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This week’s news in brief Hours law claim The TUC has renewed its claim that changes to the Working Time directive are "legally wrong". In its formal response to the …
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Clare Roberts has been appointed HR director at Black and Decker’s power tool manufacturing plant at Spennymoor, County Durham. She returns to the plant where she was previously personnel and …
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• Sue Eilfield has joined The Financial Times newspaper as HR director. She was previously at The Body Shop for six and a half years, most recently as HR manager …
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We enlisted the help of Feng Shui consultant Lesley Lauren Carrington to assess the Bluewater Quiet Room and Clark Levy’s ‘below stairs area’. She used a Chinese compass to measure …
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The conditions are now right for HR to have more involvement in strategic decision-making, explains the IPD’s Ward Griffiths Based on the Cranfield Survey findings that "only half of HR …
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Human resources expertise is coming to the aid of the England cricket team as new contracts are finalised for the top players. Between 12 and 16 top players will opt …
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No one will leave the New Deal gateway scheme without literacy and numeracy skills, the Government pledged last week. Minister for employment Tessa Jowell made the promise at the employment …
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Senior HR professionals are turning their back on permanent roles in favour of interim jobs which offer up to 50 per cent pay rises and five-figure bonuses. Recruitment agencies have …
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About one-third of institutional investors have little or no interest in linking directors’ pay to the performance of their business. The finding, revealed in a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers, indicates that …
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With this year’s Softworld conference and exhibition only a week away here is a timely reminder of the importance of technology to the strategic HRfunction Technology is playing a crucial …
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Nebulous and unacknowledged in law as the term might be, stress is nevertheless very real in the workplace and is estimated to cost British industry £9bn each year. The Health …
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• The London Business School has held its position in the top 10 business schools in the world for offering an MBA. It held eighth place in the Financial Times …
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• Top executives are ignoring the push for shorter hours from legislators and the European Union. And many see working longer as an example to the workforce. Nearly a third …
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Abysmal completion rates for Modern Apprenticeships have sparked calls for a rethink in the implementation of work-based training. The most recent statistics from the DfEE revealed that just 32 per …
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This month Simon Bellotti Sales recruitment and training manager Britannic Assurance Age 32 How long have you been in this job? I have just completed two years’ service and have …