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An HR prescence at an early stage in negotiations may be the key to more successful mergersSamuel Beckett’s famous axiom about his life’s purpose being to "fail, fail again, fail …
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Armed forces retailer Naafi and the MSF union have struck a deal to keep disputes out of employment tribunals.As part of their new partnership agreement, first reported in Personnel Today …
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Temporary pay given to highly-skilled IT staff end up as expensive, permanent pay rises. This is because HR and managers baulk at telling employees that these short-term pay hikes are …
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Supermarket giant Asda has launched a service to help its personnel managers give staff information about childcare.The service will allow staff with children to access comprehensive and up-to-date information on …
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Assessment and development centres can help organisations select and develop their staff – but only when tailored to the needs of individual organisations, the IPD claims.In the book Development and …
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Employers must sharpen up their recruitment policies or they will face legal action from employees making use of the growing raft of employment legislation, experts have warned. Speaking at the …
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Companies are still losing key staff to dotcoms as the new cyber economy is high in capital but short on suitably trained managers.Group director of resource management at Ericsson, Martin …
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Chief executive of Investors in People Ruth Spellman got to have lunch with TV chef Gary Rhodes in one of his London restaurants as part of the Campaign for Learning’s …
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Newly-recruited New Deal employees in London are leaving their jobs because it is uneconomical for them to commute.Mel Ewell, managing director of aviation and transport company ADI, claimed people recruited …
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The booming recruitment market has led to a 50 per cent rise in job vacancies for high-calibre HR directors. Exclusive research for Personnel Today found there were 456 posts advertised …
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Race relations in the workplace would improve more quickly if the Commission for Racial Equality was less adversarial and more helpful, employers believe. The CBI said last week that employers …
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Employers have admitted that they do not know how big the gap is between men’s and women’s pay in their companies, according to HR director of BT UK Bob Mason.Mason, …
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Parents excluded from the parental leave right because their children were born before the implementation date are likely to win the entitlement – but not for another two years.The TUC’s …
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The HR manager of a Proctor and Gambel training scheme [email protected] – has won a national award.Sarah Tickle was recognised by Opportunity Now for her innovative approach to female development …
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Changes to the law to make it easier to prosecute companies for deaths caused by their negligence came a step closer last week, as the Home Secretary issued a consultation …