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Shortlisted team for the easycando Award for e-learning: Personnel Today Awards 2000The Royal Bank of Scotland has brought e-learning to the heart of its operations. The company built a dedicated …
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The only route to improved performance is by placing your people at the centre of your strategic decision-making. Lynda Gratton argues that a new management agenda is crucial if strategies …
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Described as one of the most confusing pieces of legislation of recent years, how are firms coping with the Working Time directive? As the Working Time regulations approach their second …
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Strategic alliances between businesses are difficult to manage and have a high risk of failure, a two-year study has shown.But senior HR managers are key to the success of these …
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University staff are looking to HR professionals to take the lead as recruitment and retention problems hamper higher education.These problems reflect the chill wind blowing through higher education, according to …
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Employers must find ways to control their staffs’ addiction to tobacco under a proposed Health and Safety Commission code of practice on smoking at work.The code will be legally binding …
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The sacking of 44 Orange employees for downloading offensive material from the Internet is a reminder to all HR managers to back up policies with education and technical support, legal …
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Flexible working is about meeting the needs of business as well as older or younger staff, men and women with or without childrenThe Government has breathed new life into the …
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Staff want flexible working practices whether they have caring responsibilities or not, according to a government-backed survey of 7,500 employees.Early findings from the Department for Education and Employment research confirmed …
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Employer groups expressed concern last week about company directors being held individually responsible for fatal accidents caused by their organisations.This is being considered by the Government as a key part …
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The £45m Horse Totalisator Board pension fund is considering setting up a separate group personal pension scheme to help it meet the legal requirements of the Part-Time Work Directive.The directive, …
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HR managers at electrical retailer Comet have challenged the image of customer service call centres as sweat shops.Manager Simon Longbone said measures such as staff forums, a robust and fair …
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Partnership agreements between unions and employers are at an all time high, but industrial relations are still often confrontational.An annual survey of union relations covering 207 large employers and 42 …
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A Court of Appeal test case on unfair dismissal law has been hailed as a resounding victory for common sense.The result of HSBC v Madden has brought to an end …
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Delegates heard that at one university in England there were six employment tribunals going on at any one time related to pornography abuse among staff.This was revealed during a session …