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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    • Equal pay

    Equal Opportunities Commission calls for protection for workers who discuss pay

    by Greg Pitcher 20 Sep 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 20 Sep 2007

    Workers should be legally protected from being disciplined for discussing their pay with colleagues, Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) chairwoman Jenny...

    • Employment law
    • Annual hours
    • Latest News

    Long-hours culture takes hold as HR professionals burn midnight oil

    by Greg Pitcher 20 Sep 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 20 Sep 2007

    Increasing numbers of HR professionals are working more than 40-hours a week, research has revealed.A survey of more than 6,000...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention

    Liberal Democrats vote to increase cost of work permits needed by businesses to employ migrant workers

    by Greg Pitcher 20 Sep 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 20 Sep 2007

    Plans to increase the cost of work permits needed by businesses to employ migrant workers were passed at the Liberal Democrat party...

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

    Commission for Racial Equality starts legal proceedings against 15 government departments for failing to comply with race laws

    by Greg Pitcher 19 Sep 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 19 Sep 2007

    The government has received 15 lawyers’ letters after the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) lost its patience over promises to...

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

    Lammy fails to lead by example by snubbing Leitch skills pledge event

    by Greg Pitcher 19 Sep 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 19 Sep 2007

    Skills minister David Lammy failed to turn up to deliver the keynote speech at a skills event in London yesterday.Lammy...

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

    British Airways lands in another dress code and religion row as Eurest sacks VIP airport lounge attendant for wearing a nose pin

    by Greg Pitcher 18 Sep 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 18 Sep 2007

    British Airways (BA) is embroiled in another row about uniform and religion after an airport worker was sacked for wearing...

    • Employment law
    • Health and safety
    • Latest News

    Crash victims’ family denied compensation as ALA Rail’s insurance did not cover employee lunch breaks

    by Greg Pitcher 18 Sep 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 18 Sep 2007

    Manufacturing employer ALA Rail is refusing to pay compensation to a widow whose husband and son were killed in a...

    • Change management
    • Police
    • Latest News

    Police human resources staff told to take risks with people management

    by Greg Pitcher 18 Sep 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 18 Sep 2007

    Police HR professionals have been ordered to take risks in their people management as the force bids to overcome the...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Maternity

    Increase to 12-month maternity leave could hit business costs

    by Greg Pitcher 18 Sep 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 18 Sep 2007

    Working mothers taking advantage of their full 12-months’ maternity leave could be about to become more expensive for employers. The...

    • Vexatious claims
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Dismissal procedures: Polkey principle may stay in redrafted dispute rules

    by Greg Pitcher 18 Sep 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 18 Sep 2007

    Controversial regulations meaning dismissals are automatically rendered unlawful by a failure to follow set procedures – the Polkey principle –...

    • Employee relations
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Trades Union Congress motions: flights of fancy or soaring successes?

    by Greg Pitcher 17 Sep 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 17 Sep 2007

    The annual TUC Congress in Brighton last week was a mine of information as speak­ers from unions debated topics as...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • HR practice

    Newham Council defends decision to ask employees whether they are gay

    by Greg Pitcher 17 Sep 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 17 Sep 2007

    Newham Council’s head of Human Resources has defended its decision to ask employees whether they are gay.
    Susan McNally insisted...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Dismissal

    Whitehall HR failings over unfair dismissals cost £628,632 in 2006-07

    by Greg Pitcher 17 Sep 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 17 Sep 2007

    Basic HR failings cost the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds last year as one in four civil servant sackings...

    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention

    CBI backs Manchester Employers Alliance gun crime initiative to boost employment opportunities for disaffected youth

    by Greg Pitcher 14 Sep 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 14 Sep 2007

    The CBI has backed calls for employers to help tackle gang culture by targeting young people in disaffected areas for...

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

    Equal pay crisis could lead more councils to threaten mass sackings in bid to address equal pay crisis

    by Greg Pitcher 14 Sep 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 14 Sep 2007

    More councils are likely to take the “drastic” step of threatening mass sackings as they reach desperation point on equal...

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