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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Union complaint against Office for National Statistics is first test for new equality watchdog

    by Greg Pitcher 9 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 9 Oct 2007

    The UK’s new, all-powerful, equality and diversity watchdog is set for an early test of its powers after a complaint...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Pensions

    Experts support company pension breaks if fund is in surplus

    by Greg Pitcher 9 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 9 Oct 2007

    Experts have backed employers taking ‘pension holidays’ in the wake of Royal Dutch Shell’s controversial decision to stop paying into...

    • Health and safety
    • Latest News
    • Wellbeing

    Zero tolerance to accidents in the workplace is target for EDF human resources chief

    by Greg Pitcher 8 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 8 Oct 2007

    Office workers at the UK division of power company EDF Energy are being taught how to walk up and down...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Equal pay

    Female staff at Staffordshire County Council to claim up to £1.5m in equal pay row

    by Greg Pitcher 5 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 5 Oct 2007

    Almost 100 female workers are claiming up to £1.5m from Staffordshire County Council in an equal pay row.The 88 women...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Pay structures

    University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust pays temporary consultant £100,000 for three months’ work

    by Greg Pitcher 5 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 5 Oct 2007

    An NHS trust has been criticised for paying a consultant £100,000 for three months’ work.
    MP Alan Duncan hit out...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Flexible working

    Tory leader David Cameron makes flexible working key element of bid to be prime minister

    by Greg Pitcher 4 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 4 Oct 2007

    Tory leader David Cameron has made flexible working central to his campaign to become prime minister.Cameron told delegates at the...

    • Absence
    • Stress
    • Latest News

    Primary care shake-up as government promises to get half of all GPs to deliver out-of-hours service

    by Greg Pitcher 4 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 4 Oct 2007

    At least half of GP practices will open outside working hours, the government promised today.Health secretary Alan Johnson said he...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Employers brace themselves for a series of decisions as the government gears up for a general election

    by Greg Pitcher 3 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 3 Oct 2007

    Employers are bracing themselves for a run of announcements in the next few days as the government clears the decks...

    • France
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    • Recruitment & retention

    Specialist workers from France needed to provide skills to boost UK’s nuclear power industry

    by Greg Pitcher 3 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 3 Oct 2007

    Foreign workers will be needed to provide the skills to increase the UK’s nuclear power capacity, an expert has conceded.EDF...

    • Age discrimination
    • Civil Service
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    FDA survey findings show civil servants want fixed retirement age to be abolished

    by Greg Pitcher 2 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 2 Oct 2007

    The government has been urged to abolish fixed retirement ages for civil servants. Public sector union FDA revealed research showing...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Pensions

    Money lenders’ squeeze leads to pension insecurity

    by Greg Pitcher 2 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 2 Oct 2007

    The international credit crunch is placing increasing risk on UK pension schemes, an expert has warned.Pensions are becoming less secure...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • The HR profession

    Human resources set to help prime minister focus on work issues

    by Greg Pitcher 2 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 2 Oct 2007

    The HR profession stands ready and willing to help prime minister Gordon Brown fight a successful election campaign, the Chartered...

    • Employee relations
    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes

    IBM locations on Second Life picketed in virtual reality

    by Greg Pitcher 2 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 2 Oct 2007

    More than 1,850 people across 30 countries logged onto their computers last Thursday to take part in a virtual industrial...

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

    Human resources failings lead to race discrimination claims from Commission for Racial Equality staff

    by Greg Pitcher 1 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 1 Oct 2007

    HR failings at the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) meant the race watchdog faced a series of damaging race discrimination...

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

    Anti-age discrimination legislation has not reduced incidents of ageism in the workplace

    by Greg Pitcher 28 Sep 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 28 Sep 2007

    The amount of ageism in the workplace has barely decreased in the 12 months since it became unlawful, according to...

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