Stewart v Moray Council is the first reported case from the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) on the Information and Consultation...
Employee relations
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A Bradford restaurant chain has been ordered to pay a waiter £12,000 compensation after an employment tribunal ruled that he...
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Death rates fall
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Employers could face discrimination claims from staff who have left the organisation years earlier, following a ruling in the Court...
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Department of Trade and Industry plans to allow trade unions to use e-mail for strike ballots
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryTrade unions could be allowed to ballot for industrial action using e-mail instead of the post, making strikes easier and...
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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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Combative union leader Bob Crow re-elected to keep RMT union on track until 2012
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherUnion heavyweight Bob Crow has been re-elected unopposed to serve as general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime...
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Industrial relations between Whitehall employers and trade unions are in need of a dramatic overhaul, the head of the senior...
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Five City cleaners are planning to starve themselves next week outside the offices for the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)...
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Half of bosses believe employment tribunals are biased towards employees, research has revealed. HR advisory company Consult GEE found that...
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UK councils spent more than £1,546m on agency and temporary staff in 2005-06, according to figures from the GMB union....
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Jack Straw claims workplace Christmas decoration ban is ‘total nonsense’
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherCommons leader Jack Straw has spoken out on yet another weighty employment issue – tinsel. Having backed the right of...
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CBI deputy director-general John Cridland welcomes review of disputes procedures
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe CBI has welcomed the government’s decision to review the employment tribunal system. John Cridland, deputy director-general of the CBI,...
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Walsall Council agrees £584,000 payout for whistleblower after colleagues’ hostility caused him stress
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryWalsall Council has agreed a settlement totalling £584,000 with a former council whistleblower. Peter Francis, a former head of programme...
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Michael Gibbons to conduct a government review of dispute resolution systems
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe government has announced a root-and-branch review of systems for resolving disputes in the workplace.
Trade and industry secretary Alistair...