This week the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) fined six recruitment agencies a total of £39.3m for price fixing and...
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Generation Y has been “slapped round the face” during the recession because they either cannot find any jobs or have been...
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EXCLUSIVE Work and pensions secretary Yvette Cooper has vowed to use the government’s Local Employment Partnership (LEP) schemes to create...
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Alistair Darling will race through legislation to put an “end to automatic bank bonuses”. he confirmed today.Speaking at the Labour...
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The recession has inspired more young people to join the armed forces, according to a senior recruitment officer.The Guardian has...
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This decision today by Justice Blake at the High Court to dismiss the Heyday case and rule that the default...
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The Conservatives have strongly hinted that they would look to change Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) rules to allow those on unpaid...
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Most Britons would like to be their own boss, according to new research. A study carried out by The Association...
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In 1992, as the UK struggled with its last serious recession, Personnel Today published the findings of a survey by recruitment company Reed. Almost two decades later, in the throes of another downturn, Reed has repeated the research. Tara Craig looks at what has changed, what hasn't, and whether employers have learnt from the lessons of their predecessors.
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Government rules on claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) risk undermining business attempts to give more young people work experience, Personnel... -
HR news and analysis including:
An exclusive interview with M&S executive chair Sir Stuart Rose
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Unemployment has risen to 2.47 million in the three months to July, an increase of 210,000, and up 743,000 on...
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Britain’s job centres are in urgent need of reform, a survey has found.According to the survey, carried out by the...
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Insurance company Fortis will create more than 1,500 new jobs as part of a deal to provide motor and household...
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Councils in North Kent, the West Midlands and the West of England are today joining forces to tackle unemployment and...