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Gareth Vorster

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    Dame Carol Black calls for urgent reform to workplace health services

    by Gareth Vorster 17 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 17 Mar 2008

    Dame Carol Black has called for a new approach to work-related health services, after her review found that ill health...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • Learning & development

    Learning and Skills Council denies rumours of closure

    by Gareth Vorster 17 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 17 Mar 2008

    Speculation that the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is to be wound up in the near future has increased after...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • Job creation and losses

    Alliance & Leicester job cuts will not affect HR department

    by Gareth Vorster 14 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 14 Mar 2008

    Alliance & Leicester has confirmed that its jobs cull of 300 staff from its mortgage division and the back office...

    • Employment law
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    • Immigration

    Non-EU IT professionals coming to work in UK on the rise

    by Gareth Vorster 14 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 14 Mar 2008

    The number of non-EU IT professionals entering the UK to work has increased by 14% in the past year, new...

    • Employment law
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    Wife sacked after marriage breaks down claims unfair dismissal

    by Gareth Vorster 13 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 13 Mar 2008

    A businessman has sacked his wife via letter from his construction firm, following the collapse of their marriage, an industrial...

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    • Economics, government & business

    Miners bag £2m in compensation over illegal closure of Ellington Colliery

    by Gareth Vorster 13 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 13 Mar 2008

    More than 300 mine workers who lost their jobs after Northumberland’s last deep mine closed, will share £2m in compensation...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Chancellor promises £60m to boost workers’ skills

    by Gareth Vorster 12 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 12 Mar 2008

    In his first budget speech, chancellor of the exchequer Alistair Darling has promised £60m over three years to provide new...

    • Latest News
    • HR strategy
    • Mergers and acquisitions

    Northgate Information Solutions bought by private equity firm for £1.1bn

    by Gareth Vorster 12 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 12 Mar 2008

    Northgate Information Solutions has been acquired by private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) for an all share valuation of...

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    • Education - further and higher

    National Enterprise Academy launched to develop teenage entrepreneurs

    by Gareth Vorster 12 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 12 Mar 2008

    Entrepreneur Peter Jones, from TV’s Dragons’ Den, has unveiled a new National Enterprise Academy as part of the joint initiative...

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

    Jobs threat as global training firm Carter & Carter goes into administration

    by Gareth Vorster 11 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 11 Mar 2008

    Troubled training firm Carter & Carter has filed for administration after it failed to reach an agreement with its lenders...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • Job creation and losses

    Lehman Brothers to axe 1,400 jobs to combat threat of recession

    by Gareth Vorster 11 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 11 Mar 2008

    Investment bank Lehman Brothers has begun talks with its London based workforce over redundancies as the threat of a recession...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Staff would need to work 70 days to clear interest on credit cards and loans

    by Gareth Vorster 11 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 11 Mar 2008

    Brits would have to work for an average of 70 days in 2008 just to pay off the interest on their...

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    • Wellbeing

    Many uniformed NHS staff flout smoking law

    by Gareth Vorster 11 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 11 Mar 2008

    Many uniformed NHS staff flout smoking law

    Uniformed staff at many NHS hospitals continue to flout the smoking...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    • Equal pay

    Gender pay gap should be fixed by government, poll shows

    by Gareth Vorster 10 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 10 Mar 2008

    Most people believe it’s the responsibility of government to close the gender pay gap, research shows.A poll of more than...

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    • Education - school
    • Recruitment & retention

    Let staff become science and maths mentors for seven-year-olds, Balls urges

    by Gareth Vorster 10 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 10 Mar 2008

    Businesses should encourage staff to volunteer as mentors for children who are struggling with science and maths, ministers have said.Speaking...

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