NHS HR professionals have been accused of turning a blind eye to institutional racism and the bullying of Asian doctors.Leading...
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Stock market dive leaves company pension schemes back in deficit after short-lived surplus
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherThe celebrated pensions scheme funding recovery has proved to be short-lived – with last week’s stock market jitters plunging firms...
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Severn Trent HR director in at the deep end with emergency response to floods
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherBy Friday afternoon of the first week in a new job, most people would be winding down and looking forward...
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Employers urged to watch pension scheme fund trustees’ investment strategy
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherEmployers have been urged to step up their watch on pension scheme trustees after a report showed that many funds...
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Powerchex survey finds one in 20 job applicants for temporary financial services posts have a criminal record
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherNine in 10 undisclosed criminal records discovered in City job applications are held by people going for temporary positions, research...
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Harvey Nash survey finds majority of senior executives check their e-mails while they are on holiday
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherTwo-thirds of business people check their e-mails while they’re on their summer holidays, according to research.
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Government urged to fast-track immigration process of chefs in bid to avoid Olympics skills shortage
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherForeign chefs must be given the same immigration fast-track as Premiership footballers to stop the 2012 Olympic Games being blighted by...
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Unite claims leaked document shows Burton’s planned to close factory without staff consultation
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherManufacturer Burton’s Foods has denied making plans to close a Wirral factory three months before it announced a review of...
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CBI wants science and engineering tuition fees cut to avoid skills shortages
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherEmployers have called on the government to knock £1,000 a year off tuition fees for science and engineering students to...
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Conservative Party plans to slash £14bn per year from legislative costs misjudges employer feelings
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherThe Conservative Party’s celebrated plan to slash £14bn per year of legislative costs from business misjudges the mood of employers,...
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General Medical Council finds doctors trained outside the UK are twice as likely to face formal disciplinary hearings
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherDoctors trained overseas are twice as likely as those who graduated in the UK to face formal disciplinary hearings after...
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Parliamentary human rights committee slams changes to Highly Skilled Migrant Programme as breach of European Convention
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherMore high-level criticism has been heaped on the retrospective nature of the government’s controversial changes to the Highly Skilled Migrant...
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210 IT jobs to move to India as Lloyds TSB axes permanent and contractor posts in UK
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherLloyds TSB is to offshore a further 210 UK jobs to India from October, it confirmed yesterday.
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Millennium & Copthorne hotels’ chief executive is third to resign in three years
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherThe prestigious Millennium & Copthorne hotel chain has denied underlying people problems after its third chief executive resigned in as...
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Unfair dismissal cases lost after smoking too close to the workplace and missing claim deadline by 88 seconds
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherThe fine margins of employment law have been demonstrated by two workers who lost unfair dismissal cases – one by...