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Job security makes staff complacent and has a knock-on effect on the bottom line, research published today has found.Drawing on its analysis of HR practices in 250 firms across Europe, …
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A pilot scheme at BT Wireless allowing staff to choose which hours they work has been extended to 3,000 employees.HR senior vice-president Bob Mason said the groundbreaking pilot project took …
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US management guru Michael Porter told delegates that common HR approaches such as adopting best practice or core competencies usually do nothing to improve competitiveness.In the keynote speech, Porter said …
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IT giant IBM has set up a one-stop Internet HR shop in Portsmouth, which handles 80 per cent of personnel queries from staff based around the world.Employees contact the centre, …
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Confectionery and soft drinks company Cadbury Schweppes has boosted staff performance by shifting from individual appraisals to pay based on business results.Over the last four years the company has doubled …
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The Government claims to have conclusive evidence that employee relations are at their best in an environment where managers openly support unions.DTI research from the Workplace Employee Relations Survey, to …
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The greater the number of HR practices built into a company, the more profit per employee, research has confirmed.David Guest, professor of organisational psychology and human resource management at Kings …
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Father Dermot Tredget described how a spiritually-friendly workplace is a more profitable workplace to a congregation of CIPD delegates. Father Tredget, a former businessman who became a Benedictine monk, believes …
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Anyone reading about last week’s CIPD conference in national newspapers will have come away with the impression that the agenda was all to do with Internet abuse and pop psychology …
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Recruitment firms that fail to take account of the impact of cultural differences on their hiring processes are missing out on a pool of recruits.Managing director of catering recruitment company …
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The Metropolitan Police Service has boosted recruitment of police officers by 50 per cent after the launch of a taskforce of personnel managers and officers. It will put 143 new …
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Adecco, the company which handled the recruitment, training and supervision of more than 7,000 permanent and temporary staff for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, is now managing a redundancy programme …
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Pensions company Gissings has set up a training scheme for second jobbers in a bid to attract graduates who have become disillusioned with their initial career choice. The first five …
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Employers that try to import the American practice of banning staff from having relationships with work colleagues could fall foul of the Human Rights Act, lawyers have warned.Jonathan Chamberlain, partner …
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Nearly two thirds of City HR professionals believe their staff are not performing to their full potential, according to a survey released earlier this month.The study, carried out by Meridian …