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    Automated facial recognition in airports could mean passport officer job losses

    by Gareth Vorster 28 Apr 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 28 Apr 2008

    The trial of automated facial recognition technology in airports in the summer has raised concern for passport officer job losses.Airline...

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    Rise in flexible working leaves line managers feeling threatened

    by Gareth Vorster 28 Apr 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 28 Apr 2008

    Line managers lack 21st Century skills and fear losing their jobs because of increasing flexible working practices, workplace experts warned...

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    • Bullying and harassment

    Bullying and harassment investigators hired by Suffolk County Council

    by Gareth Vorster 25 Apr 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 25 Apr 2008

    Suffolk County Council has defended its decision to hire £350-a-day ‘harassment and bullying investigators’. The authority is recruiting the freelance...

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    Supermarket worker forced to leave after giving away dead flowers

    by Gareth Vorster 25 Apr 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 25 Apr 2008

    A supermarket supervisor has been told by an HR department to ‘jump or be pushed’ after giving away a bunch...

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    Online recruitment is right fit for Boots

    by Gareth Vorster 25 Apr 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 25 Apr 2008

    High street health and beauty retailer Boots will undergo a recruitment transformation programme this autumn in a bid to attract...

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    • HR strategy

    Productivity suffers as UK’s workaholics admit to timewasting

    by Gareth Vorster 24 Apr 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 24 Apr 2008

    A culture of ‘presenteeism’ among UK employees is having a negative affect on productivity, new research has revealed.A survey of...

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    Union threatens to name and shame minimum wage abusers

    by Gareth Vorster 24 Apr 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 24 Apr 2008

    The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has threatened to expose media firms that break the law by using so-called work...

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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Unfair dismissal tribunal hears claims of ‘boys’ club’ ethos at bank

    by Gareth Vorster 23 Apr 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 23 Apr 2008

    A financial adviser at a high street bank has told a tribunal that she was forced out of her job...

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    • Employee communications

    E-mail and text widely used to duck awkward work confrontations

    by Gareth Vorster 23 Apr 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 23 Apr 2008

    UK workers are hiding behind text messages and e-mail technology to avoid ‘sticky situations’ research has revealed.A survey of more...

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    • Global HR

    Most business travellers are not prepared for trouble

    by Gareth Vorster 23 Apr 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 23 Apr 2008

    Three out of five business travellers in the UK and US would not expect assistance from their employers if caught...

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    Logica to shed 1,300 jobs, including 500 in UK

    by Gareth Vorster 23 Apr 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 23 Apr 2008

    Outsourcing firm LogicaCMG will shed 1,300 jobs, including 500 of its UK workforce, in an effort to cut administrative costs.Logica...

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    Credit crunch starting to impact on staff numbers outside financial sector

    by Gareth Vorster 22 Apr 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 22 Apr 2008

    The effect of the credit crunch is beginning to have a real impact on the headcount of firms outside the...

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    Bonuses still expected by 40% of staff despite credit crunch

    by Gareth Vorster 22 Apr 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 22 Apr 2008

    Four out of 10 UK employees still expect to receive a bonus of some sort this year, at an average...

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    Record-breaking claimant’s bullying payout could rise to £19m

    by Gareth Vorster 22 Apr 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 22 Apr 2008

    A City lawyer who won a record £13.4m claim for sex discrimination could now be in line for a £19m...

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    • HR practice

    Commute to work is more productive than time in the office

    by Gareth Vorster 21 Apr 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 21 Apr 2008

    Almost half of UK business people do their most productive work during the journey to and from work, according to...

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