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    McDonald’s gives fast food chain staff in China a pay rise of more than 12%

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

    McDonald’s is to increase the pay of its 50,000 Chinese staff by up to 56%, according to reports in the...

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    • Pensions

    Final salary/defined benefit pension schemes set to return as top firms achieve pension fund surplus

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

    Defined benefit pension schemes could make a comeback, it has been claimed after a report revealed the UK was emerging...

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    • HR strategy
    • Mergers and acquisitions

    IT services giant Steria buys outsourcing firm Xansa in £456m deal

    by Greg Pitcher 7 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 7 Aug 2007

    An offshoring superpower has been created with French IT services giant Steria’s acquisition of UK outsourcing firm Xansa for £456m....

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    External appointments to senior Civil Service jobs affect staff morale and Whitehall performance

    by Greg Pitcher 6 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 6 Aug 2007

    The influx of private sector managers into senior civil service positions is damaging Whitehall performance as well as morale, a...

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    • Sickness absence

    Electronic sicknote plan triggers doctors’ fears of misuse by workers

    by Greg Pitcher 6 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 6 Aug 2007

    GPs fear workers will create their own sicknotes under plans for an automated certification system.The government is looking to trial...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Early careers
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    Environment Agency in positive discrimination row over training programme closed to white English people

    by Greg Pitcher 6 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 6 Aug 2007

    Campaigners will this week ask the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) to freeze an Environment Agency training programme which white...

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    Equal pay claims threat to Civil Service

    by Greg Pitcher 6 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 6 Aug 2007

    The threat of equal pay claims across the Civil Service is looming after a report revealed huge pay differentials between...

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    Strike threat as police pay talks break down

    by Greg Pitcher 6 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 6 Aug 2007

    The first national police strike in 88 years is looming after pay talks broke down.An official ‘failure to agree’ has...

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    • Bullying and harassment
    • Employment law

    Domino’s Pizza denies claims of staff abuse by franchisee

    by Greg Pitcher 6 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 6 Aug 2007

    Domino’s Pizza has denied claims that its central HR team has lost control of its franchisees after eight migrant staff...

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    • Employee relations
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    Police will strike over pay dispute if it is their only option, MPs warned

    by Greg Pitcher 3 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 3 Aug 2007

    The first national police strike in 88 years has become a possibility, in a dispute about pay and conditions, MPs...

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    • Sickness absence

    CBI calls for changes to GPs’ hours to cut millions of days lost because staff can’t book appointments outside office hours

    by Greg Pitcher 3 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 3 Aug 2007

    The CBI has called for changes to doctors’ hours after an official report showed GPs were working up to seven...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Senior diversity and equalities jobs advertised for the Olympic Games

    by Greg Pitcher 2 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 2 Aug 2007

    Fancy a well-paid equalities job on the 2012 Games project? There is no need to fight over it, as the...

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    • Department for Work and Pensions

    Policy u-turn as Work and Pensions minister Peter Hain scales back plans to involve private sector in back-to-work schemes

    by Greg Pitcher 1 Aug 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 1 Aug 2007

    Government funding to encourage private sector companies to develop back-to-work schemes is only likely to rise by 25%, despite the...

    • Business performance
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    • Economics, government & business

    Pension fund deficit increased in top 200 companies after July share price slump

    by Greg Pitcher 31 Jul 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 31 Jul 2007

    The July downturn in share prices has increased the deficit at the UK’s largest 200 pension schemes – although 30%...

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    • Work-life balance

    Work-life balance for City traders is aim for CMC Markets HR director Anne Stevens

    by Greg Pitcher 31 Jul 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 31 Jul 2007

    A newly appointed HR director has pledged to bring work-life balance to the City. Anne Stevens, this month appointed global...

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