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The incoming Data Protection Act is a nightmare waiting to happen for HR. Not only are the requirements of the Act incredibly complicated, but the Data Protection Registrar hasn’t got …
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Service requirements before confirmation of a new job or for promotion could be discriminatory, even though the landmark ruling of Seymour-Smith went against the employees, lawyers have warned. Last month …
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Exult, the US company that won the contract to supply BP Amoco’s HR services, has secured an extra $60m backing which will strengthen its position in the growing HR outsourcing …
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A rebel group of trainers has set up its own institute in an effort to give training staff professional clout and represent their interests separately from HR managers. The Institute …
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A national campaign to encourage staff back to the NHS has come under fire for failing to address the service’s retention problem. The recruitment drive, launched last February, has attracted …
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An EU company supplying temporary labour to a different member state of the European Union can affiliate its workers to the social security system of its home country but only …
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Employment agencies have broadly welcomed DTI proposals that will make it easier for companies to take on agency staff permanently. The DTI wanted to crack down on the high transfer …
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People in the UK feel increasingly secure in their jobs, according to the latest Feel Good Index. The research was carried out by marketing information group Taylor Nelson Sofres for …
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The Post Office has run into further trouble after being forced to give a former manager £175,000 for stress in an out-of-court settlement. In the latest of a succession of …
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Pub chain Bass has conceded that its bar managers should be covered by the Working Time directive following a drawn-out union battle. Bass Leisure Retail, which owns more than 3,000 …
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Consulting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers is splitting into separate operating units. HR consulting will be hived off from the main audit and advisory services. Business process outsourcing and management consulting will also …
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Retail group Arcadia is locked in a dispute with British and Irish trade unions over the setting up of an employee works council. Retail union Usdaw, backed by its Irish …
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Another provider has pitched into the growing business of insuring against tribunal costs. Collegiate Insurance Brokers has set up a service with Amicus Legal to provide cover against the cost …
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The HR department of a local education authority is selling its expertise to a neighbouring authority to try to boost its income and expand the department. Surrey County Council’s education …
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The Government has come under more fire over its training strategy as it launched a major shake-up of vocational training. Education and Employment Secretary David Blunkett made the expected promise …