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In January 2000 the DTI published a consultation document introducing the new draft part-time employees (prevention of less favourable treatment) regulations, together with a short consultation document. The consultation period …
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This week’s stock market review Until recently, no one would have imagined that Marks & Spencer, the epitome of British commercial excellence, could be so careless as to lose its …
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Support for Personnel Today’s campaign with the EFSP to give employers more say on developing and implementing legislation has been flooding in. Employers, politicians and the TUC are backing our …
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This week’s news in brief White-collar staff at car firm Ford are to hold a series of strikes that threaten to bring production to a standstill, after talks with management …
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Edward Dimbylow reports from the annual Institute of Personnel Development compensation forum The wider availability of information on earnings will lead to an escalation of pay demands, Nicki Demby of …
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Gurbux Singh, chief executive of Haringey Council, has been appointed chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality, replacing Sir Herman Ouseley who stepped down last month. A pioneer of controversial …
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Leading UK companies continue to have an under-representation of ethnic minority staff and many exaggerate the effectiveness of their diversity policies, according to a study of FTSE 100 firms by …
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A campaign to shift ageist attitudes in the workplace will be launched this week by the Department for Education and Employment. It includes posters and the national roll-out of New …
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An HR professional claims to have made his management development courses more effective by hypnotising trainees. Trained hypnotherapist and HR manager at Midland Auto Trader, Steve Miller, has been using …
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Fundamental parts of legislation to improve the rights of part-time employees will be impossible to implement in their current form, and could lead to part-timers being stripped of benefits, employers …
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Personnel professionals have unanimously endorsed the comments made by Peugeot UK’s Mike Judge last week that the term human resources is demeaning and sends the wrong signal to staff. Personnel …
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The Government is planning a high-profile campaign to promote childcare as a career. The move follows plans for a campaign to tackle a shortage of social workers and the "no-one …
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Tackling harassment in the workplace could be put back years by the recent highly-publicised case of a woman who made a false rape claim. Pharmacist Lynn Walker faces a £500,000 …
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Perhaps it is just coincidence, but the DTI has done a brilliant job this week in proving just why it needs to improve the way it develops employment legislation. One …
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The leadership of Britain’s biggest union could fall to a trade unionist whose political beliefs include taking the top 150 FTSE companies into public ownership. Roger Bannister, a member of …