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    • Latest News
    • Smoking in the workplace
    • Wellbeing

    Health campaigners call for early end to smoking in public places

    by dan thomas 24 Jul 2006
    by dan thomas 24 Jul 2006

    Anti-smoking groups have warned that employers who knowingly put staff members' health at rsik by allowing smoking in the workplace despite known risks could face legal actions for damages

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Npower launches employee reward scheme

    by dan thomas 21 Jul 2006
    by dan thomas 21 Jul 2006

    Utilties firm Npower has launched an employee reward scheme, under which workers are incentivised to provide feedback into the company's services

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Sector Skills Councils

    Manufacturing HR bosses slam skills agencies for failing to deliver the goods

    by dan thomas 21 Jul 2006
    by dan thomas 21 Jul 2006

    Skills agencies branded a 'waste of time' by HR chiefs.

    • Expatriates
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    • Economics, government & business

    UK and Poland sign treaty to put end to unfair ‘Pole tax’

    by dan thomas 21 Jul 2006
    by dan thomas 21 Jul 2006

    Anglo-Polish accord puts end to tax double-whammy for Poles working in the UK.

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Pensions

    Pensions warning as a third of defined benefit scheme members plan to rely on house sales to fund retirement

    by dan thomas 20 Jul 2006
    by dan thomas 20 Jul 2006

    HR consultancy warns that relying on home sales to fund retirement will not be viable for most

    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Temporary employment

    Recruitment agencies will not be forced to offer temporary staff full employment rights, says REC

    by dan thomas 20 Jul 2006
    by dan thomas 20 Jul 2006

    The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has cast doubt on union claims that recruitment agencies may be forced to offer full employment rights to temporary workers, following a ruling by an employment tribunal.

    • Employee relations
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    • Latest News

    Good news and bad on railways as RMT recommends deal for signal staff while Aslef members opt to walk out in dispute with South West Trains

    by dan thomas 19 Jul 2006
    by dan thomas 19 Jul 2006

    Train drivers union strikes on South West Trains still on track while RMT signals end to dispute and recommends Network Rail offer.

    • Absence
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    • HR practice

    Employees take sickies in latest UK heatwave

    by dan thomas 19 Jul 2006
    by dan thomas 19 Jul 2006

    Rising temperatures across the UK are predicted to scorch businesses as absenteeism levels rise.

    • Latest News
    • HR strategy
    • Knowledge management

    Ryanair to use Northgate HR software in £240,000 deal

    by dan thomas 18 Jul 2006
    by dan thomas 18 Jul 2006

    Payroll and other HR services covered in deal.

    • Employee relations
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    • Industrial action / strikes

    Train drivers to strike over restricted taxi use

    by dan thomas 18 Jul 2006
    by dan thomas 18 Jul 2006

    Train drivers are to stage a series of strikes in an increasingly bitter row over the use of taxis for staff

    • Latest News
    • Wellbeing

    Packed lunches on the increase but staff tuck in too early

    by dan thomas 18 Jul 2006
    by dan thomas 18 Jul 2006

    More than a third of UK employees are now bringing a packed lunch to work in an effort to save money and be healthier, research reveals

    • HR strategy
    • Human capital

    Our people are our biggest (secret) asset

    by dan thomas 18 Jul 2006
    by dan thomas 18 Jul 2006

    Most companies that claim to value their people don't know what they're worth, and those that do know don't tell anyone.

    • Latest News
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    • Relationships at work

    Most managers find workplace relationships perfectly acceptable

    by dan thomas 17 Jul 2006
    by dan thomas 17 Jul 2006

    Bosses see few problems with intimate relationships with less senior work colleagues.

    • Absence
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    • HR practice

    Public sector absence 25% higher than private sector

    by dan thomas 17 Jul 2006
    by dan thomas 17 Jul 2006

    Public sector absence is 25% higher than the private sector at almost 10 days per employee per year, compared to 7.5 days for businesses, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)

    • Employee relations
    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes

    BBC director-general averts strike ballot and agrees to talks with unions next week

    by dan thomas 14 Jul 2006
    by dan thomas 14 Jul 2006

    Mark Thompson steps in to see off strike action – for now.

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