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    London firefighters plan bonfire night strike action

    by Daniel Thomas 26 Oct 2010
    by Daniel Thomas 26 Oct 2010

    The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) today confirmed that its London members will go on strike on 5 November, unless the...

    • Civil Service
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    Early retirement for civil servants is cost effective, says Cabinet Office

    by Daniel Thomas 26 Oct 2010
    by Daniel Thomas 26 Oct 2010

    The Cabinet Office has insisted that offering civil servants early retirement on full final-salary pensions in exchange for giving up...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Recruitment & retention

    Government is listening to business on immigration cap, says Cable

    by Daniel Thomas 26 Oct 2010
    by Daniel Thomas 26 Oct 2010

    The Prime Minister’s hint at concessions on the proposed immigration cap proves that the Government is listening to the complaints...

    • Latest News
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    Government must guarantee entire BT pension scheme, rules High Court

    by Daniel Thomas 21 Oct 2010
    by Daniel Thomas 21 Oct 2010

    The Government’s guarantee to back the pension scheme at BT must apply to all of the company’s employees, the High...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Job creation and losses

    Comprehensive Spending Review: Job cuts ‘will create new North/South divide’

    by Daniel Thomas 21 Oct 2010
    by Daniel Thomas 21 Oct 2010

    The cuts in public sector jobs announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) will create a new North/South divide, thinktanks...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • HR strategy

    Comprehensive Spending Review: Public sector job cuts nearer 750,000, says CIPD

    by Daniel Thomas 21 Oct 2010
    by Daniel Thomas 21 Oct 2010

    The Chancellor significantly understated the impact of spending cuts on public sector jobs in the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), the...

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    • HR strategy

    HR Austerity Panel: Reaction to Comprehensive Spending Review

    by Daniel Thomas 21 Oct 2010
    by Daniel Thomas 21 Oct 2010

    As the dust settles following the Chancellor’s long awaited announcement of the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), public sector HR professionals...

    • Latest News
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    • Pensions

    Comprehensive Spending Review: Industry welcomes pension changes

    by Daniel Thomas 20 Oct 2010
    by Daniel Thomas 20 Oct 2010

    Industry groups have backed the changes to the UK’s pensions system unveiled in today’s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR).Chancellor George Osborne...

    • Agency workers
    • Employment law
    • HR practice

    Changing Agency Workers Directive would have ‘opened a can of worms’, experts say

    by Daniel Thomas 20 Oct 2010
    by Daniel Thomas 20 Oct 2010

    The Government was right not to attempt to amend the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) ahead of their implementation next year...

    • Age discrimination
    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Employers warned not to force older staff out through performance management after DRA is scrapped

    by Daniel Thomas 19 Oct 2010
    by Daniel Thomas 19 Oct 2010

    Employers must not be allowed to use performance management or physical testing as a means of “browbeating” older employees into...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Job creation and losses

    Small firms won’t fill jobs gap created by public sector cuts, warns FSB

    by Daniel Thomas 19 Oct 2010
    by Daniel Thomas 19 Oct 2010

    Fresh doubts have been raised about the ability of the private sector to fill the jobs gap created by public...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Spending cuts will make UK ‘a more unequal, more squalid and nastier country’, claims TUC

    by Daniel Thomas 19 Oct 2010
    by Daniel Thomas 19 Oct 2010

    The Government’s planned spending cuts are a political choice, not an economic necessity, and a deliberate policy that will make...

    • Latest News
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    • Pensions

    EMI Group agrees £200 million pension deal

    by Daniel Thomas 19 Oct 2010
    by Daniel Thomas 19 Oct 2010

    The EMI Group has escaped censure from the Pensions Regulator after agreeing a funding deal worth nearly £200 million with its...

    • Employee relations
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    • Trade unions

    Employers fear public sector strikes will damage business

    by Daniel Thomas 19 Oct 2010
    by Daniel Thomas 19 Oct 2010

    Nearly two-thirds of private sector employers fear that industrial action by public sector workers – sparked by Government spending cuts...

    • HR practice
    • HR strategy
    • Recruitment & retention

    Aviva expects ‘double-digit savings’ after outsourcing recruitment

    by Daniel Thomas 8 Oct 2010
    by Daniel Thomas 8 Oct 2010

    Insurance giant Aviva expects to cut the cost of recruiting staff by at least 10% after outsourcing its entire recruitment...

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