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    ‘Canoe’ wife Anne Darwin in employment plea

    by Greg Pitcher 10 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 10 Dec 2007

    ‘Canoe’ wife Anne Darwin has made a plea for employment as she flew back to the UK to be arrested...

    • Employment law
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    European Union deadlock over Agency Workers Directive raises threat of UK temps getting full employment rights

    by Greg Pitcher 10 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 10 Dec 2007

    Fears that domestic legislation will be passed giving temporary workers full employment rights have grown after EU ministers failed to...

    • Careers in HR
    • CIPD
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    Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development shuns Chinese human resources deal over cash concerns

    by Greg Pitcher 10 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 10 Dec 2007

    The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) shunned the chance to provide official human resources (HR) qualifications for China – a...

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

    Welfare reforms will not include benefit freeze after two years out of work

    by Greg Pitcher 7 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 7 Dec 2007

    Work and pensions secretary Peter Hain has ruled out a Bill Clinton-style welfare system that stops people’s benefits after two...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    • Race discrimination

    Equalities commission says government changes to skilled migrants programme did not comply with race rules

    by Greg Pitcher 7 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 7 Dec 2007

    Further weight has been added to the case against the government’s controversial changes to the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP)...

    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Migrant workers

    Spouse language skills to form key plank of revised migrant scheme

    by Greg Pitcher 6 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 6 Dec 2007

    Husbands and wives of work visa applicants will have to prove their English language skills under plans unveiled by the...

    • Employee relations
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    • HR practice

    GMB union wants 7% pay rise and two extra days’ holiday for local government staff

    by Greg Pitcher 5 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 5 Dec 2007

    Local government workers should receive a 7% pay rise as well as two extra days’ holiday, union members have insisted.The...

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    • HR practice
    • Recruitment & retention

    Work and pensions secretary Peter Hain calls on employers to hire long-term unemployed

    by Greg Pitcher 5 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 5 Dec 2007

    Work and pensions secretary Peter Hain spelled out the benefits of hiring the long-term unemployed as eight more firms signed...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Disability
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    Anne McGuire, minister for disabled people, begins consultation on plans to integrate employment services for disabled people

    by Greg Pitcher 4 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 4 Dec 2007

    A personalised service to help disabled people get into work has been proposed by the government.Minister for disabled people Anne...

    • Business performance
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    • Economics, government & business

    Employers’ lobby group EEF appoints Deloitte’s European consulting chief Gilbert Toppin to new chief executive post

    by Greg Pitcher 4 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 4 Dec 2007

    Employers’ lobbying body the EEF has appointed consultant Gilbert Toppin to its new chief executive role.Toppin joins the manufacturers’ organisation...

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    • Economics, government & business

    CBI slams government record on data protection and other employment law breaches

    by Greg Pitcher 4 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 4 Dec 2007

    Business leaders have told the government to get its own house in order before subjecting firms to dawn raids and...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • Skills shortages

    Cameron will give employers more independence in developing skills training

    by Greg Pitcher 4 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 4 Dec 2007

    David Cameron has promised employers they would have more say in shaping training schemes to meet the Leitch vision under...

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

    Legal right to training to Level 2 should not cost employers a penny

    by Greg Pitcher 4 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 4 Dec 2007

    The government has assured employers they will not be hit in the pocket or lose staff despite plans to give...

    • Employment law
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    • Immigration

    High Court judge backs skilled migrants’ claim for full visa hearing

    by Greg Pitcher 3 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 3 Dec 2007

    Skilled migrants won a significant victory in the High Court on Friday when a judge backed their claim for a...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • Recruitment & retention

    High Court to rule on changes to visa regulations for highly skilled migrants

    by Greg Pitcher 3 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 3 Dec 2007

    Thousands of skilled foreign workers and their employers were holding their breath last Friday as a judicial review of controversial...

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