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European work time average is 39 hours • Working Time agreements across Europe have remained steady at an average of just under 39 hours a week, the annual review by …
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Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers has announced the first winners of funds to encourage innovative approaches to partnership in organisations across the country. Thirty-six winners will benefit from the …
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Temporary nursing staff is costing the NHS in Scotland £25m a year, according to a recent report. Public-sector watchdog the Accounts Commission’s report, Temporary Measures: managing bank and agency nursing …
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TV giants’ flotation row • Carlton Communications and Granada are in dispute over a possible £2bn flotation of their jointly owned On Digital television company. Carlton is understood to be …
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Employers need to invest more in training to remain competitive and meet the challenge of the knowledge economy, Secretary of State for Trade & Industry Stephen Byers told the TD2000 …
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Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s is facing a string of tribunal cases following its redundancy programme last year. Lawyers representing aggrieved former staff say the UK’s second largest supermarket chain is facing …
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Rover employees whose jobs are threatened at the car firm’s Longbridge plant will not be taken on by Peugeot, the only other major car maker in the Midlands. Mass redundancies …
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Human resources service providers are planning to set up web sites offering on-line advice for employers. In the latest development in the burgeoning market for outsourced personnel services, information and …
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Employers are becoming increasingly concerned at the sweeping proposed rights of access for unions to company facilities during recognition campaigns. Under proposals currently out to consultation unions will have the …
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The average contribution employers are paying into an occupational pension scheme is rising, according to research by pay and benefits consultancy IDS. The study looked at over 260 salary schemes …
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Human resources performance indicators can better predict company profitability than some financial indicators, according to the Institute of Employment Studies. The IES argues in a new guide that as HR …
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An RAF reservist is claiming unfair dismissal after being told he was to be made redundant from his £75,000-a-year job at a city bank while serving in Kosovo. The case …
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The HR director at Nortel Networks and a core of staff have left to set up an Internet-based recruitment business. Maurice Duffy and eight of his colleagues have split from …
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A pregnant HR manager was forced out of her £50,000-a-year job after being told she would not be able to juggle a career with two children, it was alleged at …
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The HR department at financial services company Abbey Life has created a unit to help staff being made redundant to find and prepare for other work. Following the sale of …