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    Third-class degrees not good enough for teaching, says Cameron

    by Personnel Today 18 Jan 2010
    by Personnel Today 18 Jan 2010

    The Conservatives will today pledge to make teaching a “noble profession” again by banning entry to the classroom for those...

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    Gap between rich and poor cities has deepened in recession

    by Personnel Today 18 Jan 2010
    by Personnel Today 18 Jan 2010

    Cities which suffered from the highest rates of unemployment before the recession have been hit hardest by the downturn and...

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    Goldman Sachs forces top bankers to give some bonus cash to charity

    by Personnel Today 18 Jan 2010
    by Personnel Today 18 Jan 2010

    Goldman Sachs is said to be considering forcing its top bankers to donate part of their bonuses to charity to...

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    Government to tell professions to recruit more state educated people

    by Personnel Today 18 Jan 2010
    by Personnel Today 18 Jan 2010

    The government will tell employers that they must stop predominantly recruiting those who have been privately educated.Professions including medicine, finance...

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    Snow and wintry conditions keep people off work as absences cost £2.2bn

    by Kat Baker 12 Jan 2010
    by Kat Baker 12 Jan 2010

    Employers have been warned to expect another week of high absence rates as the snow and extreme weather conditions cause...

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    Union Unite appeals to MPs for help to save Cadbury from takeover bid

    by Personnel Today 12 Jan 2010
    by Personnel Today 12 Jan 2010

    Unite the Union will today tell MPs that a potential bidding war for confectioner Cadbury will further undermine workers’ rights....

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    FSA tightens bankers bonus rules to include all high-earning employees

    by Personnel Today 11 Jan 2010
    by Personnel Today 11 Jan 2010

    Bankers earning more than £1m a year face a new bonus clampdown by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).The City watchdog...

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    Snow problem, says Goldteam

    by Personnel Today 5 Jan 2010
    by Personnel Today 5 Jan 2010

    Snow may have ground much of the UK to a halt recently but FMCG recruiter Goldteam has ensured that it...

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    Scottish workers spend over a year of lifetime in meetings

    by Personnel Today 5 Jan 2010
    by Personnel Today 5 Jan 2010

    New research has shown that Scottish business people spend an average of a year and a half of their working...

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    Leicestershire County Council plans to cut 650 jobs

    by Kat Baker 5 Jan 2010
    by Kat Baker 5 Jan 2010

    Leicestershire County Council has revealed it will have to cut up to 650 jobs in the next four years in...

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    CIPD ‘recovery manifesto’ wants minimum wage freeze for young people

    by Personnel Today 5 Jan 2010
    by Personnel Today 5 Jan 2010

    The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has launched a manifesto for recovery, calling for a national minimum wage...

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    Agency staff cost NHS £1.3bn over two years

    by Personnel Today 30 Dec 2009
    by Personnel Today 30 Dec 2009

    The NHS bill for agency staff has risen by 60% in two years to almost £1.3bn, according to figures obtained...

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    Bankers bonus tax will affect other bank employees

    by Personnel Today 17 Dec 2009
    by Personnel Today 17 Dec 2009

    The government’s one-off levy on bankers’ bonuses will affect IT workers in the financial sector, but there is still confusion...

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    True unemployment figures obscured by rise in part-time work

    by Helen Gilbert 17 Dec 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 17 Dec 2009

    The growth in part-time working is masking true unemployment figures, employers’ bodies have warned. It had been widely predicted that...

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    Globespan staff laid off as airline goes into administration

    by Personnel Today 17 Dec 2009
    by Personnel Today 17 Dec 2009

    Most employees at Globespan, the parent company of Scotland’s largest airline Flyglobespan, have been made redundant after the firm collapsed.The...

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