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A division of Lloyds TSB bank has almost doubled its income and slashed its costs after setting up a new training programme focusing on people rather than processes.Employees are now …

Equality has been a recurring theme in Europe after the European Parliament voted to strengthen the Equality Directive, and gave its approval to the EU action programme to combat discrimination.The …

Roads are flooded, trains are disrupted and another fuel crisis looms – it’s no wonder UK staff cite commuting as their main cause of stress. Meetings cancelled, skeleton staff in …

The CBI has called for a pause in regulation-making to allow employers to catch up with their everyday work. But will the Government listen, asks Richard StainesThe message to the …

In the first of an occasional series on all aspects of e-business, Marie Fimrite, director of the City office of international career management consultancy Drake Beam Morin, provides the answers …

It is as well not to believe everything you read on the Web, but this is one site where you can trust the sources. The on-line service from the Stationery …

It’s not uncommon to have two or more e-mail addresses and Web-based addresses are handy for those on the move, or as a back-up in case you can’t access your …

Forewarned is Forearmed is a new service from HRWorldClass site designed to be an "ultimate" survival guide for international business travellers. Produced in conjunction with corporate intelligence expert, Merchant International, …

New rulings giving greater rights to fixed-term contract workers should prompt employers to review their policies. The fixed-term contract has been a useful part of the employment repertoire. Often it …

MacDonald v Ministry of Defence, IDS Brief 672, EATThe Sex Discrimination Act 1975 prohibits discrimination on the grounds of a person’s sex and, until this decision, "sex" had been interpreted …

The monitoring of e-mails and telephone calls at work is a hot topic. The bringing into UK law on 2 October 2000 of The Human Rights Act 1998 and the …

State Hospitals Board could not have predicted causing employee’s psychiatric illness, says Scottish Court Session. Most employers will be aware, not least from recent cases concerning stress, that they have …

When the so-called Flexibility Act was introduced Dutch labour law changed drastically. The purpose of the act is to give employers more flexibility and to secure the position of flexible-working …

I write in response to a letter from Julian Birch (17 October) regarding computer-based training (CBT).While I largely agree with his comments, I believe it is not enough just to …

Partnership is the word of the moment. Most of us have sat through presentations about the true nature of the thing. Some of us have even given those presentations. Still …