customer services. Day joined HAS earlier this year as HR director …
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Jon Porter has been appointed personnel manager at the charity the Parkhaven Trust, which provides help for adults with epilepsy and behavioural problems. He has 10 years’ experience in personnel …
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One in three working fathers think that if they put in a request to work part time it would damage their career opportunities.The Department for Education and Employment-funded survey of …
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On 14th November, Personnel Today asked readers to nominate their favourite celluloid examples of leadership. The winning entries are listed below.Interestingly, two of the five winning nominations (The Green Mile, …
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Marks and Spencer’s head of corporate personnel Pat Taylor is to go back to the shop floor along with 2,000 head office volunteers over the Christmas period.The move is part …
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One in five employees claim they are extremely stressed at work, according to a study for the Health and Safety Executive.Slightly more (23 per cent) say they have experienced illness …
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One in five full time employees are working more than 60 hours a week, major new research on work-life balance commissioned by the Department for Education and Employment reveals this …
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Stress claims are the top priority for risk managers, and those in the public sector regard it as the biggest emerging threat in the workplace.John Humphrey, head of Marsh Employment …
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The Industrial Society and the TUC have published their own set of guidelines on sending and receiving emails at work and called on employers to draw up an email code …
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The Commission for Racial Equality has launched an official investigation into racial discrimination in the prison service after revelations that ethnic minority staff at Brixton prison were racially harassed.Brixton is …