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    UK pension deficit underfunded by almost £20bn

    by Greg Pitcher 12 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 12 Mar 2008

    A larger number of company pension schemes are under-funded than was originally thought, a government body has admitted.Pensions lifeboat the...

    • Civil Service
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    Latest round of civil servant walkouts scheduled for next week

    by Greg Pitcher 12 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 12 Mar 2008

    Civil servants at the Department for Work and Pensions will strike next week over their controversial three-year pay deal.Members of...

    • Bonuses
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    HR must check senior employment contracts to avoid spending millions rewarding failure

    by Greg Pitcher 11 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 11 Mar 2008

    HR professionals have been warned to check the employment contracts of their most senior staff to make sure they do...

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    • HR strategy
    • Pay & benefits

    Public sector employers need to give staff more freedom to be creative

    by Greg Pitcher 6 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 6 Mar 2008

    Public sector workers must be given more freedom to improve the services their organisations offer, according to a leading employee...

    • Stress
    • Bullying and harassment
    • HR practice

    Employers urged to get tough with work rage

    by Greg Pitcher 4 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 4 Mar 2008

    Employers have been urged to clamp down on office anger after a survey revealed that four in five UK workers...

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

    Supermarkets buoy employment market with 21,000 new jobs

    by Greg Pitcher 4 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 4 Mar 2008

    A raft of new jobs at supermarkets boosted the UK employment market last month, figures revealed this morning.Recruitment firm Adecco...

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

    Northern Rock staff look to main rival Newcastle Building Society for jobs

    by Greg Pitcher 3 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 3 Mar 2008

    Axe-threatened Northern Rock employees are flooding to the troubled bank’s main rival, Personnel Today can reveal. Newcastle Building Society (NBS)...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Recruitment & retention

    Welfare-to-work overhaul to see specialists offer HR help

    by Greg Pitcher 3 Mar 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 3 Mar 2008

    Specialist welfare-to-work firms could soon be providing employers with HR services for long-term unem­ployed people they place in jobs, according...

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    • HR practice
    • Sickness absence

    Sicknote system overhaul means crunch time for health

    by Greg Pitcher 29 Feb 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 29 Feb 2008

    Health secretary Alan Johnson’s plans for improving the health of the nation confirm that employers will have a major role...

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

    New-look welfare-to-work contract details revealed by work and pensions secretary James Purnell

    by Greg Pitcher 29 Feb 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 29 Feb 2008

    Work and pensions secretary James Purnell promised a more employer-focused welfare-to-work system yesterday as he revealed how the new contracts would...

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    • HR practice

    Employment standards for London Olympics close to being finalised

    by Greg Pitcher 29 Feb 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 29 Feb 2008

    Trade unions are understood to be close to finalising an agreement with the London Olympics delivery authorities over employment standards...

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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Equal pay audits could expose employers to a flood of claims

    by Greg Pitcher 29 Feb 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 29 Feb 2008

    Private sector firms carrying out equal pay audits could leave themselves open to mass claims for back-pay, according to a...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Women having IVF can claim sex discrimination if treated less favourably

    by Greg Pitcher 27 Feb 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 27 Feb 2008

    Women having IVF treatment to help them conceive can claim sex discrimination if they are treated less favourably because of...

    • Employee relations
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    Union calls for halt as London borough relocates jobs to Manchester

    by Greg Pitcher 26 Feb 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 26 Feb 2008

    Fears that hundreds of jobs at a London council will be moved to northern England have been expressed by an...

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    • Pensions

    Pension liabilities will rise as watchdog calls for schemes to acknowledge longer life expectancy

    by Greg Pitcher 26 Feb 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 26 Feb 2008

    Employers’ pension liabilities are set to rocket under new mortality guidelines proposed by the Pension Regulator.The watchdog said employers had...

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