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    Purnell pleads with employers to stand by back-to-work schemes despite Learning and Skills Council turmoil

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

    Work and pensions secretary James Purnell has insisted that employers should keep faith with the government’s employment ambitions despite the...

    • Corporate manslaughter
    • Employment law
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    New corporate manslaughter laws will make prosecutions more likely

    by Greg Pitcher 27 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 27 Mar 2008

    Investigations into workplace fatalities could become more intensive after new corporate manslaughter law comes into force, experts have warned.Ray Hurst,...

    • Business performance
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Union calls for Northern Rock’s former management team to face investigation

    by Greg Pitcher 27 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 27 Mar 2008

    Trade union Unite has called for the previous management team at Northern Rock to face investigation in the wake of...

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    • Recruitment & retention
    • Online recruitment

    ‘Prehistoric’ jobs websites mean retailers miss out on top talent

    by Greg Pitcher 25 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 25 Mar 2008

    Top retailers including Marks & Spencer, O2 and House of Fraser are losing out on thousands of talented job candidates because...

    • Age discrimination
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Harman considers law change to allow positive discrimination

    by Greg Pitcher 20 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 20 Mar 2008

    The government has refused to rule out a change in the law to allow employers to discriminate in favour of...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Job creation and losses

    Northern Rock promises to work with unions to minimise impact of job losses

    by Greg Pitcher 18 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 18 Mar 2008

    Northern Rock’s new chairman Ron Sandler has promised to “work sensitively” with staff and trade union officials to minimise the...

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

    Unite to oppose compulsory redundancies at Northern Rock

    by Greg Pitcher 18 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 18 Mar 2008

    Trade union Unite has warned it will oppose plans for compulsory redundancies at Northern Rock as the troubled bank prepares...

    • Employee relations
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    • Industrial action / strikes

    Department for Work and Pensions defends pay deal as two-day strike begins

    by Greg Pitcher 17 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 17 Mar 2008

    The Department for Work and Pensions has insisted that the three-year pay award it has offered staff is a “good...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Pensions

    High Court rules GP pensions were unlawfully capped

    by Greg Pitcher 14 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 14 Mar 2008

    GPs’ pensions were unlawfully capped by the government, the High Court ruled yesterday.
    A judge upheld claims by the British...

    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Retention of staff

    Midland HR quick to quash rumours of staff meltdown

    by Greg Pitcher 14 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 14 Mar 2008

    Under-fire Midland HR has dismissed talk of a meltdown in staff morale after reports that three senior members of staff...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Incentives

    British Gas in hot water over timing of jobs cull and trip to Tenerife

    by Greg Pitcher 13 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 13 Mar 2008

    British Gas has insisted that morale remains high among its sales staff despite many being made redundant at the same...

    • Expatriates
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    • HR practice

    HP top talent encouraged to work abroad

    by Greg Pitcher 13 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 13 Mar 2008

    Rising stars at technology firm HP are being told to work abroad to avoid getting stuck in a rut by...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Disability
    • Latest News

    Disability rights campaigners claim welfare-to-work firms will ignore disabled

    by Greg Pitcher 13 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 13 Mar 2008

    The government’s much heralded welfare reforms could damage disabled people’s chances of finding work, leading campaigners have warned.The British Association...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Labour market

    HSMP campaigners confident of winning argument over forcing existing skilled migrants to reapply to stay in UK

    by Greg Pitcher 13 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 13 Mar 2008

    A leading figure behind last week’s High Court challenge to the government’s changes to the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP)...

    • HR strategy
    • The HR profession

    Personnel Today interviews: Nita Clarke, director, IPA

    by Greg Pitcher 13 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 13 Mar 2008

    Everyone would like to think they took something from previous roles that helps them in their current job. Six years...

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