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Finance union Unifi has signed a landmark partnership agreement with Barclays just weeks after the bank implemented programme of branch closures. The agreement, which covers 35,000 staff, is the result …
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The consultation document setting out revisions and updates to the 1995 code of practice on strike ballots and notice to employers has been published by the DTI. The 16-page draft …
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Software giant PeopleSoft has given its backing to a new consultancy promising business rewards from better personnel management. It has entered a joint promotion agreement with HR consultant Rhiannon Chapman …
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London mayoral favourite Ken Livingstone has said he will recruit more ethnic minority police officers and boost nursing staff in the capital if elected this week. In his election manifesto …
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On-line recruitment sites look as though they could be the answer to making life easier for the HR manager, but a site without proper management and technological infrastructure behind it …
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Andersen Consulting is to recruit 3,000 extra staff in a bid to double profits next year. The company hopes to attract staff with its e-unit scheme, under which employees can …
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The Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) has formed a working group to examine working conditions in Scotland’s expanding call centre industry. Call centres currently employ about30,000 people in Scotland but …
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Scotland’s booming financial services sector is resulting in a widespread shortage of IT professionals according to a leading Scottish recruitment company. Edinburgh-based Melville Craig, whose turnover has grown from £2m …
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The IPD has defended its decision to refuse an HR professional with 30 years’ experience admittance to the institute unless he takes a qualification or goes through a professional assessment. …
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Employers’ poor employee relations will be open to public and media scrutiny following a landmark High Court ruling. A successful legal challenge by campaigning group Public Concern at Work means …
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Employees are failing to take up training opportunities because they have too much work to do and cannot find the time. The IPMS trade union says even when staff do …
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Unions representing staff at Rover’s troubled Longbridge plant say it is unclear if they will push ahead with a legal challenge to BMW over lack of consultation following the failure …
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The Government’s long awaited report into “active ageing” – the question of how to keep older workers in the labour market – throws down some interesting challenges for HR professionals …
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Law firm Eversheds has moved into the HR software market with the first rental product as part of its drive to provide a one-stop shop for the profession. A new …
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Age discrimination could be made illegal if companies fail to grasp the nettle of encouraging age diversity in the workplace. In a high-profile study, commissioned by prime minister Tony Blair, …