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    Case of the week: well-drafted contract is key to holiday dispute

    by Roger Byard 10 Oct 2008
    by Roger Byard 10 Oct 2008

    Industrial & Commercial Maintenance Ltd v Mr A M Briffa FACTS The claimant, Briffa, was employed by Industrial & Commercial...

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    Friday podcast: Conservatives blast health and safety regulations; and Best Places to Work in HR 2008

    by Personnel Today 10 Oct 2008
    by Personnel Today 10 Oct 2008

    HR news and analysis including:

    shadow work and pensions secretary of state Chris Grayling speaks exclusively to Personnel Today about...

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    Anti-red tape campaign to be launched by Tories

    by Guy Logan 10 Oct 2008
    by Guy Logan 10 Oct 2008

    The government will come under pressure to cut workplace health and safety regulations this autumn, Personnel Today has learned.
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    Data theft risk posed by IT staff made redundant in economic downturn

    by Guy Logan 10 Oct 2008
    by Guy Logan 10 Oct 2008

    A data security expert has called for senior IT staff made redundant as a result of the economic downturn to...

    • Employment law
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    • Latest News

    Ministry of Defence loses personal details of Armed Forces staff

    by Sarah Finley 10 Oct 2008
    by Sarah Finley 10 Oct 2008

    The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has lost personal details of about 100,000 Armed Forces employees after a computer hard drive...

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    Workshops for new dads: How I made a difference

    by Personnel Today 9 Oct 2008
    by Personnel Today 9 Oct 2008

    For the past three years, Citigroup has run training workshops for new and expectant mums. That programme has gone well,...

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    Parents to demand more flexi-working from business

    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2008
    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2008

    Businesses need to prepare now for flexible working changes that could see an extra 4.5 million parents asking their bosses...

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    Tales from the tribunals

    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2008
    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2008

    Animal lovers will not be pleased to learn of pay-outs to disgruntled employees by pet charities. This includes the RSPCA:...

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    Outsourcing, transfers and redundancy

    by Emma Sinclair 8 Oct 2008
    by Emma Sinclair 8 Oct 2008

    Emma Sinclair describes the potentially tortuous path that HR must walk when staff transfer due to outsourcing.

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    Setting up flexible working

    by Goegina Fuller 8 Oct 2008
    by Goegina Fuller 8 Oct 2008

    Employees have a right to request flexible working but should it work in practice? Georgina Fuller checks out Asda's scheme.

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    Misbehaving outside work

    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2008
    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2008

    Employers cringe when they see an employee misbehaving in public , but what can they do about it? Stephanie Dale and Hannah Ford consider the options.

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    Vetting staff: keeping them safe

    by David Craik 8 Oct 2008
    by David Craik 8 Oct 2008

    Next year sees the introduction of an authority that will act to safeguard the vulnerable. It could mean more work for public and third sector HR departments, reports David Craik.

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    Equal pay audits may benefit some but should not be forced on all employers

    by Louisa Peacock 8 Oct 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 8 Oct 2008

    Last month business groups, including the CBI and British Chambers of Commerce, directly opposed claims that forcing companies to conduct...

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    Make bonus schemes transparent to avoid non-payment challenges

    by Louisa Peacock 8 Oct 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 8 Oct 2008

    Bonus schemes must be transparent and well-understood by staff to prevent legal problems arising when workers resign, emp­loyment lawyers have...

    • Employment law
    • Dismissal

    Dismissal register – is it a good idea?

    by Phil Boucher 8 Oct 2008
    by Phil Boucher 8 Oct 2008

    To some it represents an Orwellian nightmare of hyper-surveillance to others simply a tool to help employers keep their workplaces fair and lawful. So just what is it about the National Staff Dismissal Register that gets people so hot under the collar? And why do we need one in the first place? Phil Boucher questions experts on both sides of the debate to find out.

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