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    Unite union expresses concern over introduction of ID cards

    by Gareth Vorster 7 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 7 Mar 2008

    A leading union has voiced its concern over the wider use of biometric information on staff by employers, after home...

    • Employee relations
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    • Industrial action / strikes

    Network Rail signalling staff threaten strike action over pay and conditions

    by Gareth Vorster 6 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 6 Mar 2008

    Unions have threatened further industrial action for up to 7,000 signalling staff at Network Rail, after rejecting a two-year pay...

    • Employee relations
    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes

    Coastguard staff hold first-ever strike in dispute over pay

    by Gareth Vorster 6 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 6 Mar 2008

    Coastguard staff are staging the first strike in their 158-year history today, in a dispute over pay.The Public and Commercial...

    • Corporate governance
    • Latest News
    • HR strategy

    Disaster recovery on back burner as big business shuns continuity planning

    by Gareth Vorster 6 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 6 Mar 2008

    Many big businesses in the UK do not have detailed business continuity plans, leaving them open to threats including flooding,...

    • Corporate governance
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Identity card trials to take place at UK airports

    by Gareth Vorster 6 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 6 Mar 2008

    The government will unveil plans later today to make its much maligned identity cards compulsory for airport workers.According to a...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Incentives

    £3,000 share payout for all employees at insurance firm Admiral

    by Gareth Vorster 5 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 5 Mar 2008

    Employees at Cardiff-based insurer Admiral will receive windfall of £3,000 worth of free shares, after profits shot up 24% to...

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    Four more police forces join Quest Academy to train frontline officers on improving performance

    by Gareth Vorster 4 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 4 Mar 2008

    Four police forces have taken up a new training programme to further improve the performance frontline police officers.Police forces in...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Pensions

    2.2 million private sector employees drop out of UK defined benefit pension schemes

    by Gareth Vorster 4 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 4 Mar 2008

    The scale of the UK’s pensions woes is “worse than originally feared”, a think tank has warned.A report by the...

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • Wellbeing

    One in three nurses suffer violent attacks at work

    by Gareth Vorster 3 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 3 Mar 2008

    One in three nurses in the UK suffers frequent violent attacks at work, which may impact on staff recruitment and...

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

    BBC’s director of people looks to the future after diversity failings

    by Gareth Vorster 3 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 3 Mar 2008

    The BBC’s people chief has admitted the corporation needs to do more on improving diversity as it launched a renewed...

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    • Education - further and higher
    • Recruitment & retention

    Employers must pay to plan university degrees

    by Gareth Vorster 3 Mar 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 3 Mar 2008

    Employers that want to tailor university degrees to the needs of their business should be prepared to get their wallets...

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    • Department for Work and Pensions
    • Economics, government & business

    Department for Work and Pensions to axe up to 12,000 jobs

    by Gareth Vorster 29 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 29 Feb 2008

    The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will axe up to 12,000 posts over the next three years, the work...

    • Employment law
    • Discipline
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    Fear of tribunals stops firms disciplining staff

    by Gareth Vorster 28 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 28 Feb 2008

    Half of small and medium-sized firms are “afraid” to discipline staff for fear of being sued, new research has found.A...

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

    Mayor launches £5m ‘Young Londoners Fund’ to curb yob culture in capital

    by Gareth Vorster 28 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 28 Feb 2008

    London mayor Ken Livingstone has unveiled a £5m ‘Young Londoners Fund’ to help city teenagers back into education or training.The...

    • Latest News
    • Wellbeing
    • Occupational Health

    Repetitive strain injury cases shoot up prompting physiotherapist call for urgent action

    by Gareth Vorster 27 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 27 Feb 2008

    Physiotherapists called for government and employers to do more to protect the health of employees from repetitive strain injury (RSI),...

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