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    David Cameron riles unions with plan to devalue public sector pensions

    by Greg Pitcher 28 Nov 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 28 Nov 2008

    Conservative leader David Cameron has angered trade unions by revealing that cutting back on public sector defined benefit pension schemes...

    • Agency workers
    • Employment law
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    Agency Workers Directive to add 10% to cost of filling short-term vacancies

    by Greg Pitcher 27 Nov 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 27 Nov 2008

    One in two recruitment agencies believes the Agency Workers Directive will add 10% to the cost of filling a temporary...

    • Stress
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    • Wellbeing

    Purnell defends government snub for employee health and wellbeing reforms

    by Greg Pitcher 26 Nov 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 26 Nov 2008

    Work and pensions secretary James Purnell has defended the government’s watered-down response to the Dame Carol Black review of employee...

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    • Economics, government & business

    Pre-Budget Report: £1bn loan scheme for employers

    by Greg Pitcher 24 Nov 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 24 Nov 2008

    Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced a £1bn Small Business Finance Scheme to ease the effects of the credit crunch on...

    • Employment law
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    • Redundancy

    Ghost of Christmas redundancies looms large

    by Greg Pitcher 24 Nov 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 24 Nov 2008

    The ghost of Christmas redundancies is looming large across the UK, according to a Personneltoday.com poll.Of 198 respondents to the...

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    • HR practice
    • Computer misuse

    Social workers in Scotland sacked over Glitter e-mail

    by Greg Pitcher 24 Nov 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 24 Nov 2008

    Social workers at a Scottish council have been disciplined for circulating a doctored image of disgraced former rock star Gary...

    • Employee engagement
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    • Executive pay

    Bradford & Bingley boss praises staff commitment

    by Greg Pitcher 21 Nov 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 21 Nov 2008

    Bradford & Bingley’s chairman last week gave a glowing review of the crisis-hit bank’s people culture.Richard Pym told MPs on...

    • Employment law
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    • Dismissal

    Record number of government staff dismissals overturned

    by Greg Pitcher 19 Nov 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 19 Nov 2008

    A record number of sacked government workers successfully overturned their dismissals last year, with total compensation breaking the £1m barrier...

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    B&B bonus defended by former chairman as new boss eyes £326,000 top up

    by Greg Pitcher 19 Nov 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 19 Nov 2008

    The man in charge of Bradford & Bingley when it was nationalised in September was yesterday forced to defend the...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    UK jobs on the line as Citigroup axes 52,000 jobs

    by Greg Pitcher 17 Nov 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 17 Nov 2008

    More than 2,000 UK jobs could be on the line as US banking giant Citigroup looks to axe 52,000 jobs.A...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Landmark tribunal ruling paves way for loss of earnings claims

    by Greg Pitcher 17 Nov 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 17 Nov 2008

    A landmark tribunal ruling has paved the way for unfairly sacked employees to claim for loss of future earnings even...

    • Careers in HR
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    • Recruitment & retention

    Institution of Civil Engineers appoints new senior HR team

    by Greg Pitcher 17 Nov 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 17 Nov 2008

    The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has hired two senior HR professionals from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).The...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Job creation and losses

    CBI issues dire warning over economic crisis

    by Greg Pitcher 17 Nov 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 17 Nov 2008

    A dire warning about the depth of the economic crisis was sounded by the CBI this morning.The business group predicted...

    • Employment law
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    • HR practice

    ‘Scrooge’ solicitor’s Christmas sack suggestion provokes fury

    by Greg Pitcher 17 Nov 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 17 Nov 2008

    A legal expert has provoked fury by advising employers to make redundancies on Christmas Eve.Mark Bestley, partner at Cheshire law...

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • The HR profession

    Unsung HR defended despite being a mystery to most employees

    by Greg Pitcher 14 Nov 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 14 Nov 2008

    Commentators have rushed to defend the HR profession after a damning poll showed that just a third of employees believed...

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