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The IPD is failing its members in local government by placing too much emphasis on the private sector, according to local council chief personnel officers. Terry Gorman, assistant chief executive …
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Personnel Today’s decision this week to launch a campaign with the EFSB for better regulation is born out of the growing frustration of the HR profession. Poor consultation, botched implementation …
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A letter begging for calm was sent to all branches of a union last week after balloting on controversial changes to working patterns was in danger of descending into violence. …
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Private-sector firms will increasingly have to meet strict race targets in order to win contracts from public bodies as a result of new anti-discrimination laws. The conditions will be used …
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BT is trying to recruit people with rare IT skills by tracking them down to specialist "chat rooms" on the Internet. The company is gearing up for a second trial …
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Employers are ditching traditional recruitment adverts in favour of web site signalling. The trend is being led by companies looking for hi-tech staff but is also being used to recruit …
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Hi-tech start-up Invisix will host a 24-hour worldwide recruitment fair over the Internet next week. Ten managers from Invisix, a joint venture between Motorola and Cisco Systems, will go on-line …
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Management at Ford Motor Company is trying to frighten professional staff into dropping their threat of industrial action, the MSF union is claiming. The union’s general secretary Roger Lyons told …
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Restaurant chain Pizza Express has launched an employee forum as part of a programme to improve staff consultation. The move pre-empts national-level works councils regulations, which are likely to be …
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Too little work and poor motivation among staff are at the root of absenteeism and retention problems in call centres, new research claims. Call centre staff are twice as likely …
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British business is lagging behind the United States when it comes to offering employees flexible benefits packages. A survey found large and medium-sized companies in the UK are missing out …
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A flu pandemic would cripple the NHS because the Government has no contingency staffing plans, a leading doctor has warned. "I think there will be a crisis which could become …
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Changes in racial equality regulations could transform public sector HR, but their true impact hangs on how the Government enforces them, writes John Robinson New legal duties on public bodies …
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The intranet is shedding its boring bulletin board image and emerging as the way forward in internal communications. Plus we preview this year’s Softworld HR payroll event. Intranets are coming …
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The hunt is on for the UK’s best training team. Entries are being invited for the TD2000 Award which is organised by Personnel Today’s sister publication Training, with the backing …