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    TUC agenda calls for end to anti-union laws

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

    Pressure on the government to scrap anti-union laws is set to intensify following the publication of the draft agenda for...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Living Wage

    Boris Johnson calls for all capital employers to pay London Living Wage

    by Greg Pitcher 28 Jul 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 28 Jul 2008

    London mayor Boris Johnson has called on all employers in the capital to pay their staff at least £7.45 an...

    • Employment law
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    Raft of summer legislation could be counter-productive

    by Greg Pitcher 28 Jul 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 28 Jul 2008

    The wave of employment legislation announced this summer could be counter-productive, a senior HR figure has warned.
    Robert Ingram, HR...

    • Employment law
    • France
    • Latest News

    France scraps 35-hour working week limit

    by Greg Pitcher 25 Jul 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 25 Jul 2008

    French president Nicolas Sarkozy has successfully abolished the country’s controversial 35-hour working week limit.
    A law passed by the country’s...

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    Ofsted industrial action sees unions turn to MPs for intervention

    by Greg Pitcher 25 Jul 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 25 Jul 2008

    Trade unions have called on MPs to give up a small part of their two-and-a-half month summer break to convince...

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

    Advertised salaries in London £11,000 higher than rest of UK

    by Greg Pitcher 24 Jul 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 24 Jul 2008

    London salaries are now £11,000 higher than elsewhere in the UK, according to analysis by a jobs site.Employment search engine...

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

    Skills training non-existent in 75% of north-east food and drink manufacturing companies

    by Greg Pitcher 24 Jul 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 24 Jul 2008

    The scale of the UK’s skills challenge has been laid bare by a regional survey showing that three in four...

    • Employee relations
    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes

    Passport staff begin three-day strike over pay offer and closure threats

    by Greg Pitcher 23 Jul 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 23 Jul 2008

    Passport workers have begun a three-day strike in protest at a sub-inflation pay offer and plans to close offices.The action...

    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Retention of staff

    Recruitment lag time lasts six weeks before new recruit replaces leaver

    by Greg Pitcher 23 Jul 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 23 Jul 2008

    Thirty working days are lost on average between an employee leaving an organisation and their replacement starting, research has revealed....

    • Health and safety
    • Early careers
    • Latest News

    MEPs support IOSH injury at work campaign

    by Greg Pitcher 22 Jul 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 22 Jul 2008

    Three MEPs have backed a campaign to reduce the number of young people injured at work.Conservative MEP Chris Heaton-Harris, UK...

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

    Councils struggle with chief executive recruitment

    by Greg Pitcher 22 Jul 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 22 Jul 2008

    Councils are increasingly poaching chief executives from rival local authorities, with little benefit to them and much cost to the...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    New public service contract demands anger employers

    by Greg Pitcher 21 Jul 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 21 Jul 2008

    Tensions are mounting between employer representatives after the government announced new demands on private firms bidding for public service contracts...

    • Latest News
    • HR strategy
    • Pay & benefits

    Relocating employer foots the bill for travel costs in bid to keep staff

    by Greg Pitcher 18 Jul 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 18 Jul 2008

    Relocating software firm Strategic Thought is upgrading its employees’ home broadband and paying their travel costs in a bid to...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Learning & development

    McDonald’s HR chief to continue spending on staff despite economic downturn

    by Greg Pitcher 18 Jul 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 18 Jul 2008

    McDonald’s UK HR chief David Fairhurst has pledged to continue spending to help the fast-food chain cope with the economic...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Disability

    Discrimination: Carer Sharon Coleman wins European case

    by Greg Pitcher 17 Jul 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 17 Jul 2008

    A landmark decision in the high-profile Sharon Coleman case has paved the way for thousands of ‘discrimination by association’ claims...

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