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    • Bullying and harassment
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    NHS human resources staff accused of ignoring racism and bullying of Asian doctors

    by Greg Pitcher 20 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 20 Aug 2007

    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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    • Pay & benefits
    • Pensions

    Stock market dive leaves company pension schemes back in deficit after short-lived surplus

    by Greg Pitcher 20 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 20 Aug 2007

    The celebrated pensions scheme funding recovery has proved to be short-lived – with last week’s stock market jitters plunging firms...

    • Careers in HR
    • Health and safety
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    Severn Trent HR director in at the deep end with emergency response to floods

    by Greg Pitcher 20 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 20 Aug 2007

    By Friday afternoon of the first week in a new job, most people would be winding down and looking forward...

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    • Pay & benefits
    • Pensions

    Employers urged to watch pension scheme fund trustees’ investment strategy

    by Greg Pitcher 20 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 20 Aug 2007

    Employers have been urged to step up their watch on pension scheme trustees after a report showed that many funds...

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    • Recruitment & retention
    • Pre-employment screening

    Powerchex survey finds one in 20 job applicants for temporary financial services posts have a criminal record

    by Greg Pitcher 15 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 15 Aug 2007

    Nine in 10 undisclosed criminal records discovered in City job applications are held by people going for temporary positions, research...

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    • HR practice
    • Work-life balance

    Harvey Nash survey finds majority of senior executives check their e-mails while they are on holiday

    by Greg Pitcher 15 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 15 Aug 2007

    Two-thirds of business people check their e-mails while they’re on their summer holidays, according to research.
    Recruitment consultancy Harvey Nash...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • Learning & development

    Government urged to fast-track immigration process of chefs in bid to avoid Olympics skills shortage

    by Greg Pitcher 15 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 15 Aug 2007

    Foreign chefs must be given the same immigration fast-track as Premiership footballers to stop the 2012 Olympic Games being blighted by...

    • Employee relations
    • Latest News
    • HR practice

    Unite claims leaked document shows Burton’s planned to close factory without staff consultation

    by Greg Pitcher 14 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 14 Aug 2007

    Manufacturer Burton’s Foods has denied making plans to close a Wirral factory three months before it announced a review of...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • Skills shortages

    CBI wants science and engineering tuition fees cut to avoid skills shortages

    by Greg Pitcher 13 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 13 Aug 2007

    Employers have called on the government to knock £1,000 a year off tuition fees for science and engineering students to...

    • Employment law
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    • Economics, government & business

    Conservative Party plans to slash £14bn per year from legislative costs misjudges employer feelings

    by Greg Pitcher 13 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 13 Aug 2007

    The Conservative Party’s celebrated plan to slash £14bn per year of legislative costs from business misjudges the mood of employers,...

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    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    General Medical Council finds doctors trained outside the UK are twice as likely to face formal disciplinary hearings

    by Greg Pitcher 10 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 10 Aug 2007

    Doctors trained overseas are twice as likely as those who graduated in the UK to face formal disciplinary hearings after...

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    • Recruitment & retention

    Parliamentary human rights committee slams changes to Highly Skilled Migrant Programme as breach of European Convention

    by Greg Pitcher 10 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 10 Aug 2007

    More high-level criticism has been heaped on the retrospective nature of the government’s controversial changes to the Highly Skilled Migrant...

    • Business performance
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    210 IT jobs to move to India as Lloyds TSB axes permanent and contractor posts in UK

    by Greg Pitcher 10 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 10 Aug 2007

    Lloyds TSB is to offshore a further 210 UK jobs to India from October, it confirmed yesterday.
    The bank has...

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • HR strategy

    Millennium & Copthorne hotels’ chief executive is third to resign in three years

    by Greg Pitcher 9 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 9 Aug 2007

    The prestigious Millennium & Copthorne hotel chain has denied underlying people problems after its third chief executive resigned in as...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Unfair dismissal

    Unfair dismissal cases lost after smoking too close to the workplace and missing claim deadline by 88 seconds

    by Greg Pitcher 8 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 8 Aug 2007

    The fine margins of employment law have been demonstrated by two workers who lost unfair dismissal cases – one by...

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