-
Despite almost two years of the Working Time directive, many professionals expect their working hours to increase over the next year, according to a survey.A third of professionals in HR, …
-
• Alison Muir has been appointed HR manager at Chardon Group after spending seven years with De Vere Hotels. Muir’s responsibilities will include the development of HR policies and procedures …
-
What is the most important lesson you have learnt in your career?From the early stages of my career I had to remind myself to not let managing directors and senior …
-
HR practitioners can foster loyalty by encouraging mobility among staff, and should stop worrying that if they train them well they risk losing them.In her new report published this week. …
-
Vodafone AirTouch, the mobile telephone giant and one of the 10 largest companies in the world, received a clear message from its shareholders last week about the award of a …
-
• A specialist training centre for improving competitiveness in the glass industry has been opened in Sheffield. Set up by the Glass NTO with £400,000 backing from regional development organisation …
-
According to the Oxford Review of Economic Policy, the average job tenure in 1984 was five years although this dropped to a low of four years and six months in …
-
After Britain, the longest hours are worked by employees in Portugal (41.2), Belgium (40.9) and Spain (40.6), according to the Eurostat Yearbook. Italy has the shortest average working week, followed …
-
Forty-five per cent are aged between 35 and 49, compared with 36 per cent generally, while 29 per cent are aged over 50, compared with 22 per cent.The latest IRS …
-
In a week where HR professionals were being urged to drive through flexible working policies or face losing out against more enlightened competitors, here is one example of what a …
-
Last month’s historic declaration by doctors that they had lost faith in their own self-regulatory system was a symbolic moment for the profession.The vote by the British Medical Association, backing …
-
IIR’s conference, Successfully Implementing and Managing E-Enabled HR Shared Services, takes place on 21-22 September at the Waldorf Meridien Hotel in London. There is also a practical workshop taking place …
-
1 The domain name is the name of a web site which forms the all-important web address. It is normally broken down into four parts – we will take Personnel …
-
Ace Alibi (www.ace-alibi.com), for a fee, will do the dirty work for you. If you or a colleague are planning a day out, how about making use of the special …
-
• Guru observed a distinct lack of grey hairs on display at an event at London’s Groucho Club to lament the lack of older people – that is, anyone over …