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Round-up of news from the professional journals Nurses carry costs Nurses are paying for research projects out of their own pockets because of underfunding, according to RCN general secretary Christine …
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With the globalisation of businesses taking staff further afield in their jobs, travel health has become a growing area of work for OH advisers. Our resource guide provides some useful information sources
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Answering the HSE’s call to raise the profile of occupational health, gas utility Transco called in OH provider Liberty to come up with solutions
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Life Long Learning and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) are the processes by which professionals, such as nurses, develop and improve their practice. There are many ways to address CPD: formally, …
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Studies show many people are happier in the workplace than they are at home. Philip Whiteley reports on how the ‘corporate village’ could cause divisions in society The revelation that …
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Skills development should be a shared responsibility between the state, employer and employee, says Education and Employment Secretary David Blunkett In its latest report, the Skills Task Force highlighted a …
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This week’s guru column • It’s a cruel world out there in minimum wage land, particularly among the burger-flippers who work in the trendier parts of London, as David Klassen …
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The recent Vodaphone-Mannesmann merger, which created the world’s fourth largest business, has been described as formally marking the end of the industrial age and the real beginning of the information …
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This brave new – electronic – world of business calls for a new breed of HR professional with a new set of skills. Here’s our guide to the qualities that …
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This week’s international news in brief • The European Commission has launched a strategy to narrow the hi-tech skills gap between Europe and the US. It issued a frank admission …
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For many years, permanent health insurance (PHI) has been a standard component in the portfolio of benefits given to middle and senior executives. The cover usually provides that once the …
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Personnel’s preparation for the forthcoming Human Rights Act should involve policy vigilance, not panic The expression, "I know my rights" is likely to make any personnel manager’s heart sink. Many …
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This week’s case round up MHC Consulting Services v Tansell, IRLB 630, EAT • Tansell was a computer consultant and through his company intelligents provided computer services to third parties. …
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Letters of the week • Your article on the Walker case (15 February) covers an interesting topic but I do not agree that blanket immunity can be given to people …
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This week’s stock market review The markets proved their unpredictable nature last week when CGU, the UK’s biggest composite insurer and Norwich Union, one of the country’s leading life assurance …