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Q I have some part-timers who are employed as cleaners for about 10 hours a week. Unlike full-timers, they are not given the chance to join a medical expenses plan. …

Taylor v Connex South Eastern, IDS Brief 670, EATFollowing BR’s privatisation in 1996, Taylor’s contract transferred to CSE pursuant to the Tupe regulations. Because they failed to agree new contractual …

Following on from my column on age discrimination on 11 April 2000, what was predicted then has now happened – the EU has approved a directive which will oblige the …

Victims can take legal action against their bosses if workplace abuse by colleagues is allowed to continue. Rein in the workplace bullies. Otherwise, their victims could sue their employer for …

Organisations and employers can learn some early lessons from the way the CAC is handling the first of the union recognition applications. Although the statutory union recognition procedure came into …

I write in response to Dr Binna Kandola’s article, "Target-setting misses the point on diversity", (Opinion, 19 September) The article is welcomed by the Metropolitan Police (MPS) as a clear …

Constant change is now a workplace reality for most organisations, fuelling the need for new products, new working practices, new customers, new processes and new colleagues. The accelerating pace of …

Audrey Low has been appointed as an international consultant with William M Mercer, based in London. She will advise on employee benefits and HR issues, drawing on her experience with …

Tim Williams has been appointed HR director of Edexcel, a company specialising in supplying academic, vocational and work-based qualifications to schools, colleges, universities and employers. It was formed as a …

Thousands of commuters had to stay at home today after storms lashed the south of England.South West Trains announced they had cancelled all services on Monday morning, leaving employees stranded …

Do you think you can be an effective recruiter without the internet?This was the question posed by recruitment consultancy TMP Worldwide at its fringe meeting at CIPD’s annual conference in …

Henley Management College is launching an incubator service this week (October 30) to encourage internal corporate e-business start-ups and retain key executives.Andy Gaule, a spokesman for Henley-Incubator, said it was …

The future belongs to "fleas" – individuals doing their own thing – rather than large corporate "elephants", according to business academic and social philosopher Charles Handy.In a speech that ranged …

Personnel professionals will increasingly need to manage people working outside their organisations, CIPD director general Geoff Armstrong said in his closing remarks to delegates today."We are talking about the field …

Only seven per cent of recent graduates are motivated by money when they choose their first job, even though 47 per cent finish their studies £3000 in debt.The Graduate Recruitment …