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    Microsoft UK uses mock fashion shows to get women into IT

    by Greg Pitcher 5 Nov 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 5 Nov 2007

    Microsoft UK is using mock fashion shows to get girls interested in IT careers.The software giant is trying new ways...

    • Employee relations
    • Employee communications
    • Latest News

    Severn Trent blames poor human resources for increase in number of written complaints

    by Greg Pitcher 5 Nov 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 5 Nov 2007

    Poor HR has been held as partly to blame for the huge rise in written complaints received by water supplier...

    • Employment law
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    • Recruitment & retention

    Tate & Lyle human resources director made redundant in company shake-up

    by Greg Pitcher 5 Nov 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 5 Nov 2007

    Sugar producer Tate & Lyle is making its group HR director redundant as it restructures in the wake of poor...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • Recruitment & retention

    Highly Skilled Migrant Programme Home Office u-turn adds to its woes

    by Greg Pitcher 5 Nov 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 5 Nov 2007

    Further evidence of Home Office migration policy confusion has emerged with an apparent U-turn by the department on the controversial...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    School funds raided to finance local authority equal pay claims

    by Greg Pitcher 5 Nov 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 5 Nov 2007

    Children’s education is set to become the next victim of the equal pay crisis as local authorities resort to desperate...

    • Health and safety
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    • Wellbeing

    Immigration minister Liam Byrne fined for using mobile phone while driving

    by Greg Pitcher 2 Nov 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 2 Nov 2007

    Immigration minister Liam Byrne has been fined £100 for using his mobile phone while driving.
    Byrne, who has been criticised...

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

    City banker ‘sacked for not being German’ loses £10m race discrimination claim against Dresdner Kleinwort

    by Greg Pitcher 2 Nov 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 2 Nov 2007

    The City banker behind a record £10m race discrimination claim has lost his case after a tribunal rejected that he...

    • Early careers
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    NSPCC children’s protection charity claims most under-16s are working illegally

    by Greg Pitcher 2 Nov 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 2 Nov 2007

    The majority of young people in part-time employment are working illegally and risk exploitation by unscrupulous employers, according to research...

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    • Pay & benefits

    Pension pots at top firms overflowing due to rising inflation

    by Greg Pitcher 1 Nov 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 1 Nov 2007

    The UK’s largest 200 pension funds moved into a £3bn surplus at the end of October – helped by rising...

    • Health and safety
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    • Recruitment & retention

    NHS staffing problems blamed by campaigners for number of patient accidents at night

    by Greg Pitcher 31 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 31 Oct 2007

    NHS staffing problems have been blamed by campaigners for the number of patient accidents that occur at night.Reader’s Digest analysis...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • HR practice

    Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development proposes migrant worker tax to keep both sides of immigration argument happy

    by Greg Pitcher 30 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 30 Oct 2007

    The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has proposed a migrant worker tax to manage immigration.CIPD chief economist John...

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    Transport for London and Work Wise UK advise on flexible working to reduce commuting in London

    by Greg Pitcher 30 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 30 Oct 2007

    Transport for London (TfL) has published a guide to flexible working in a bid to reduce the strain on the...

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    CBI accuses GPs of whingeing over out-of-hours service

    by Greg Pitcher 29 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 29 Oct 2007

    GPs have been accused of petulance in their stance on the government’s promise to make surgery hours more employer-friendly.Business lobby...

    • Employment law
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    • Department for Work and Pensions

    Remploy human resources chief Anne Jessopp defends modernisation plan rejected by trade union consortium

    by Greg Pitcher 29 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 29 Oct 2007

    Remploy human resources chief Anne Jessopp has rubbished union claims that the troubled employer wants to pay disabled people to...

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    • Flexible benefits
    • Pay & benefits

    Time travel: clocking the time difference

    by Greg Pitcher 29 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 29 Oct 2007

    The clocks have gone back and suddenly it’s dark when you leave work. Employers are being urged to consider the...

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