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A study of glass injuries among bar staff found risk assessment poor and health and safety standards lacking. By Alison Warburton and Jonathan Shepherd Ten per cent of assaults treated …
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Life Long Learning and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) are the processes by which professionals, such as nurses, develop and improve their practice. There are many ways to address CPD: formally, …
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A list of useful on-line resources to help you in your professional research and educational needs The British Library www.bl.uk Web site of the UK’s national library, which provides reading …
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It was hailed as the new anti-stalking law. But the Protection from Harassment Act is not just aimed at Peeping Toms, as employers may find out to their cost. By …
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Document on new nursing council suggests greater disciplinary powers but larger financial burden The Government has published the consultation document on the new nursing and midwifery council which will …
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July saw the joint publication by the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) and the Department of Health – Securing Health Together. The document contains recommendations on creating a long-term strategy …
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Campaign to cut workplace accidents sees shopfloor reps as central figures in partnership approach to health and safety The profile of the shopfloor safety rep is set to be …
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Economy, efficiency and effectiveness – that is the mantra behind the Local Government Act 1999.The legislation, all 17,000 words of it, seeks to promote a culture of Best Value that …
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I saw a staggering statistic the other day. The Association of MBA’s reported that 76 per cent of full-time MBA places at UK business schools are filled by foreign students. …
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Mismanagement. Over-inflated stock valuations. Technology glitches. Just a few of the highly publicised problems to beset some of the Internet economy’s star performers. This has presented the first real recruitment …
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The more companies spend on service delivery, the less consumers are satisfied. To bridge the yawning gap between what the customer wants and what they get businesses need new strategies. …
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• Bored of the same old teambuilding courses? Fancy something a bit different from raft-building or solving imaginary scenarios? Zippos Circus is offering its 34-metre diameter Big Top for hire, …
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Employers should ensure inventions developed by staff are company rather than individual property, a legal expert has warned. Mark Higgins, a partner and head of commercial litigation at Glasgow law …
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Surviving the e-work explosion will be one of the subjects addressed in seminars at this year’s CIPD national conference at Harrogate. The seminar, “Surviving and Leading the e-work Explosion”, will …
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There are numerous issues to consider before terminating an employee’s contract of employment. Will the dismissal be fair? Will it be discriminatory? And so on. Another consideration is whether the …