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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 …
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A leading provider of workplace nurseries in the US has entered the UK market by acquiring a London-based nursery chain.Bright Horizons Family Solutions runs nurseries for 15 per cent of …
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The first major evaluation of internal postings systems in larger organisations has questioned its effectiveness as a recruitment method.The Institute of Employment Studies research found that while open internal jobs …
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Metropolitan Police officers are to have their London allowance increased by more than £3,000 per year.The move follows mounting concern that the cost of buying a home in London is …
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Graduate salaries are rising above the rate of inflation, with the average salary for a graduate trainee at £18,330, up from £17,7000 last year according to the Association of Graduate …
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Equitable Life, the oldest mutual life insurance company in the world and pension scheme provider to many leading companies in the UK, put itself on the market last week after …
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• Electronics manufacturer Lite-On has recruited Fiona Allen as HR advisor. She will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the department, implementing a strategic HR development plan and recruitment …
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July 2000 HR manager, Xerox UK 1998 to 2000 HR adviser, Churchill Insurance May to Nov 1998 recruitment officer, Lucent Technologies1997 to April 1998 graduate HR adviser, Motorola