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    • Economics, government & business
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    The hidden dangers of outsourcing welfare reform

    by Greg Pitcher 16 Apr 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 16 Apr 2008

    The scale of both the opportunities and the dangers facing the government in implementing its much-heralded welfare reforms was laid...

    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention

    Odgers Select opens City office for financial institutions

    by Greg Pitcher 15 Apr 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 15 Apr 2008

    Executive search firm Odgers Select has opened an office in London’s financial district to cope with increased demand for talented...

    • Employee relations
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Works Council Directive revision talks fail to get under way

    by Greg Pitcher 15 Apr 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 15 Apr 2008

    Talks aimed at securing a revision of the Works Council Directive have collapsed before they even had a chance to...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • Department for Work and Pensions

    Experts warn government against appealing HSMP verdict

    by Greg Pitcher 14 Apr 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 14 Apr 2008

    Immigration experts have told the government to accept defeat on changes to the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP) and concentrate...

    • Civil Service
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    • Economics, government & business

    Head of Civil Service praises private sector HR professionals for jumping ship

    by Greg Pitcher 7 Apr 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 7 Apr 2008

    Cabinet secretary Gus O’Donnell has praised the influx of private sector HR professionals into the Civil Service – and backed...

    • Employee relations
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Disability

    GMB fury over Remploy boss’s suggestion that dispute misery is over

    by Greg Pitcher 7 Apr 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 7 Apr 2008

    Trade union officials have blasted Remploy chief executive Bob Warner for his assertion that the disability employer had moved on...

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

    Department for Work and Pensions holds back on unemployed to join Slivers-of-Time scheme

    by Greg Pitcher 4 Apr 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 4 Apr 2008

    The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been branded “incredibly short-sighted” amid claims it is holding back innovative welfare...

    • Civil Service
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Unions warn of Civil Service skills exodus if government ignores pay issue

    by Greg Pitcher 4 Apr 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 4 Apr 2008

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    • Economics, government & business
    • HR strategy

    SMEs dismayed by government call for suppliers to sign skills pledge

    by Greg Pitcher 3 Apr 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 3 Apr 2008

    Smaller employers (SMEs) have expressed concern over government plans to make its suppliers sign the skills pledge.Skills secretary John Denham...

    • Latest News
    • HR strategy
    • Human capital

    FedEx staff expected to box clever to keep customers happy

    by Greg Pitcher 3 Apr 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 3 Apr 2008

    Staff at delivery firm FedEx UK are now expected to do much more than deliver parcels following the takeover of...

    • Employee relations
    • Latest News
    • Trade unions

    Employer unrest as Euro unions back rewrite of Works Council Directive

    by Greg Pitcher 3 Apr 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 3 Apr 2008

    Concerns were raised this morning after the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) announced its intention to secure a rapid rewriting...

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

    School of Service Industries aims to plug Olympic skills gaps

    by Greg Pitcher 3 Apr 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 3 Apr 2008

    A London college has launched a series of courses designed to plug the skills gaps threatening the city’s Olympic dream.Waltham...

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    • Industrial action / strikes

    Remploy boss claims union unrest over disabled workers is all in the past

    by Greg Pitcher 3 Apr 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 3 Apr 2008

    Departing Remploy chief executive Bob Warner has insisted the disability employer has moved on from its bitter dispute with trade...

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

    Denham urges government departments to ensure suppliers sign skills pledge

    by Greg Pitcher 2 Apr 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 2 Apr 2008

    Skills secretary John Denham will today tell all government departments to ensure their suppliers sign the skills pledge.Denham will tell...

    • Military
    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention

    MoD told ‘Middle England’ is key to Armed Forces shortfall

    by Greg Pitcher 31 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 31 Mar 2008

    The Armed Forces should be targeting ‘Middle England’ to solve serious staff shortages, MPs heard last week.Oxford University professor Hew...

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