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Bank and building society cashiers are among those staff most at risk of violence at work. For every 10,000 staff working as cashiers, bank managers or money lenders there are …
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HR professionals must act to reduce the rising tide of violence at work or face plummeting staff morale and hefty compensation claims.They are being urged to support a Health and …
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The Government has kept its promise to put business in the driving seat of post-16 education by appointing a high profile businessman as chairman of the national Learning and Skills …
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John Cridland, director of HR policy at the CBI, has been promoted to deputy director-general. Cridland, who is a regular contributor to Personnel Today and is on its advisory board, …
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The Commission for Racial Equality has denied claims that a new EU race directive, ratified last week, could mean UK firms will be guilty until proven innocent.A CRE spokeswoman said, …
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Higher education colleges and employers should work together to create more opportunities for graduates in the capital.According to a two-year assessment of London’s graduate labour market, institutes should encourage entrepreneurial …
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The Government shake-up of the Health and Safety system could lead to senior HR practitioners being prosecuted as well as placing onerous new responsibilities on them.Employers’ groups are to scrutinise …
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Staff at the Royal London Hospital have doubled the number of childcare places available to them in a purpose-built workplace nursery.The nursery cares for the children – aged from three …
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The director general of the Institute of Management has claimed HR managers are key to maintaining competitiveness in the new business age.Mary Chapman said HR departments are essential to the …
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Benchmarking and best practice should be abandoned because they are stifling creativity in industry, according to knowledge management expert David Taylor.Taylor called on HR departments to abandon best practice policies …
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The number of working women with a child under the age of five has nearly doubled in 25 years.Latest Government figures show that in 1973 only 27 per cent of …
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A leading consultant is warning employers to tackle workforce stress or risk future legal claims from staff accusing them of shortening their life expectancy.Michael Reddy, chairman of Independent Counselling and …
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Four of the new economy stocks that rolled into the FTSE100 three months ago have suffered the indignity of being rolled off the index. The technology, media and telecoms (TMT) …
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• Nick Kelly has joined consultancy group Performance Dynamics. The company specialises in providing internal consultancy skills to in-house HR professionals who manage outsourced contracts. Kelly was previously a Price …
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Originally joining the company as a secretary, she has since found her way into an influential HR role. Gray has previously worked in recruitment and in the HR department for …