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    British Retail Consortium calls for minimum wage review

    by dan thomas 17 Aug 2006
    by dan thomas 17 Aug 2006

    The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has called for a fundamental review of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) after claiming that last year's rise cost retailers £1bn, and this October's increase will add a further £1bn

    • Asylum seekers
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    Immigration Service ignores recruiting firms’ reports about illegal workers

    by dan thomas 17 Aug 2006
    by dan thomas 17 Aug 2006

    Reports from recruiters about possible illegal workers are sometimes being ignored by the Immigration Service.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Newcastle City Council denies diversity training imposes ban on use of hinny and pet

    by dan thomas 17 Aug 2006
    by dan thomas 17 Aug 2006

    Newcastle City Council has denied claims that it banned employees from using words like 'pet', 'hinny' and 'love' when talking to women.

    • Latest News
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    David Cameron’s new vision for the Conservatives has HR focus

    by dan thomas 17 Aug 2006
    by dan thomas 17 Aug 2006

    Conservative party leader David Cameron has unveiled a document outlining what he believes his party should stand for and there are a number of policies to interest HR professionals

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    • e-learning
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    Land Securities invests £215,000 on SkillSoft e-learning package for 2,000 staff

    by dan thomas 16 Aug 2006
    by dan thomas 16 Aug 2006

    Investment in e-HR prompted by successful pilot scheme.

    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Pre-employment screening

    Unions call for tougher policing of security firms

    by dan thomas 16 Aug 2006
    by dan thomas 16 Aug 2006

    Licence scheme fails to address issue of unchecked firms.

    • Latest News
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    Most workers in the UK change their accent in the workplace

    by dan thomas 16 Aug 2006
    by dan thomas 16 Aug 2006

    The UK is a nation of 'accent chameleons', with two-thirds of workers consciously changing their accents when doing business, research reveals

    • Alcohol and drug misuse
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    Drunken haze inhibits UK productivity after lunchtime boozing leaves workers reeling

    by dan thomas 15 Aug 2006
    by dan thomas 15 Aug 2006

    Alcohol saps afternoon performance at UK plc.

    • Northern Ireland
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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Police Service of Northern Ireland applicants to be asked their sexual orientation

    by dan thomas 14 Aug 2006
    by dan thomas 14 Aug 2006

    Applicants to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) are, for the first time, to be asked their sexual orientation

    • Latest News
    • HR strategy

    Hammersmith & Fulham is first London council to set up shared services centre

    by dan thomas 14 Aug 2006
    by dan thomas 14 Aug 2006

    London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham has signed a £120m, 10-year deal to set up London's first local government shared-services centre.

    • Latest News
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    • Outsourcing

    Insurance firm Aon outsources its client operations division to Xchanging in 10-year deal

    by dan thomas 14 Aug 2006
    by dan thomas 14 Aug 2006

    More than 500 staff at insurance company Aon are to transfer to Xchanging after it signed a 10-year £230m business process outsourcing deal with the outsourcer.

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    • Recruitment & retention

    Temps are less tempting after CRB policy change

    by dan thomas 8 Aug 2006
    by dan thomas 8 Aug 2006

    The use of temporary staff by employers in the public and voluntary sectors could be dramatically reduced after the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) changed its policy on background checks for temps

    • Civil Service
    • Business performance
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    House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee to assess ability of Civil Service to fix itself

    by dan thomas 2 Aug 2006
    by dan thomas 2 Aug 2006

    MPs to investigate impact of reforms on Civil Service.

    • Employee relations
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    • Industrial action / strikes

    Pirelli Tyres faces strike by workers over 2.2% pay offer

    by dan thomas 2 Aug 2006
    by dan thomas 2 Aug 2006

    Workers at Pirelli Tyres have voted in favour of industrial action in a dispute over pay.

    • Bullying and harassment
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    Ex-Deutsche Bank employee wins £800,000 after claims that bullying led to nervous breakdown

    by dan thomas 1 Aug 2006
    by dan thomas 1 Aug 2006

    A former Deutsche Bank employee who claimed her ex-colleagues bullied her into a nervous breakdown has been awarded £800,000 in damages and lost earnings

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