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    Public sector unions PCS and NUT call on TUC to support co-ordinated pay strikes

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

    Joint strikes over public sector pay will be voted on by members of all registered trade unions at the end...

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    • Economics, government & business

    Department for Work and Pensions secretary says Jobcentre Plus website does not need links to other job sites

    by Greg Pitcher 30 Jul 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 30 Jul 2007

    A senior government official has ruled out changing the Jobcentre Plus website to allow links to other public sector job...

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    • Working from home

    Flexible working poll reveals majority believe working from home is more productive

    by Greg Pitcher 30 Jul 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 30 Jul 2007

    British staff have delivered a rebuke to London Mayor candidate Boris Johnson over his rant on flexible working.
    The Tory...

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    • Pay & benefits
    • Pensions

    Pension simplification measures to be announced this autumn

    by Greg Pitcher 27 Jul 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 27 Jul 2007

    Pensions reform minister Mike O’Brien has pledged to announce measures “in the autumn” to simplify the pensions system for employers....

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    Mike Cutt to leave HR director post at Alliance Boots following £11bn private equity takeover

    by Greg Pitcher 26 Jul 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 26 Jul 2007

    Alliance Boots HR director Mike Cutt has become the latest executive to walk away from the health and beauty retailer...

    • Bullying and harassment
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    One in 10 workers experiences cyber-bullying in the workplace

    by Greg Pitcher 26 Jul 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 26 Jul 2007

    One in 10 UK employees believes cyber bullying is a problem in their workplace, research has revealed.The survey of 1,072...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Women’s minister Harriet Harman to increase the number of female MPs

    by Greg Pitcher 26 Jul 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 26 Jul 2007

    Women’s minister Harriet Harman has pledged to increase the number of female MPs.Harman told guests at an Equal Opportunities Commission...

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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Highly Skilled Migrant Programme changes not illegal claims Home Office

    by Greg Pitcher 25 Jul 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 25 Jul 2007

    The Home Office has insisted that it did not break race laws with its controversial changes to the Highly Skilled...

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    Business travellers lack confidence in employer’s ability to help in an emergency

    by Greg Pitcher 25 Jul 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 25 Jul 2007

    Six in 10 business travellers have little confidence that their firm would be able to help them in an emergency,...

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    • Recruitment & retention
    • Online recruitment

    6.6 million job searches made on Jobcentre Plus in one week

    by Greg Pitcher 24 Jul 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 24 Jul 2007

    A record 6.6 million job searches were conducted on the Jobcentre Plus website in one week last month, it has...

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    Union cheer as European Parliament amends labour laws

    by Greg Pitcher 24 Jul 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 24 Jul 2007

    Trade unions have claimed victory in the battle over the European Parliament’s final report on the modernisation of labour law...

    • Change management
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Prison Service must rethink relocation of jobs from Corby to Leicester says Commission for Racial Equality

    by Greg Pitcher 24 Jul 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 24 Jul 2007

    The Prison Service has been ordered by race watchdogs to think again about how its relocation of 80 jobs from...

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    • Employee relations
    • Economics, government & business

    Personnel Today interviews Jonathan Baume, general secretary, FDA

    by Greg Pitcher 24 Jul 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 24 Jul 2007

    Jonathan Baume talks about the challenges of his third term as general secretary of senior civil servants' union the FDA.Continuing our series of interviews with influential figures from business and industry.

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • HR strategy

    Cut in public service targets welcomed by CIPD

    by Greg Pitcher 23 Jul 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 23 Jul 2007

    The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)  has welcomed the government’s decision to cut public service targets. Up to 80...

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    • Flexible benefits
    • Pay & benefits

    Rewards and benefits packages are not understood by 75% of employees

    by Greg Pitcher 23 Jul 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 23 Jul 2007

    Only one in four employees understands their benefits package, research has revealed.

    A YouGov survey of more than 4,000 employees,...

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