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Flexible work practices benefit recruitment and retention in regional and national government organisations, a senior minister in the Irish government told delegates at Telework 2000.Noel Treacy, minister for science, technology …
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Chief executive of The Industrial Society, Will Hutton, has claimed the oil blockade was an example of the destructive power of networks.Hutton told delegates that the blockade had been caused …
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The Government has urged businesses to follow the example of Scandinavian countries and embrace teleworking.Sweden and Denmark now lead the way in teleworking with more staff working remotely than any …
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School-age children are being targeted through their parents in a recruitment push by travel agent Thomas Cook.The firm took out adverts in the Mail on Sunday earlier this month pitched …
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The Government is being urged to help employers by removing obstacles to flexible retirement for older people who want to continue working.The Employers Forum on Age argues this week that …
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Income lost by women who put their careers on hold to have children has halved since 1980, research by the Cabinet Office shows.In 1980 having two children cost mid-skilled women …
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Employers should think twice before withholding discretionary payments from dismissed staff following the award of £1.3m damages to a former equities trader.In Clark v Nomura International, the bank dismissed the …
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The Health and Safety Commission has backed government proposals to create a new offence of corporate killing. The measure would see directors held individually responsible for fatal accidents if their …
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New tax laws could force Dutch multinational corporations operating outside Holland to recruit more staff locally. The changes forced by the new tax rules – which are being introduced in …
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High-tech company ARM is sponsoring a four-year MEng degree in electronics and software engineering at Loughborough University to produce a new generation of designers for the fast-growing industry of microchips …
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HR managers can add interactive and digital TV to their recruitment media with the introduction of recruitment web site Jobchannel.tv on the Open interactive TV platform at the end of …
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Clark v Nomura International, unreported, September 2000, Queens Bench DivisionClark started employment in July 1995 as an equities trader, and his contract provided for a discretionary bonus “dependent on individual …
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Following on from last week’s article, we continue to look at employment contracts from the employee’s viewpoint. This week, we look at the minimum statutory requirements for any written statement …
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Shortlisted team for easycando Award for e-learning: Personnel Today Awards 2000 Two years ago Astron was a traditional printing and warehouse operation. But through a radical change operation, driven and supported …
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Shortlisted team for the easycando Award for e-learning: Personnel Today Awards 2000After the declaration in July 1999 by British Telecom chief executive Sir Peter Bonfield that the firm must become …