Two managers held hostage by workers unhappy with their severance packages have been released.The pair, HR manager Roland Bentz and...
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MI5 is sending more staff with Irish counter-terrorism backgrounds to work at its headquarters in Holywood, County Down.The move comes...
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Francesco Mereu has been appointed a director of Toyota GB, with responsibility of HR, corporate social responsibility and environmental strategy....
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As budgets are squeezed in the economic downturn, many global organisations are facing difficult recruitment challenges and searching for more...
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French president Nicolas Sarkozy has successfully abolished the country’s controversial 35-hour working week limit.
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In an effort to create a more efficient and effective annual performance appraisal process, Jersey Electricity Company have enlisted the...
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Jersey childcare nightmare net expands as whistleblower tells tribunal about abuse at home
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryChildren at a Jersey children’s home were locked up in solitary confinement an employment tribunal has heard.Former care home manager...
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The French government has adopted a number of decrees to provide more details as to how, in practice, some of...
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Specialist workers from France needed to provide skills to boost UK’s nuclear power industry
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherForeign workers will be needed to provide the skills to increase the UK’s nuclear power capacity, an expert has conceded.EDF...
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Local government strikes across England, Northern Ireland and Wales a step closer as staff reject 2% pay offer
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe threat of local government strikes across England, Northern Ireland and Wales has moved closer after workers voted overwhelmingly to...
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A campaign has been launched to encourage Northern Irish nationals who have pursued careers outside the country to consider returning...
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Unions to take whatever action is necessary after International Labour Organization expresses concern about the Jersey government’s Employment Relations Law
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherTrade unions have pledged to do “whatever we need to do” to ensure employment law in Jersey, Channel Isles, is...
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Doctors in Northern Ireland have condemned plans that would allow actors to smoke on stage. Last week the Northern Ireland...
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Wales and Northern Ireland have now joined Scotland and the Republic of Ireland in implementing smoking bans in workplaces and...
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Northern Ireland: Is there still a big divide between Protestant and Catholic workers?
by Ross Bentleyby Ross BentleyNorthern Ireland is a country on the up.
Dogged by sectarian violence for more than a quarter of a century,...