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I am looking forward to the debate at the TD2000 event on 16 March at the Cumberland Hotel in London, essentially because it is a chance to reverse the notion …
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A renewed focus on HR practice is the likely outcome of government plans to beef up corporate manslaughter laws, personnel professionals have predicted. Recruitment, compliance with working time and other …
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TUC general secretary John Monks has called for legislation to outlaw workplace bullying following the publication of a report claiming that one in 10 people is being bullied at work. …
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Workplace bullying is costing the UK economy billions of pounds a year, according to a victim turned adviser. Speaking at a seminar on harassment organised for staff at carton and …
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Training specialists have ex-pressed alarm at government proposals to toughen sanctions on employers with a high drop-out rate of Modern Apprenticeships. The Department of Education and Employment has announced it …
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Employees are gaining stronger protection against dismissal in business transfers in the wake of a succession of key cases. Yet another defeat for an employer has exposed the risks of …
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Work helplines double The availability of workplace helplines has doubled over the last 10 years, according to research by Industrial Relations Services. Two million employees (7 per cent of the …
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Claims advice day The Sheffield branch of the Engineering Employers’ Federation has become so worried about sickness absence and unfair dismissal claims resulting from mismanagement that it is running a …
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Pay awards in the manufacturing sector have fallen to a 20-year low while those in financial and business services continue to rise, according to a new report. More than a …
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Letters of the week • On reading the article by Philip Whiteley, "Ministers grapple with qualifications shortfall" (1 February) I wonder which planet the spokesman for the DfEE claims as …
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• Jeremy Rance has been appointed HR director of pensions and investment company NPI, which was recently bought by financial services group AMP. Rance will be responsible for bringing NPI’s …
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Institutional shareholders have blasted major UK companies for failing to disclose their HR strategies to investors. Institutional investment consultancy Pirc reports that despite regularly referring to staff as their most …
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Fear of huge job losses is giving a massive boost to the pro-euro lobby in the Government, according to Sir Ken Jackson, general secretary of the AEEU. Sir Ken, the …
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Job loss fears fuel pro-euro argument threatening withdrawal of investment if Britain does not give a clearer commitment to join.“I have had conversations with inward investors over the last two …
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Relief for employers and the tribunal service came last week when a House of Lords ruling cancelled out an estimated 3,000 claims for sex discrimination. The cases have all been …