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The Greater London Authority is pushing ahead with the recruitment of arguably the capital’s most high-profile HR department ahead of the mayoral election next month. The GLA is recruiting a …
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University careers services are old-fashioned, out of touch and failing to match suitable candidates to jobs, the country’s top graduate recruiters believe. Members of the Association of Graduate Recruiters who …
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A hospital trust has issued all staff with guidelines setting out how they can expect to be treated by management. The people management document, produced by the Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals …
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Three-quarters of firms have formal gender policies but only one in ten have a costed business case for working on gender issues, according to a report by Opportunity Now. The …
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HR professionals from Rolls-Royce, Rover Group and Securicor are among a slew of high-profile appointments to the Central Arbitration Committee. Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers announced the appointments last …
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Representatives of the DTI’s flagship Partnership Fund have defended the allocation of funds by its independent assessment committee. A letter to Personnel Today (4 April) drew attention to the fact …
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Tesco has announced the creation of 20,000 jobs worldwide, about 8,000 of which will be in the UK. The news came as the supermarket chain announced a 10.8 per cent …
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Thousands of public-sector employees could lose out on the chance to remain in the generous local government pension scheme (LGPS) when transferred out to contractors. In a major deal between …
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The Government’s failure to consult adequately on new legislation is likely to end up disadvantaging the groups it claims to be protecting. In the latest issue of Personnel Today’s sister …
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Unison has won more than £9m in compensation for its members in the first quarter of 2000. The union says more than 1,200 claims for members involved in accidents at …
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Consultation with employees on redundancies can bring some workable solutions, says Philip Whiteley Amid the furore of BMW’s deal to sell Rover, it would be easy to assume employers have …
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These are not good times for those of us in industrial relations/HRM who think we are blessed with a sunny disposition. Manufacturing in Britain appears to be suffering another assault …
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Do you take a proactive approach to employee health? DOES YOUR TEAM DESERVE RECOGNITION?Then why not enter this year’s Personnel Today Awards?This award recognises companies and organisations that have adopted …
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The Government aims to create a learning society. But many training and development experts complain of “initiatives”, and even a lack of joined-up government At a conference in February, GMB …
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Turning ideas into commercial success relies on aligning HR policies to business plans, as Silicon Fen firms can testify In the early 1990s, Jon Sparkes set up a Derbyshire company …