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    Loan firm Cattles recruits Lucy Calver from Welcome Financial

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

    Sub-prime loan firm Cattles has appointed Welcome Financial Services HR director Lucy Calver to “implement a group-wide approach to HR...

    • Latest News
    • Learning & development

    £65m training boost for science and technology firms

    by Greg Pitcher 28 May 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 28 May 2008

    Science and technology companies have been handed a £65m training boost by the government.Grants of between £500 and £1,800 per...

    • Early careers
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    • Recruitment & retention

    Young benefit claimants face employment boot camps under Tory plans

    by Greg Pitcher 28 May 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 28 May 2008

    Young people would be forced to go to ’employment boot camps’ under plans revealed by the Conservative Party yesterday.Shadow work...

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    • Learning & development
    • Wellbeing

    Staff sickness absence falls by 33% at Basildon Council

    by Greg Pitcher 28 May 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 28 May 2008

    A local authority has slashed its sick leave by one-third in little over a year with the introduction of manager...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Flexible working requests rejected by 69% of employers according to Labour Market Outlook survey

    by Greg Pitcher 27 May 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 27 May 2008

    Flexible working arrangements are proving hard to secure despite new laws – with seven in 10 employers admitting they rarely...

    • Personnel Today

    Jacqui Smith faces contempt of court accusation over refusal of skilled migrant visa extension

    by Greg Pitcher 27 May 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 27 May 2008

    Jacqui Smith faces contempt of court accusation over refusal of skilled migrant visa extension Home...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    • Race discrimination

    Equality Bill could include compulsory ethnic minority complaints statistics

    by Greg Pitcher 27 May 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 27 May 2008

    Measures to force firms to reveal how many grievances they have received from ethnic minority workers may be included in...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Proctor & Gamble links manager pay to diversity

    by Greg Pitcher 23 May 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 23 May 2008

    Managers at consumer goods giant Proctor & Gamble have their pay linked to the way the manage diversity, the consumer...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Equality minister exposes House of Commons diversity scams

    by Greg Pitcher 22 May 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 22 May 2008

    Equality minister Barbara Follett has lifted the lid on diversity scams in the House of Commons.There are only 125 women...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Pay & benefits

    Jobseekers confident despite Bank of England’s gloomy forecast

    by Greg Pitcher 22 May 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 22 May 2008

    One in two UK workers plans to move jobs to increase their pay this year, despite grim employment forecasts.
    A...

    • Police
    • Employee relations
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    Police vote to reclaim right to strike

    by Greg Pitcher 21 May 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 21 May 2008

    Police officers have voted overwhelmingly for the right to strike.Members of the Police Federation voted by 86% to 11% in...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Disability
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    Early peek at Equality Bill suggests positive steps likely

    by Greg Pitcher 21 May 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 21 May 2008

    Equalities minister Barbara Follett has given HR professionals an insight into how the new Equality Bill will look when its...

    • Employee relations
    • Employment law
    • Information & consultation

    Failure to consult staff exposes public sector to risk of financial penalties

    by Greg Pitcher 19 May 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 19 May 2008

    Public sector employers are risking big fines as well as costly delays by failing to consult with their staff about...

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    • Employment law
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    Fingerprint system to monitor staff movements is piloted

    by Greg Pitcher 19 May 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 19 May 2008

    Fingerprint technology could soon be used across the UK to monitor employees’ movements, after a pilot scheme was deemed successful.The...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Department for Work and Pensions

    Call to set up timetable to scrap statutory retirement age

    by Greg Pitcher 16 May 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 16 May 2008

    Calls for a formal timetable for the removal of the mandatory retirement age have come after a national survey found...

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