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Recent developments in fleet vehicles are serving to ensure the company car lives on If the current state of Britain’s company car market could be summed up in song, you …
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The frenzied activity on the Stock Exchange in recent weeks has created a focus on two camps – the old economy and the new. The old economy, characterised by large-scale …
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Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica has reached an agreement with unions over share options for employees. Staff in the company and in 100 per cent-owned subsidiaries will have options on between …
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Changes to the Working Time law have been rendered ineffective by the Government’s own guidance on themThe Government’s draft guidance on important changes to the Working Time regulations is to …
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TSB v Harris, IRLR March 2000, EATEmployers must exercise reasonable care in preparing references and must ensure they are accurate as well as fair in the overall impression it creates.After …
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By and large, HR professionals are a peaceable bunch and therefore never relish the thought of going to employment tribunal. Indeed, a surprisingly large proportion of HR professionals I speak …
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The rock industry can teach modern firms much about encouraging creativity at workCreativity is the new business religion. Managers are exhorted to encourage it, consultancies make millions hosting seminars explaining …
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We’ve all come across them, the highly strung, paranoid, demanding office members who make for hard work. But, like it or not, High Maintenance Employees are making a name for …
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In the wake of BMW’s decision to sell Rover, union leaders have complained that British employees have less legal protection than their European counterparts when mass redundancies become likely. The …
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The new economy and urgency to maximise shareholder value put HR and training issues centre stage, according to Will Hutton, chief executive of the Industrial Society.Speaking at Training magazine’s conference …
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Mike Spurling, head of Learning Business at Forum Europe, claimed there is a big gap between how trainers see themselves and how they are viewed by senior managers.Research by Forum …
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All major UK employers will be forced to consult with their staff via national works councils under proposals drafted by the European Commission. A copy of the plans obtained by …
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HR experts have given a cautious welcome to last week’s Budget which provided few surprises for personnel and training sectors.Chancellor Gordon Brown announced a large increase in public spending, a …
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Politicians are to receive training for the first time in how to be a minister.A professional development programme for ministers and senior civil servants, devised and run by the Centre …
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The furore over the large-scale job losses expected at Rover following its sale by BMW could have serious fallout in the wider field of employment relations.Lay-offs at such a high-profile …