Food manufacturer Birds Eye is shedding almost 500 jobs at its fish foods factory in Hull. The company said the...
Job creation and losses
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Glasgow has emerged an unlikely winner in the battle for UK call centres. A report from recruitment agency Office Angels...
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A major rail union has criticised plans to cut hundreds of cleaners’ jobs on London Underground. The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT)...
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Government plans to use covert tactics to reduce nurses’ pay have been revealed in a leaked report on its strategy...
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Civil service union members balloted after strike call to resist job cuts and below inflation pay rises
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) is balloting 280,000 workers in more than 200 government departments about industrial action. ...
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From positive discrimination to HR's image problem, Mike Berry takes a look back at some of the important news stories that made the headlines in Personnel Today during the past 12 months.
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More than four in 10 working scientists are either unsure of whether they will be able to stay in that...
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National Audit Office praises Jobcentre Plus as £16m cost of missed interviews fails to deter agency from helping 11 million jobseekers in quest for jobs
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryJobseekers who fail to turn up for interviews to help them find work cost taxpayers at least £16m a year,...
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Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd has written to the boss of luxury fashion firm Burberry to request that the company reconsider its...
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Government claims to have saved £13.3bn and cut 55,000 jobs as part of Gershon review
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryA total of £13.3bn in efficiency gains have been made as part of the Gershon Review, the government has said.
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RMT to ballot GNER staff on strike after accusing rail operator of using 35-hour week deal to hide job cuts
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryAbout 1,500 members of the RMT union working for train operator GNER are to be balloted for strike action in...
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The Transport and General Workers’ Union (T&G) is to hold talks with the management of troubled UK car manufacturer TVR...
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Manufacturing employment rates have reached their lowest levels since 1841, new figures have revealed.
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GMB union has successfully delayed the closure of fashion retailer Burberry’s clothing factory in Rhondda, Wales. The factory was due...
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The total number of staff being made redundant as part of NHS reorganisation is about 900, official figures have suggested....