Manufacturers have moved to calm fears of wage inflation after the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose above 3% earlier this...
Economics, government & business
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The government has promised to ensure more than 475,000 public services employees in 19 departments will have basic skills and...
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British Airways cabin crew voted by a 76% majority to accept a new pay deal negotiated at the end of...
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Fears for immigrants on work permits grow as changes to Highly Skilled Migrant Programme take effect
Fears are growing over the welfare of the tens of thousands of immigrant workers who face being forced out of...
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Medical Training Application Service for junior doctors to undergo independent review
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThere is to be a long-term review of the heavily criticised Modernising Medical Careers system used to appoint junior doctors...
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Increasing levels of joint working between NHS trusts and local councils could result in HR jobs being lost in both...
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Scarcely an hour passes without someone bemoaning the quality of the education system in this country. Yet much of this, often ill-informed, criticism is missing the economic point.
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I agree with the connection John Renz makes between equity and success (Letters, Personnel Today, 13 March). But his assertion...
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Recruitment Confidence Index reveals first drop in public sector employment since 2004 Gershon Review
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryPublic sector employment levels are expected to fall in the coming months for the first time since the 2004Â Gershon...
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Public sector ‘key’ workers such as teachers, nurses, police and firefighters cannot afford to buy homes in seven out of...
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Average pay settlements rose to 3.5% in the first quarter of 2007 – the highest since September 2001
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryAverage pay deals rose in the three months to the end of March, a survey by Incomes Data Services (IDS)...
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Doubt hangs over future of defence secretary Des Browne as media frenzy goes into overdrive
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherDefence secretary Des Browne was facing an uncertain future last week after admitting he made a mistake in allowing the...
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The Ministry of Defence (MoD), will roll out its Joint Personnel Administration system to more than 100,000 army employees by...
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National Union of Teachers to sue education secretary Alan Johnson over exclusion from pay talks
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe National Union of Teachers is to sue education secretary Alan Johnson for refusing to include it in pay talks.
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BT workers have today been advised to accept a pay rise of 4.7% for 2007-08, just days after they rejected...