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    Bosses trying too hard to be everyone’s best friend

    by Georgina Fuller 18 Oct 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 18 Oct 2006

    Trying too hard to be everyone’s friend and micromanaging are among the top 10 ‘boss sins’, according to a survey....

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    • Sickness absence

    Sickness absence costs Dundee City Council £5.75m a year

    by Georgina Fuller 18 Oct 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 18 Oct 2006

    Sickness absence is costing Dundee City Council £5.75m a year, a report has revealed. A progress report on the council’s...

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    Union supports call for reinstatement of anti-asbestos drug

    by Georgina Fuller 17 Oct 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 17 Oct 2006

    People with asbestos-related disease and their families are lobbying Parliament calling for funding for a drug to treat asbestos-related cancer.The...

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    Red tape stops Scottish police from hiring Eastern Europeans

    by Georgina Fuller 17 Oct 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 17 Oct 2006

    Scottish police forces have shelved plans to recruit officers from Eastern Europe due to red tape surrounding recruitment procedures. Police...

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    On the move… Helen Sweeney, Kevin Brady and Liz Allan

    by Georgina Fuller 17 Oct 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 17 Oct 2006

    Helen Sweeney has been appointed group HR director at building services company NG Bailey. She joins the firm from Co-operative...

    • Movers and shakers
    • The HR profession

    Top job… Ruth Gawthorpe

    by Georgina Fuller 17 Oct 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 17 Oct 2006

    What is your new role?
    Earlier this year, I was appointed as HR director at SITEL, with responsibility for HR...

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    • HR transformation

    Staff pay the price for HR’s ambitions

    by Georgina Fuller 17 Oct 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 17 Oct 2006

    While HR focuses on becoming more strategic, research shows it is losing sight of its responsibilities to employees, allowing bullying to flourish.

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    British Airways faces barrage of angry responses after crucifix necklace ban

    by Georgina Fuller 16 Oct 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 16 Oct 2006

    British Airways (BA) has been inundated with requests to change its uniform policy after the airline banned an employee from...

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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Recruitment agency bans words that risk breaching age discrimination laws

    by Georgina Fuller 16 Oct 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 16 Oct 2006

    Dynamic, ambitious and hungry are among the many words that have been banned from use by a UK recruitment agency, which...

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    • Ethics
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    Green habits consigned to double-standards dustbin as employees adopt wasteful ways at work

    by Georgina Fuller 12 Oct 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 12 Oct 2006

    Environmentally conscious employees are Jekyll and Hyde’s when it comes to the workplace and their home, a survey has shown....

    • Age discrimination
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Ageism laws throw wet blanket over birthday celebrations

    by Georgina Fuller 12 Oct 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 12 Oct 2006

    Employers have started banning communal birthday cards because of the risk of distributing discriminatory ageist comments. Businesses are worried that...

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    • Job creation and losses

    Peugeot to close Ryton car plant six months early

    by Georgina Fuller 11 Oct 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 11 Oct 2006

    Car manufacturer Peugeot plans to close its Ryton plant in January 2007, six months earlier than anticipated.
    The company announced...

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    • Computer misuse

    Swansea College sacks five staff and disciplines 70 more for misusing e-mail systems

    by Georgina Fuller 10 Oct 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 10 Oct 2006

    Five employees at Swansea College in Wales have been sacked after sending lewd e-mails and another 70 workers may be...

    • HR strategy

    The burger meister: McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook’s view from the top

    by Georgina Fuller 10 Oct 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 10 Oct 2006

    McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook wants to redefine the chain’s employer brand. Georgina Fuller finds out what he has on the...

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    • Recruitment & retention
    • Selection interviews

    Interviewers get too personal with job seekers

    by Georgina Fuller 9 Oct 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 9 Oct 2006

    Interviewers are asking job seekers too many inappropriate personal questions which have no bearing on their ability to do the...

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