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    • Asylum seekers
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    Immigration minister Liam Byrne grants Watford footballer Al Bangura reprieve from deportation

    by Greg Pitcher 20 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 20 Dec 2007

    Watford footballer Al Bangura has been granted a last-minute reprieve from deportation to Sierra Leone after immigration minister Liam Byrne...

    • Employee relations
    • Ethics
    • Health and safety

    Information Commissioner rules Department of Health breached data law with junior doctors’ personal details on Medical Training Application Service website

    by Greg Pitcher 20 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 20 Dec 2007

    Health service staff must be trained on data security following the scandal that saw junior doctors’ personal details placed on...

    • Business performance
    • Employment law
    • Maternity

    UK managers fear rising cost of maternity and paternity leave more than credit crunch

    by Greg Pitcher 20 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 20 Dec 2007

    A poll of 513 UK managers showed that while 39% think the loans crisis will damage their companies in 2008,...

    • Apprenticeships
    • Latest News
    • Education - further and higher

    Engineering skills boost as universities recognise vocational diploma as much more than an A-level

    by Greg Pitcher 20 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 20 Dec 2007

    Engineering employers have welcomed the news that the vocational diplomas will be valued at three-and-a half A-levels by universities.Roll-out of...

    • CIPD
    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention

    Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development insists Jackie Orme was unanimous first choice for chief executive’s job

    by Greg Pitcher 19 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 19 Dec 2007

    Jackie Orme was a unanimous choice to be the new chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Employers face migrant worker ban for breaking strict new sponsorship rules as Home Office admits employing illegal immigrant on reception

    by Greg Pitcher 18 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 18 Dec 2007

    The Home Office last night warned employers about migrant workers – as it admitted it had employed an illegal worker...

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

    Government unveils £2.9bn pensions rescue scheme

    by Greg Pitcher 17 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 17 Dec 2007

    Workers who lost their pensions when their employers went out of business between January 1997 and April 2005 will receive...

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

    CBI predicts rise in unemployment in 2008

    by Greg Pitcher 17 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 17 Dec 2007

    Unemployment will rise next year rather than falling, as previously thought, according the CBI.The employers’ group today downgraded its forecast...

    • Bonuses
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Fifth of UK workers boost income through paid hobbies

    by Greg Pitcher 14 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 14 Dec 2007

    One in five UK workers boosts their income through a hobby, research has revealed – with many of them doing...

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

    Lack of retail recruits on high street fuels growth of online spending

    by Greg Pitcher 14 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 14 Dec 2007

    If your lunchtime Christmas shopping seems to be made impossible by long queues at the till this December, it could...

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

    CBI backs government focus on English and maths in primary education

    by Greg Pitcher 14 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 14 Dec 2007

    The CBI has backed the government’s plan to focus on teaching English and maths in primary schools.Children’s secretary Ed Balls...

    • Careers in HR
    • Latest News
    • HR strategy

    Outsourcing providers offer human resources graduates better start on career path

    by Greg Pitcher 13 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 13 Dec 2007

    Human resources graduates will increasingly be looking to start their careers at outsourcing providers rather than in-house departments, a leading...

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

    Statistics Commission confirms migrants benefited most from new UK employment opportunities

    by Greg Pitcher 12 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 12 Dec 2007

    Statistics Commission confirms migrants benefited most from new employment opportunities More...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Disability
    • Latest News

    Hundreds of disabled workers’ jobs saved at Remploy but work and pensions secretary Peter Hain admits factories still at risk

    by Greg Pitcher 11 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 11 Dec 2007

    Work and pensions secretary Peter Hain has admitted that the disabled workers whose jobs he saved still face an uncertain...

    • Change management
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    South West Trains dismisses reports of anger over centralisation plan for human resources team

    by Greg Pitcher 11 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 11 Dec 2007

    South West Trains has defended its decision to merge its human resources team from four offices between London and the...

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