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What were the most important books for HR professionals in the last millennium? Stephen Overell spoke to a range of key figures in the industry to compile a near-definitive listIdentifying …
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Conferences on culture changes, appraising outsourcing, mentoring, meetings on incentives… it’s all in a week’s work for an HR director. By Paul Simpson Monday 8am The weekend’s haul of e-mails …
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Many employers take the view that there is little or nothing they can realistically do to protect their businesses from a departing employee who may compete with them once they …
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Health and safety at work legislation extends beyond the obvious dangers to include threats by colleagues It is automatically unfair to dismiss an employee who refuses to work where there …
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Letter of the week: Advice on how to sell yourself • I refer to your article regarding interview questions which cause candidates consternation (30 November). It is a pity many …
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Staffing arrangements for millennium night went off without a hitch according to major employers contacted by Personnel Today. Aintree hospital in Liverpool paid triple time plus time off in lieu. …
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Negotiations represent a minefield of twisted emotions and subtle manoeuvres. Stephen Overell provides a guideTwo sisters have one orange. Both sisters want it but they cannot decide who should have …
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Employment tribunal claims more than tripled last year and average pay-outs jumped dramatically, new figures show. More than 5,000 fresh claims were brought in the year to October 1999 compared …
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Government efforts to make working time law more flexible for employers are set to be thwarted following a ruling by the Advocate General of the European Union. As Secretary of …
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Employers flouting the minimum wage have paid out £500,000 in back pay to staff as a result of government action. The Inland Revenue has taken four tribunal cases and issued …
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An HR consultancy is offering to cover the cost of employment tribunals incurred by its clients. Staffordshire-based Hemmingway has teamed up with a training company and a law firm to …
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European law has prompted Northern Foods to introduce continental-style works councils at its 18 subsidiaries. The Hull-based producer is to set up a forum at each of its constituent companies. …
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After the longest Christmas and New Year break since the war, coming back to work this year has caused a virtual epidemic of grouchiness. For me, this piece of millennium …
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• HR consultancy William M Mercer has recruited Sandra Campbell as a European partner in the HR operations consulting practice. Campbell moves from Renaissance Worldwide (formerly the Hunter Group) where …
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When a Getty Images recruitment advert shunned IPD qualifications last year, a full-blown HR debate was triggered. Here, Getty’s HR director Ralph Tribe responds When we at Getty Images placed …