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Campaigners for age diversity at work have upped the pressure on companies to recognise the issue by calling on them to make a board-level commitment to fight ageism. The Employers …
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High staff turn-over among policy officials at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is adding to the problems of developing and implementing employment legislation, experts have warned. Commentators from …
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More local-level negotiating and an extension of legal services to members are planned for Unison, the union’s newly-elected general secretary has told Personnel Today. Dave Prentis, who was elected head …
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The Civil Service should be streamlined to form a core staff of just 50,000, according to a former senior civil servant. Sir Peter Kemp, a permanent secretary at the Cabinet …
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Experts are predicting a growth in workplace counselling as a result of tax breaks promised by the Government. Counselling has traditionally be classed as a benefit in kind and subject …
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DTI minister Alan Johnson has defended the introduction of the minimum wage, saying critics who said it would be a burden to business and cost a million jobs had been …
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Employers have welcomed government initiatives unveiled last week as part of the drive to full employment, saying they could ease staffing shortages in some industries. But the TUC has warned …
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The European Court of Justice has ruled that Turkish employees granted EU residence permits through the EC-Turkey Association Agreement cannot have their right to live and work in the European …
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A self-defence training programme for the health service, pioneered by an accident and emergency consultant, is being examined by the Health and Safety Executive. Anthony Bleetman, a consultant at Birmingham …
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Unison is consulting members this week on a 3 per cent pay rise offer made by local authority employers in what is the biggest single pay negotiation in the country. …
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The construction industry is cracking down on workers whose health and safety knowledge is not up to scratch in a bid to improve its absenteeism record. From April, newly trained …
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The TUC is calling for higher compensation awards for workplace illness and injuries. A report by the TUC urges employers to recognise that poor health and safety costs the British …
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Hospital HR departments could be required to complain formally about dangerous doctors after a damning report into the death of a boy under anaesthetic. Since the child’s death, it has …
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Further education colleges have begun lobbying to keep their say in the new training infrastructure due to replace Training and Enterprise Councils. The Association of Colleges has called for at …
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Proposed changes to the way pension scheme costs are accounted for on company balance sheets could drive a wedge between HR departments and finance directors within the same company. The …