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Scottish Power HR director Paul Pagliari has attacked incomprehensible jargon as an unnecessary obstacle that prevents personnel professionals from achieving their objectives.Pagliari singled out the term human capital as an …
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Age discrimination will only be taken seriously by all employers if it is made illegal, TVnetwork CNN’s HR manager said at a meeting with Age Concern’s director general last week.HR …
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The surge in voluntary union recognition deals could herald a new age of trade unionism, an employment relations expert has claimed.Dr Gregor Gall, senior lecturer in industrial relations at Stirling …
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The performance of the UK’s skills base is as disappointing as England’s performance in Euro 2000, according to the chairman of the National Training Organisation’s national council.Garry Hawkes called for …
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Measuring and assessing emotional intelligence can bring direct benefits to the bottom line, delegates at a major training conference heard.As part of a session which proved that EQ profiling – …
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A Halifax-based insurance company has been recognised as having the UK’s leading training team.The small claims training team at Provident Insurance was awarded the TD2000 Award at a ceremony held …
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Employees of supermarket giant Asda are set to receive a £3.5m share bonanza. The 6,000 staff are to be given shares worth about £600 each – double the amount paid …
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It is high time financial penalties were increased to stop time-wasters taking cases to employment tribunals, according to Personnel Today readers.Gill Cassidy from Curtina said, “It is about time some …
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• Thorn UK, one of Britain’s largest electrical retailers, has appointed The Prolog Group to manage its payroll and HR functions. Thorn, which owns Radio Rentals and employs 6,000 people, …
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The medical profession will face a severe recruitment crisis if authorities do not act quickly to repair the damage to its reputation, the health service personnel managers body has warned.John …
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Employers in the engineering sector have attacked the Government for failing to spend enough on education as they warn that weak skills are becoming an “Achilles’ heel” for UK companies.The …
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• A training web site listing more than 20,000 IT training courses and events was launched this month. The move by worldoftraining.com follows the massive demand for IT courses which …
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Personnel professionals will be expected to play a full part in the delivery of improvements to health in the workplace, following the Government’s announcement of a joint strategy for occupational …
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Job candidates with Internet literacy skills are three times more likely to be offered work.Secretarial recruitment consultancy Office Angels conducted a survey to investigate the level of employer demand for …