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    TUC calls for apprentice entitlement to national minimum wage

    by Greg Pitcher 7 Aug 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 7 Aug 2008

    Trade union leaders have called for all apprentices to be legally entitled to the national minimum wage.
    The TUC said...

    • Ethics
    • Latest News
    • ESG

    Environmental consultancy launches pro bono scheme to benefit charities and staff

    by Greg Pitcher 7 Aug 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 7 Aug 2008

    The HR chief at an environmental consultancy has spoken of the benefits to staff of being deployed on voluntary projects...

    • Business performance
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    McDonald’s to create 4,000 jobs across the UK

    by Greg Pitcher 6 Aug 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 6 Aug 2008

    Fast-food giant McDonald’s is to create 4,000 jobs across the UK in response to soaring demand.The company, which is serving...

    • CIPD
    • Latest News
    • The HR profession

    Surviving a recession is focus for CIPD’s annual conference in Harrogate

    by Greg Pitcher 5 Aug 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 5 Aug 2008

    The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has announced its annual conference in Harrogate will focus on what HR...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Skilled migrant forum threatens Home Office with second judicial review over unlawful HSMP changes

    by Greg Pitcher 5 Aug 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 5 Aug 2008

    Campaigners have given the government a 14-day deadline to make further changes to the controversial Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP)...

    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Retention of staff

    Employees lose confidence in job security

    by Greg Pitcher 4 Aug 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 4 Aug 2008

    Workers are rapidly losing confidence in the security of their jobs, research has revealed.A survey of 2,000 adults by bank...

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

    Second Warwick deal with unions sets Labour’s 2010 agenda

    by Greg Pitcher 1 Aug 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 1 Aug 2008

    A senior business figure has hit out at employment policies that emerged from the Labour Party’s work towards a manifesto...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • HR practice

    New Northern Rock HR director to arrive as bank sheds 1,300 jobs

    by Greg Pitcher 1 Aug 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 1 Aug 2008

    Incoming Northern Rock HR director Richard Smelt faces a turbulent introduction after the troubled bank announced plans to axe 1,300...

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

    Microsoft’s UK HR chief heads back to the US

    by Greg Pitcher 1 Aug 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 1 Aug 2008

    Microsoft’s UK HR chief Dave Gartenberg is set to leave the role, Personnel Today can reveal.Gartenberg, named as ‘one to...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Living Wage

    London Living Wage no risk to economy, says mayor

    by Greg Pitcher 1 Aug 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 1 Aug 2008

    London mayor Boris Johnson has insisted that employers in the capital would not be putting jobs or the economy at...

    • Employee relations
    • Latest News
    • Trade unions

    TUC urges government to ‘restore trade union freedoms’

    by Greg Pitcher 31 Jul 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 31 Jul 2008

    Vociferous demands for action to further strengthen employment law pack the agenda for September’s TUC annual congress.The draft programme for...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Redundancy

    Northern Rock to axe 800 jobs over next five months

    by Greg Pitcher 31 Jul 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 31 Jul 2008

    Northern Rock will make 800 compulsory redundancies over the next five months, the troubled bank announced yesterday afternoon.
    There will...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Skills shortages

    Ministry of Defence called to tackle staff shortages in Armed Forces

    by Greg Pitcher 30 Jul 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 30 Jul 2008

    Armed Forces chiefs have been accused by MPs of complacency over critical staff shortages.
    The Commons Defence Committee today published...

    • Latest News
    • Wellbeing
    • Occupational Health

    Workplace wellbeing schemes prove their worth in tests

    by Greg Pitcher 30 Jul 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 30 Jul 2008

    A government-funded pilot scheme has found that employers can make significant improvements to the health of their staff.The Well@Work programme,...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Minimum wage

    Labour deal with unions will see minimum wage paid to 21-year-olds

    by Greg Pitcher 29 Jul 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 29 Jul 2008

    Workers will qualify for the minimum wage from their 21st birthdays under a commitment reportedly agreed at the Labour Party’s...

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