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• British consumers are having trouble getting to grips with one unfortunate by-product of the information age – the telephone switchboard. Guru sympathises with an irate 53 per cent of …
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Age 46Head of HR programmes, EricssonFurther education BSc (Open University)First job in HR Three and a half years ago when I moved from engineering to HR to work on competence …
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Stress is the malaise of the 21st century workforce and is causing headaches for vexed HR managers nationwide. The cause and effect of stress can be seen in any company. …
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Much of the uncertainty has been caused by the apparent divergence between the decisions of the European Court on the Acquired Rights Directive (the European Directive which the Transfer of …
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Glasgow City Council v Marshall and others, IDS Brief 656, House of LordsMarshall and her colleagues were instructors at a school for children with learning difficulties and were paid less …
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When a senior employee commences employment with a new employer, the obvious focus for discussions over the contract is the annual salary. However, there are a number of issues relating …
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• Your news article “Transport stops New Dealers in their tracks” (Personnel Today, 30 May) alleges that the New Deal fails to support clients in terms of travel costs so …
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I have always thought that the problem is in the minds of those of us without disabilities; not with those who are disabled. I have vivid memories of such situations, …
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Interbrew, the Belgian brewing company, became the biggest brewer in Europe after it beat rivals including Heineken and agreed a deal to buy the brewing interests of UK brewing and …
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e-tail The term used for shopping on the Internet – an e-tailer is a shop which only trades on the Web.Clicks and mortar A gimmicky term for e-business; clicks deriving …
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This is a fantastic idea and has the potential to be a boon to any HR professional who needs to relocate an employee abroad. Directmoving.com has brought together everything you …
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The Home Office’s Violence at Work: Findings from the British Crime Survey shows 1.2 million incidents were recorded in 1997. The figure is made up of 523,000 physical assaults and …
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£ Private equity firms all work in exactly the same way. First they raise funds from investors, usually company pension funds, but occasionally wealthy individuals. Having raised a fund of …
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The reason has nothing to do with redundancies and efficiency savings.It is because high technology start-ups require capital to finance both technology investment and, crucially, staff expansion. In May, Penta …
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On-line recruitment service Totaljobs.com, which is owned by Personnel Today’s publisher Reed Business Information, has teamed up with legal and taxation publisher Butterworths to introduce an on-line recruitment service for …