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Union and business leaders united to call for action to tackle the skills gap. Tony Dubbins, general secretary of the Graphical Paper and Media Union urged the Government to introduce …
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Employers are calling for a simplification of the tax system and an end to administrative payroll burdens such as the working families tax credit in the run up to this …
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Companies which fail to recognise the value of an age-diverse workforce face losing out in financial performance. Speaking at the launch of the Employers’ Forum on Age campaign for commitment …
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Integrated personnel and payroll systems are helping the HR function play a more strategic role. Robert McLuhan reports Payroll used to be the province of number-crunchers but advanced systems are …
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• Tony Cheesman, a former inspector from the Health and Safety Executive, has joined West Anglia Training Association as health and safety consultant. His job will be to advise local …
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More than three-quarters of HR professionals think flexible working programmes bring competitive advantage to firms, according to research by the Resource Connection for Personnel Today. The study also found that …
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A dot.com HR manager is calling on fellow personnel professionals to become involved in a network to share ideas and best practice in the growing Internet sector. Julia Rice, HR …
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Equal opportunities campaigners should unite their efforts and even consider forming a single agency, Peugeot head of personnel Mike Judge has claimed. Writing in this week’s Personnel Today, Judge says …
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Tens of thousands of employers could be unwittingly breaching Working Time regulations – leaving them open to prosecution. When amendments to the rules came into force in December, employers believed …
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£1m pay-out package A former high-flying City banker has agreed a compensation package, believed to be worth up to £1m, after winning an unfair dismissal claim earlier this year. Kay …
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• A survey of higher education institutions reveals a significant percentage of people claiming racial discrimination during the recruitment process. Of the five cases in higher education that have been …
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• About half the population is qualified to at least NVQ Level 3 in London and the South East. The lowest percentage is found in the West Midlands and North …
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• A survey on new negotiating practices has found that 60 per cent of HR professionals are involved in deciding changes to negotiating practices. The chief executive is involved in …
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Advice from the Government’s own regulation watchdog could have been written for the Personnel Today/EFSP campaign, says Philip Whiteley, but the DTI still chose to ignore it In April 1999, …
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Despite its perpetual fascination with all types of new fads, HR has never seized the opportunities it has had to reinvent itself. We could have done so some years ago …