Four out of five consultant physicians working in the UK are planning to retire early because of long working hours.
Economics, government & business
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Public sector bodies in New Orleans are to lay off 3,000 people after Hurricane Katrina left the city in financial turmoil.
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NHS Employers, the body responsible for NHS pay, is seeking a maximum 2.5% pay award for doctors, dentists, nurses and other healthcare professionals from April 2006.
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The majority of Conservative MPs dismiss economic migration as a way of plugging UK skills gaps, according to a survey published today.
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Never has the need for home-grown talent been more urgent. As the CBI has alerted us, almost a third of...
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In the first of a new series on the UK’s fight to sustain talent, we look at the efforts of...
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The supposed conflict between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown unsurprisingly grabbed most of the headlines in the national press after last week's Labour Party Conference in Brighton, but there was plenty to interest employers
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Our irascible insider on... the merits of National Service
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HR staff at health and beauty chains Boots and Alliance UniChem face an uncertain future after the two firms unveiled merger plans in a deal worth £7bn.
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Global salaries are expected to outstrip the rate of inflation by an average of 2.4% in 2006.
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Care staff under threat; Travel bursaries; Mattress maker risk; Better noise protection
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Productivity is growing at its slowest rate for 14 years, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS)
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The CBI is on the look out for a successor to director general Sir Digby Jones.
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Retail chain Allsports has called in administrators, putting 1,700 jobs at risk
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Restricting the expansion of the UK’s leading airports could cost the country 25,000 jobs over the next 10 years