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Gareth Vorster

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    Pay squeeze hits UK jobseekers as economic uncertainty tightens purse strings

    by Gareth Vorster 21 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 21 Feb 2008

    As the credit crunch continues to tighten its grip, nearly half of UK workers switching jobs or returning to the...

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

    Compulsory work scheme to force ‘benefit junkies’ back into the workplace

    by Gareth Vorster 21 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 21 Feb 2008

    Unemployed people will be expected to undertake work-related activity in return for their benefits, under a new government scheme.Secretary of...

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • Sickness absence

    Promoting health and wellbeing of staff must be a priority for employers

    by Gareth Vorster 20 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 20 Feb 2008

    Health secretary Alan Johnson has called for all employers to do more to promote the health and wellbeing of their...

    • Employee relations
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    • Industrial action / strikes

    Strike action over pay planned by staff at national science museum

    by Gareth Vorster 20 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 20 Feb 2008

    More than 200 specialist staff at the UK’s national science museum have voted to take strike action over a pay...

    • Latest News
    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    John Hutton warns of employer backlash over flexible work rights

    by Gareth Vorster 19 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 19 Feb 2008

    Business secretary John Hutton has warned of a backlash from employers if the right to ask for flexible working is...

    • Careers in HR
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    Sodexo appoints former AstraZeneca human resources director to head up HR in UK and Ireland

    by Gareth Vorster 19 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 19 Feb 2008

    Contract catering firm Sodexo has appointed Natalie Bickford as its new human resources director for the UK and Ireland.Bickford, will...

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    • Early careers
    • Department for Work and Pensions

    Government to fast-track unemployed 18-year-olds into Jobcentre Plus’ support and sanctions system

    by Gareth Vorster 19 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 19 Feb 2008

    Unemployed 18-year-olds face losing their benefits if they do not undertake at least four weeks of full time work, government...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • Learning & development

    Learning and Skills Council finds half of workers believe staff training is overlooked by employers

    by Gareth Vorster 19 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 19 Feb 2008

    Nearly half of UK employees believe their bosses overlook staff training, according to research.A survey of 1,000 workers, conducted by...

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    False expense claims cost UK employers more than £1bn a year

    by Gareth Vorster 18 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 18 Feb 2008

    UK employers are losing more than a £1bn annually from false expense claims, representing almost a quarter of the total...

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    • Occupational Health

    Unite union calls for more nurses following attacks on mental health workers

    by Gareth Vorster 18 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 18 Feb 2008

    A leading union has called for an increase in nursing staff on mental health wards to reduce the number of...

    • Business performance
    • Employee relations
    • Latest News

    Number of working days lost to strikes in 2007 is second highest in decade

    by Gareth Vorster 18 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 18 Feb 2008

    UK industrial action during 2007 led to a loss of more than a million days, for only the second time...

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    Call to retrain former soldiers as teachers to instil discipline in tough inner-city schools

    by Gareth Vorster 18 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 18 Feb 2008

    Former soldiers should be retrained as teachers who would instil discipline and their own “moral authority” into tough inner-city schools,...

    • Employment law
    • Discipline
    • Latest News

    School staff sacked for tying up student in classroom

    by Gareth Vorster 15 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 15 Feb 2008

    Two staff who bound a student with plastic cable ties during a lesson at Folkestone Academy in Kent have been...

    • Employee relations
    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes

    Rail strikes threat as Network Rail’s retirement plans provoke union fury

    by Gareth Vorster 15 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 15 Feb 2008

    A rail union boss has warned of a national strike by rail workers after Network Rail unveiled a new retirement...

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    • Health & Safety Executive
    • Wellbeing

    Recycling firm fined £200,000 for workplace fatality

    by Gareth Vorster 15 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 15 Feb 2008

    A Coventry recycling firm has been slapped with a £200,000 fine after a worker was killed when a reversing skip...

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