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HR managers will need to take steps to attract more clinical staff to work in different specialities across the NHS.Health Secretary Alan Milburn has announced an ambitious staff training programme …
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Using staff surveys to gauge NHS trusts’ HR performance is fair, the president of the AHHRM, Sally Storey, has claimed.Assessors will judge the effectiveness of each trust’s HR strategy by …
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Research shows much of HR’s time is spent on general admin but also gives pointers to how the profession can develop a key strategic role. Andrew Rogers reportsA global HR …
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Tim Sargisson highlights employer requirements for the stakeholder pension What is a stakeholder pension? A flexible, low cost, tax-efficient retirement savings plan, which should offer good value to everyone, especially …
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Virtue is its own reward. Is this really the case? I was thinking about virtue during the political conference season. I even got to harangue the Labour Party conference about …
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Finding a way of instilling consumer confidence and trust is an ongoing task for any e-tailer. The faceless nature of most on-line shops means that many potential customers continue to …
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Anyone fancy a spot of moonlighting before Christmas to break up the gruelling HR work schedule?Supermarket giant Asda is looking to take on 5,000 “Christmas colleagues” as a result of …
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British Business is under pressure as the pound continues to strengthen. But those companies learning to adapt now will be well placed to compete in the global economy of the …
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Monitoring staff is an uncomfortable issue. There is something distinctly old-style KGB about intercepting people’s messages and listening in to their phone calls. On the other hand, employers know that …
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A code on smoking at work puts the onus on employers to control exposure or face constructive dismissal claimsThe overflowing ashtray may be a thing of the past in the …
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Failure to follow correct procedure before suspending an employee can lead to claims of breach of contractNormally, it will be reasonable to suspend someone an employer reasonably believes might have …
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Jan Leschly, the former chief executive of pharmaceuticals company SmithKline Beecham, who resigned from the company early this year, is back but this time spearheading an investment fund targeting opportunities …
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Do• Provide five copies of any document• Note any parts of evidence panel members appear particularly interested in• Talk to the other side and discover what the appellant actually wants …
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You’re 25 and you have just been made HR manager. Your peers resent you and your directors want results. So now that you are in charge how do you win …
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Computer-based training is being rolled out to the BBC’s 20,000 staff to save money and get rid of the bottlenecks caused by oversubscribed courses.The £4m project, due to go live …