The immediate future of 850 employees at mail order firm Empire Stores is uncertain. High street retailer Littlewoods has announced...
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The maximum compensation award for unfair dismissals has seen a 473% increase over the past decade, according to employment law...
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The government will not hit its targets for apprenticeship schemes until it addresses the ‘pecking order’ in the education system,...
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Jim McKenna, chief operating officer at outsourcing firm LogicaCMG, is to leave during the second half of 2008 to pursue...
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A new report warns that both the Army and the RAF are unlikely to reach personnel targets this year because...
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The union representing staff at Lloyds TSB has raised concerns over the future level of support to managers after the...
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Skillsmart Retail, the sector skills council for retail has appointed Anne Seaman as chief executive, filling a slot that has...
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The sudden resignation of Peter Hain yesterday has forced UK prime minister Gordon Brown to take swift action to reshuffle...
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A leading construction training body has rebuffed suggestions from the government’s migration policy adviser that the UK’s construction labour force...
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Express coach service Stagecoach has strongly denied any homophobia within the group and defended its commitment to equal opportunities and...
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Skills minister David Lammy has unveiled the National Skills Academy for the Process Industries.The academy covers chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and polymer...
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Nearly four in 10 workers aged between 50 and 64 years plan to continue working beyond the retirement age, new...
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David Metcalf, the government’s adviser on migration policy, has suggested that a ban on non-EU unskilled workers may be lifted...
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More than half of City of London professionals said they would look for a new job if their year-end bonus...
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HR teams will face a new set of challenges and bigger workloads under the government’s auto-enrolment pension plan, industry experts...