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• Another comment to add to Julian Burch’s thoughts about the CIPD (Guru, 18 July). Claire McCarron e-mailed us to criticise the CIPD logo as “cheap, trashy and gimmicky”. As …
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The impact of working in a networked economy cannot be ignored, argues Will Hutton of the Industrial Society, which launches its Futures Domain this week.The next decade promises to bring …
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Last week equal opportunities minister Margaret Hodge threw out a challenging deadline for employers (Personnel Today, 25 July). You have a year to tackle ageism in the workplace using the …
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New statutory rights entitle staff to be accompanied by a trade union official or fellow worker at employment tribunals, with penalties for uncooperative employersFurther individual rights will soon be implemented …
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The most common employee grievances concern working hours, holiday, pay reviews, working conditions, or fellow employees, who may be harassing, victimising, bullying or discriminating against the employee.There is an implied …
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ICTS (UK) v Tchoula IRLB 644 EAT• Tchoula’s race discrimination claim listed more than 20 complaints against ICTS, and following his dismissal he added a number of victimisation complaints. All …
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Jargon just poor communication• Thank you for the article “HR jargon? It’s just an insult to our intelligence” (News, 11 July). Having for the first time attended university to complete …
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• Think small. Everything becomes much more visible within a small production cell, giving teams a clearer idea of the “big picture”. In our experience, the optimum size is 10.• …
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An ISP is the company that provides you with access to the Internet. The ISP is always connected to the Internet and users dial up and piggy-back their ISP’s connection. …
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The trend for bringing in outside caterers is banishing the traditional image of the workplace canteen. So if it’s lunchtime and sausage, chips and beans are on the menu then …
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• I don’t believe anyone is important enough to feel unable to take time off. There must be people capable of cover of some sort, if only for a day.When …
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• Rather than resisting increasing mobility, HR can help by developing relationships and joint ventures within the mobile workforce. These include employees, contractors, interim managers, consultants and employment agencies.• A …
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Most people who apply to tribunals have lost their job. The last thing we should do is to price the tribunals out of the reach of genuinely aggrieved former employees.The …
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So far we’ve resisted the lure of the international, but just to show that Personnel Today retains a global perspective it is time to draw attention to International Association for …