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Rover employees whose jobs are threatened at the car firm’s Longbridge plant will not be taken on by Peugeot, the only other major car maker in the Midlands. Mass redundancies …
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Human resources service providers are planning to set up web sites offering on-line advice for employers. In the latest development in the burgeoning market for outsourced personnel services, information and …
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Employers are becoming increasingly concerned at the sweeping proposed rights of access for unions to company facilities during recognition campaigns. Under proposals currently out to consultation unions will have the …
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The average contribution employers are paying into an occupational pension scheme is rising, according to research by pay and benefits consultancy IDS. The study looked at over 260 salary schemes …
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Human resources performance indicators can better predict company profitability than some financial indicators, according to the Institute of Employment Studies. The IES argues in a new guide that as HR …
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An RAF reservist is claiming unfair dismissal after being told he was to be made redundant from his £75,000-a-year job at a city bank while serving in Kosovo. The case …
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The HR director at Nortel Networks and a core of staff have left to set up an Internet-based recruitment business. Maurice Duffy and eight of his colleagues have split from …
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A pregnant HR manager was forced out of her £50,000-a-year job after being told she would not be able to juggle a career with two children, it was alleged at …
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The HR department at financial services company Abbey Life has created a unit to help staff being made redundant to find and prepare for other work. Following the sale of …
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BT is the first company to sign up to use the University for Industry’s on-line training courses. Courses in business management, customer care, retail and distribution and IT will be …
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Employers are being told not to panic after unions and employment lawyers warned thousands of organisations could be unaware they are breaching Working Time regulations (Personnel Today, 14 March). Lawyers …
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Workers of the world are not so much uniting as travelling. Some 120 million employees are classed as migrants in a new report by the International Labour Office, compared with …
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Employers are pressing for maximum progress on boosting labour market flexibility at this week’s EU economic summit in Lisbon. They see a window of opportunity with the Portuguese presidency emphasising …
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A register of staff sacked for gross misconduct used by hundreds of organisations is expected to be accessed more widely after being cleared under the Data Protection Act. The Employers’ …
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A council is planning a recruitment and retention seminar to tackle the shortage of social workers. Angela Probert, head of personnel at Nottingham City Council, hopes a discussion of inn- …