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Government guidance on specific targets for improving workplace health and safety expected this month
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Travelling salespeople are more likely to be killed at work than construction or agricultural employees, HSE figures show. The government has launched a task force to examine the problem and …
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Serious crime in the workplace is rare, but employers should be on the alert for any warning signs
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The Ladbroke Grove train disaster put one Sainsbury’s trauma programme to the test, with the onus placed on counselling for its staff who had been first on the scene of the appalling crash
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There are many problems related to needlestick injuries. Web sites listed here outline the hazards involved in using needles including risk of infection, and what should be done with the needle after use
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How do you provide healthcare to 21,000 staff spread over 70 UK sites? If you’re Rank Hovis MacDougall you establish a nationwide network of home-based advisers
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A new IPD trends report casts the future as bright for the training sector, with greater backing, bigger budgets and a more proactive approach taking them into the 21st century. …
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Personnel Today’s monthly series reveals how managers tackle business problems and enhance performance. In this issue, Neil Lane, continuous improvement coordinator with Ericsson Mobile Communications (UK), looks at employee involvement …
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Employers must word contracts carefully to allow them to sack staff instantly for failing to meet set standards What is the meaning of the words “dismiss with immediate effect”? Can …
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TNT Express Worldwide (UK) v Brown (unreported), April 2000, Court of Appeal • Brown brought a race bias claim against TNT and asked permission to take time off work to …
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Although sexual harassment is not specifically proscribed by the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, case law has now long established that sexual harassment conduct can fall within the scope of section …
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The banking and broadcasting sectors are facing tough competition for talented staff from new dotcom companies. City recruitment agency Jonathan Wren is warning the banking industry it is no longer …
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HR directors at the Scottish Health Department have placed the health and safety of staff at the top of its agenda. On 15 April they launched six working groups which …
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Personnel professionals would do well to remember their main role, says Malcolm Finney, or else face being cut out of the equation HR is “the least understood” profession says Pam …
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Outsourcing is set to change the nature of the personnel profession, with a shift in focus from service provision to partnership nurturing. But what kind of skills will professionals need …