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    • Age discrimination
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Employers given two weeks to respond to proposed pensions amendments to age discrimination laws

    by Emma Ann Hughes 12 Oct 2006
    by Emma Ann Hughes 12 Oct 2006

    A shake-up of the age discrimination regulations has kicked off with a consultation paper proposing changes to occupational pension rules....

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Global HR

    Women being sent on record number of international assignments

    by Emma Ann Hughes 12 Oct 2006
    by Emma Ann Hughes 12 Oct 2006

    More female employees are being sent on international assignments than ever before, according to Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
    Companies based in...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Immigrant workers allow UK employees to move up into white-collar jobs

    by Emma Ann Hughes 12 Oct 2006
    by Emma Ann Hughes 12 Oct 2006

    The rising number of migrant workers in the UK is allowing the domestic workforce to move into better-paid white-collar jobs,...

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • Sickness absence

    Employer healthcare initiatives could cut absence and save the UK £13bn a year

    by Emma Ann Hughes 12 Oct 2006
    by Emma Ann Hughes 12 Oct 2006

    Back-to-work tax incentives could save the economy £13.2bn a year, economists claim. A report by NERA Economic Consulting and funded...

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

    Europe’s failure to invest in learning inhibits technological advances

    by Emma Ann Hughes 12 Oct 2006
    by Emma Ann Hughes 12 Oct 2006

    European countries combined have a knowledge economy as big as the US, but a failure to invest in learning has...

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    • Learning & Skills Councils

    Learning and Skills Council to focus on improving people’s ability to do basic maths

    by Emma Ann Hughes 11 Oct 2006
    by Emma Ann Hughes 11 Oct 2006

    The Learning and Skills Council is increase its focus on tackling innumeracy.
    Speaking at the Union Learning Fund conference in...

    • Employment law
    • Corporate manslaughter
    • Latest News

    Committee of MPs start scrutiny of Corporate Manslaughter Bill

    by Emma Ann Hughes 11 Oct 2006
    by Emma Ann Hughes 11 Oct 2006

    Organisations whose actions cause the death of person came one step closer to prosecution when the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide...

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • Computer misuse

    E-mail access allowed for nearly half of all UK employees

    by Emma Ann Hughes 11 Oct 2006
    by Emma Ann Hughes 11 Oct 2006

    Just under half of all employers allow staff unlimited access to personal web-based e-mail accounts at work.
    Integrated e-mail and...

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    • Economics, government & business

    Government outlines areas still entitled to assisted grant aid

    by Emma Ann Hughes 10 Oct 2006
    by Emma Ann Hughes 10 Oct 2006

    The government has today unveiled the ‘assisted’ areas where businesses can apply for regional aid for the next seven years.It...

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    • Graduates
    • Recruitment & retention

    Zurich Financial Services launches one-year structured global graduate training programme

    by Emma Ann Hughes 10 Oct 2006
    by Emma Ann Hughes 10 Oct 2006

    Zurich is looking worldwide for the financial services experts of the future with the launch of its latest Global Associate Programme.
    Andrew...

    • Latest News
    • Interim management
    • Recruitment & retention

    HR and finance professionals believe interim managers add value to the business

    by Emma Ann Hughes 10 Oct 2006
    by Emma Ann Hughes 10 Oct 2006

    Interim managers bring a fresh pair of eyes to a company, according to more than half of HR and finance...

    • Business performance
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    CBI chief uses 100th day anniversary speech to attack government over corporation tax

    by Emma Ann Hughes 10 Oct 2006
    by Emma Ann Hughes 10 Oct 2006

    Higher corporation tax levels in the UK are forcing multinational firms to relocate elsewhere, according to the CBI.
    In a speech...

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

    HR jobs for the chop as finance firms axe roles

    by Emma Ann Hughes 10 Oct 2006
    by Emma Ann Hughes 10 Oct 2006

    HR heads could roll as the financial services sector prepares for a dramatic chop of back-office staff, employment experts have...

    • Annual hours
    • Latest News
    • HR practice

    UK business owners work 18 hours more per week

    by Emma Ann Hughes 9 Oct 2006
    by Emma Ann Hughes 9 Oct 2006

    Business owners are labouring one-and-a-half times longer than the average worker to keep their companies going, according to the Bank...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Pensions

    Pensions regulator tells trustees to curb employers dumping their pension scheme

    by Emma Ann Hughes 9 Oct 2006
    by Emma Ann Hughes 9 Oct 2006

    Pension scheme trustees have been told by the regulator to crack down on employers trying to dump their pension schemes....

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