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    UK unemployment rate predicted to rise to 8% by 2010

    by Greg Pitcher 24 Jun 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 24 Jun 2008

    Unemployment could hit 8% within two years, according to research out today.The Capital Economics consultancy study warned that up to...

    • Employee relations
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    • HR practice

    Public sector line managers lack professional people management skills

    by Greg Pitcher 24 Jun 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 24 Jun 2008

    Line management in the public sector needs to be more professional, according to a report by consultancy Deloitte.The firm interviewed...

    • Careers in HR
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    • HR practice

    HR moves up happiness league table but still lags behind soldiers and accountants

    by Greg Pitcher 9 Jun 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 9 Jun 2008

    Soldiers, beauty therapists and even accountants are happier at work than HR professionals, a poll has revealed.But HR did manage...

    • Careers in HR
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    CIPD chief executive Jackie Orme: my results will speak for themselves

    by Greg Pitcher 9 Jun 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 9 Jun 2008

    Jackie Orme has boldly pledged to win over her doubters in the HR profession using actions rather than words.The new...

    • Employment law
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    CBI plans to keep close eye on potential law changes

    by Greg Pitcher 6 Jun 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 6 Jun 2008

    The CBI has pledged to keep its guard up against further employment legislation after a senior trade union figure warned that...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Pensions

    Pensions buyout is a ‘steel’ at £450m as Delta sells liabilities

    by Greg Pitcher 5 Jun 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 5 Jun 2008

    Steel products giant Delta has sold off its pension liabilities at a cost of £450m.The majority of the pensioner liabilities...

    • Change management
    • Business performance
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    Private firms could run failing NHS trusts

    by Greg Pitcher 4 Jun 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 4 Jun 2008

    Failing NHS managers may be replaced by private sector bosses in a crackdown by the government announced today.Health minister Ben...

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • Pay & benefits

    Work relationships mean more to employees than pay

    by Greg Pitcher 4 Jun 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 4 Jun 2008

    Pay is less important than relationships with colleagues and type of work in retaining staff, according to research released today.The...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • Job creation and losses

    Nissan jobs saved by multi-million pound investment

    by Greg Pitcher 3 Jun 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 3 Jun 2008

    Prime minister Gordon Brown this morning welcomed car maker Nissan’s announcement that hundreds of jobs would be saved by a...

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    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Union quest for workers’ rights continues despite raft of legislation

    by Greg Pitcher 3 Jun 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 3 Jun 2008

    The fight for greater workers’ rights will go on despite the recent raft of legislative announcements, a key union figure...

    • Employment law
    • Discipline
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    O2 sacks staff for selling iPhones for profit on eBay

    by Greg Pitcher 2 Jun 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 2 Jun 2008

    Communications giant O2 has sacked at least six workers who used staff discounts to buy Apple iPhones and sold them...

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    • Recruitment & retention

    Welfare-to-work experts fear Tory ‘boot camps’ would harm business

    by Greg Pitcher 2 Jun 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 2 Jun 2008

    Welfare-to-work specialist A4e has warned against the ’employment boot camps’ planned by the Conservative Party.Shadow work and pensions secretary Chris...

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    • Learning & development

    National Grid and British Energy to launch training centres

    by Greg Pitcher 30 May 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 30 May 2008

    The National Grid and British Energy are both opening training centres as energy providers gear up to tackle skills shortages....

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    ‘Generation Y’ assumptions flawed, survey reveals

    by Greg Pitcher 30 May 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 30 May 2008

    Many of the stereotypes of so-called Generation Y workers have been turned on their head by the findings of a...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • Education - further and higher

    Software giant SAP’s HR chief admits hitting talent crunch as global skills shortages bite

    by Greg Pitcher 29 May 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 29 May 2008

    The HR chief at SAP has admitted the employer software firm is facing talent management problems as the skills crisis...

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