US retail giant Wal-Mart, owner of UK retailer Asda, has an interesting approach to unions - it doesn't like them.
Employee relations
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The people director at Asda has launched a stinging attack on the GMB union for waging a "cynical and deliberate" campaign against the supermarket chain.
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A fresh leadership election is to be held by one of the country's biggest trade unions following an inquiry into allegations of irregularities.
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London's Harrods department store is facing a strike in a row over changes to its pension scheme.
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Almost half of Aberdeen's schools will be closed today as catering and cleaning staff start a 48-hour strike as part of a dispute over equal pay
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DTI launches company visit scheme to encourage consultation with employees
by dan thomasby dan thomasThe Department of Trade and Industry has launched a company visits initiative to highlight successful roll-outs of information and consultation...
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Dismissing staff who pose a national security risk could still land employers in a tribunal. David Appleton, partner, employment and incentives department, Lewis Silkin explains.
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Unions threaten first national rail strike in more than a decade over pensions dispute.
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Zoe Balmforth and Joe Glavina of Addleshaw Goddard outline the latest legal rulings and explain what you need to know to avoid tribunals
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With regulatory burdens already weighing heavy on employers, Tim Randles examines an alternative approach to dealing with workplace bullying
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The HR director at Tower Hamlets has fired a parting shot at one of the east London council's trade unions after leaving for a new job.
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The high-profile industrial dispute at Gate Gourmet last year has cost the in-flight caterer half its UK HR team, the company has revealed.
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The row between British Airways and in-flight caterer Gate Gourmet last summer is likely to go down in HR history as a textbook example of an industrial dispute gone wrong
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The GMB is to ballot its members employed in Asda distribution depots for an official national strike
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Retail union Usdaw has called an urgent meeting with Somerfield to discuss the staff implications of the supermarket chain's plans to sell convenience store chain Kwik Save.