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Soaring summer temperatures mean employers have to deal with low productivity, additional stress and increased absenteeism.And as the weather gets hotter, indoor workers can suffer from poor concentration and be …
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A landmark case which could dictate how much freedom an employer will have to choose the union it wants to recognise has gone to the regulator. It is one of …
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One-third of employers have had to deal with staff leaking confidential information to outsiders using their computer, according to a survey into cybercrime.IT security specialist Integralis found that out of …
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Unions are calling on public-sector employers to invest in their staff in the wake of the Government’s £43bn boost to public spending.Unison general secretary Rodney Bickerstaffe described the extra money …
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An increase in costs to prevent people taking frivolous cases to employment tribunals has wide support among personnel professionals, judging by letters received by Personnel Today.We have received an unprecedented …
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The Industrial Society launches major research this week warning of the arrival of a powerful group of free workers, capable of holding employers to ransom.Free workers, it says, have the …
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Private-sector companies have fallen behind public service organisations in producing written policies on how to respond to disability discrimination laws.Research on how companies have implemented the Disability Discrimination Act found …
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Major injuries at work could be cut by 20,000 each year if more firms adopted a partnership approach with unions. Addressing a TUC conference in central London on health and …
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Recognising a trade union does not bring business benefits or change employee attitudes, research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development suggests.Collective bargaining and joint consultation processes were found …
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Organisations which set up shared services centres to free HR professionals from routine administrative work risk losing the personal touch.A report by the Institute of Employment Studies, HR Shared Services …
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• Inspecting training providers plays a vital role in driving up standards, the Training Standards Council claimed last week.About 85 per cent of providers deemed unsatisfactory last year were judged …
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Almost a third of staff are never paid overtime, when they work extra hours, a report has found.But even though most UK employees work in excess of their contracted hours …
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Viewing high turnover in the retail sector as inevitable can become a self fulfilling prophecy, leading HR professionals warned this week.Their comments came on the back of a report from …
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The activities and disciplines of HR are built on shifting sands. By definition the people side of a business is among the least stable and the challenges for benchmarking are …
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The number of women returning to work at HSBC after maternity leave has more than doubled since the company introduced childcare services, according to HR director Anne Watts.Speaking at the …