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Most employers are making an effort to manage sickness absence, IPD research shows.Of companies with more than 2,000 employees, 91 per cent have an absence policy, according to the institute’s …

Johnson Underwood v Montgomery and O&K, unreported, April 2000, EAT• Montgomery was engaged as a temporary, self-employed worker by Johnson Underwood, an employment agency which assigned her to work as …

Gone are the days of the suit and tie – now more employers are implementing a casual dress code. But there are pitfalls as well as pleasures in slipping into …

Absence rates are more likely to fall when HR managers, not line managers, take responsibility for managing absence, research by the CBI has found.The discovery challenges the conventional wisdom that …

This country has double the proportion of adults with the lowest level of basic skills compared with counties such as Australia, Germany and the Netherlands. Just over a half of …

• More than 10,000 UK jobs could be created following the announcement of two defence orders worth £5bn. A £1.5bn order for air-to-air missiles to arm the RAF’s new Eurofighter …

A leading US lawyer specialising in union relations has warned UK employers to look after their staff – or be forced to do so by unions.Speaking at a seminar organised …

Safety training given to rail staff has come under heavy criticism in the inquiry into the Paddington train crash.An off-duty guard who rescued passengers from the wreckage claimed accident training …

HR directors can make a huge difference to their organisations providing they see themselves as "leaders" not "managers".Prof John Adair, a national adviser on leadership training, believes HR can be …

Embedding leadership strategies within the corporate structure of companies can raise the profile and credibility of HR departments, according to a revolutionary company pilot scheme.The technology corporation Britax – which …

The experience of British Airways demonstrates the need for chief executives to get people management issue right, delegates heard.Christopher Darke, general secretary of the British Airline Pilots Association, said personal …

Outsourcing your HR function could be your ticket to get on the board, according to Diane Shelgren, managing director of global HR outsourcing at PricewaterhouseCoopers US.“It is what you need …

“Dead in the water” is what the traditional HR director will be when e-commerce takes hold, Doug Ross, Watson Wyatt human capital consultant, told delegates.He said the changes technology will …

All local authorities and public bodies should introduce recruitment and promotion targets for ethnic minorities, Gurbux Singh, chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality said last week.In an exclusive interview …

The Health and Safety Executive will act in the next two months to stem the tide of stress which is wrecking the health of British workers, it has confirmed. After …