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Effa v Alexandra Healthcare NHS Trust, IRLB 636, Court of Appeal • Effa, a Nigerian in his late 50s, was appointed as a locum senior house officer and was summarily …
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Equal pay is not an issue which comes up every day for HR practitioners. When it does, however, it has the potential to cause more substantial ramifications for an employer …
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When it comes to selling in flexibility to the board, warm soft benefits do not figure – directors want bottom-line bonus. In order to establish whether flexible working is right …
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A pilot project to recruit people with caring responsibilities by utility group Centrica has led to 40 of the 50 trainees gaining permanent jobs. The success of the Manchester-based scheme …
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Britain must wake up to the fact that the basic skills of its employees are simply not good enough, the annual Institute of Directors conference was told. Jan Leschly, outgoing …
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Involving employees and pursuing a strategy of innovation has reaped spectacular growth for British firms, industrialist Nigel Crouch told the conference. Crouch, head of the DTI’s Innovation Unit and a …
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On-line management training will be offered to Institute of Directors members through its new iod.com enterprise, launched at the conference. Training modules and live training courses can be e-mailed or …
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Employers used to dealing with mobile graduate trainees are having to cater for a growing number who cannot afford to leave home. Many graduates struggling to repay student loans still …
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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 …