Economics, government & business
DTI drive for women to help male-dominated IT
The government has announced a package of measures aimed at giving the IT industry a makeover to try and attract more women into the sector and tackle skills shortages. Quentin Reade reports
DTI unveils plans for raft of equality laws
Employers will have to radically overhaul their anti-discrimination policies
and practices following a far-reaching Government consultation paper released
last week....
DTI discards proposal to overhaul IIP
The Government has rejected a proposal by the Kingsmill equal pay review to
overhaul the Investors in People kitemark so...
DTI announces tribunal taskforce make-up
Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt has announced the
membership of the Employment Tribunal System Taskforce.
The taskforce will make...
DTI civil servants to go back to the floor
The
Times newspaper reports that senior servants at the DTI are to be sent on
business-based work experience as part...
DTI publishes advice on work-life balance
UK
employers are to receive advice from the Department of Trade and Industry on
the benefits of flexible working and...
DTI has no plans to name tribunal applicants on the net
Industry
minister Alan Johnson has denied that the Government is considering backing
plans to publish the names of people who...
DTI promotes firms’ work-life policies with share of £10.5m
Nearly 100 private, public and voluntary sector employers are to benefit
from the DTI’s £10.5m Challenge Fund to promote work-life...
DTI unveils plans to reform employment tribunals
New
proposals to reform employment tribunals were announced today by DTI minister
Alan Johnson.
The
proposals are designed to promote...
Report calls for major changes at the DTI
The Department of Trade and
Industry is out of date and out of touch with the economy, according to a...
Women’s unit and DTI to share equal ops duties
The Government has finally decided to split the responsibility for equal
opportunities between the Cabinet Office’s Women and Equality Unit...
Hewitt plans dynamic future for DTI
The Department of Trade and Industry announced a fundamental review of its
operations last week to improve its effectiveness for...
Hewitt launches review of DTI operations
The DTI has today announced a fundamental review of its operations
to improve its effectiveness for business.
Trade and Industry...
Hewitt is the new head of the DTI
Patricia
Hewitt has taken over from Stephen Byers as trade and industry secretary in the
Prime Minister’s cabinet reshuffle over...
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