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An unprecedented shift from old-style industrial relations to individual workplace rights is confirmed by today’s Acas annual report.The report provides conclusive evidence of the trend which has been prompted by …
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Personnel Today will be launching a news and information web site for HR professionals at the CIPD conference in Harrogate this week.The free web service comes as Personnel Today celebrates …
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Employers are likely to face an avalanche of costly claims from aggrieved older workers in the wake of a new EU Anti-discrimination directive.The directive was agreed last week by the …
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Companies which are still using outdated HR policies will fall at the first hurdle in the highly competitive global marketplace.A survey of nearly 300 senior managers published this week urges …
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Helen Rowe picks out the key findings in the Acas annual report published todayThe raft of legislative changes brought in under the Employment Relations Act 1999 is the chief factor …
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A pioneering partnership deal between armed forces retailer Naafi and union MSF aims to cut the number of cases taken to employment tribunals.As part of the agreement, senior HR staff …
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It is official. The employment landscape has changed dramatically. The past year has seen the biggest shift towards individual rights ever witnessed in the past quarter of a century. Acas …
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A series of blistering attacks on the CIPD and its director-general Geoff Armstrong contained in a new book have been dismissed by the Institute as "sterile and inaccurate".A senior CIPD …
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Employers using the new Central Arbitration Committee to contest union recognition disputes claim it is a major drain on senior managers’ time.Companies have been put under pressure due to tight …
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Tyre manufacturer Michelin has come under attack from its staff because of the lack of consultation over the job losses it announced last week.Michelin is to make 950 job cuts …
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What is the Anti-discrimination directive designed to do?The directive, agreed by the EU last week, is designed to outlaw discrimination against people at work on the grounds of their religion, …
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Investment bank Merrill Lynch sacked 15 staff last week after it found they were abusing the company’s e-mail system by distributing pornographic material. Eight men and seven women were immediately …
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The hotel industry will today launch a charter to tackle poor recruitment practices and chronic skills shortages.The charter, by the British Hospitality Association, has been designed with the Recruitment and …
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The English football team is not the only organisation suffering from lack of leadership talent – HR chiefs are not happy with the leadership potential within their companies either, according …
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A £18.5m investment in production facilities by Britain’s largest washing machine brand Hotpoint, has secured 1,000 jobs in north Wales. The money, which is being provided by Hotpoint’s parent company …