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    Staff put health at risk by working extra hours to beat credit crunch

    by Helen Gilbert 5 Nov 2008
    by Helen Gilbert 5 Nov 2008

    Employees are risking their health by working longer hours in a bid to fight the credit crunch, research from financial...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Credit crunch HR chiefs in firing line over banking crisis

    by Helen Gilbert 20 Oct 2008
    by Helen Gilbert 20 Oct 2008

    City HR chiefs are partly to blame for the UK’s banking crisis, industry figures have claimed. Reckless practices were fuelled...

    • Latest News
    • HR strategy
    • Executive recruitment

    Local councils struggling to recruit and retain senior talent

    by Helen Gilbert 20 Oct 2008
    by Helen Gilbert 20 Oct 2008

    The Public Sector People Managers’ Association (PPMA) has spoken of the challenges faced by state-paid HR professionals, after it emerged...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    • Sex discrimination

    Male personnel chiefs admit women get raw deal on top HR jobs

    by Helen Gilbert 20 Oct 2008
    by Helen Gilbert 20 Oct 2008

    HR chiefs have admitted that men are favoured over women for the profession’s top jobs.
    The frank comments follow a...

    • Acas
    • Employee relations
    • Latest News

    More public sector strikes on cards as pay dispute continues

    by Helen Gilbert 17 Oct 2008
    by Helen Gilbert 17 Oct 2008

    Public and civil services look set to be hit by further strike action as civil servants continue to fight against...

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

    Jobs boom at Jobcentre Plus as government retrains temps for full-time roles

    by Helen Gilbert 17 Oct 2008
    by Helen Gilbert 17 Oct 2008

    The government is to give 2,000 temporary staff permanent roles at Jobcentre Plus to help cope with lengthening dole queues.Temps...

    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Migrant workers

    Border Agency apologises for skilled migrant blunder at Heathrow

    by Helen Gilbert 16 Oct 2008
    by Helen Gilbert 16 Oct 2008

    The Home Office had admitted it will retrain an immigration officer who harassed an Indian migrant worker returning from holiday....

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Weight Watchers at work sparks plea for sensitivity

    by Helen Gilbert 8 Sep 2008
    by Helen Gilbert 8 Sep 2008

    A Weight Watchers scheme that targets workplace staff must be handled sensitively to prevent ‘victimisation or harassment issues’, a top...

    • Employee relations
    • Latest News
    • Trade unions

    TUC name change idea rejected by trade union experts

    by Helen Gilbert 5 Sep 2008
    by Helen Gilbert 5 Sep 2008

    Trade union experts have rubbished claims that the TUC name is old fashioned and, as such, limiting its appeal to...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Labour market

    Local Employment Partnership proves to be just the job for Travelodge

    by Helen Gilbert 4 Sep 2008
    by Helen Gilbert 4 Sep 2008

    Travelodge has found two-thirds of its new recruits this year using the Local Employment Partnership (LEP) programme. Since January 2008,...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Family-friendly working

    Flexible working fails to take off due to lack of awareness

    by Helen Gilbert 4 Sep 2008
    by Helen Gilbert 4 Sep 2008

    Adult carers are still largely unaware they have a right to request flexible working, a parliamentary report of MPs has...

    • CIPD
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    • The HR profession

    HR chiefs urge CIPD to beware ‘vast egos’ when hiring new deputy to succeed assistant director-general Duncan Brown

    by Helen Gilbert 20 Feb 2007
    by Helen Gilbert 20 Feb 2007

    Senior HR professionals have warned the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) that it faces a tough task finding...

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    • Employment law
    • Ethics

    Standards commissioner urged to investigate MP travel expenses

    by Helen Gilbert 16 Feb 2007
    by Helen Gilbert 16 Feb 2007

    Parliamentary standards commissioner Sir Phillip Mawer has been urged to investigate “huge discrepancies” in the travel expenses of MPs.  Under...

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