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    • Severe weather

    Employers urged to put in staff contingency plans as snow continues

    by Helen Gilbert 1 Dec 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 1 Dec 2010

    Employers are being urged to put staff contingency plans in place as freezing weather conditions continue to grip the UK...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Pay settlements

    Pay awards reach 22-month high

    by Helen Gilbert 19 Nov 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 19 Nov 2010

    Pay awards have increased to their highest level in almost two years and there are signs the upward trend will...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Migrant workers

    Calls to cut non-EU skilled migrant worker numbers by up to 25%

    by Helen Gilbert 18 Nov 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 18 Nov 2010

    A recommendation to cut the number of migrant workers coming to Britain from outside the EU by between 13% and...

    • Apprenticeships
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    • Education - school

    National Skills Strategy backed by employers groups

    by Helen Gilbert 18 Nov 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 18 Nov 2010

    Employers’ groups have given the thumbs up to the Government’s new national skills strategy, which intends to boost the number...

    • NHS
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Temporary employment

    NHS Employers launches guide to help cut agency staff costs

    by Helen Gilbert 18 Nov 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 18 Nov 2010

    A guide designed to help the NHS manage its temporary workforce and find the right mix of staff as it seeks to cut...

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

    Number of unemployed women soars

    by Helen Gilbert 17 Nov 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 17 Nov 2010

    The number of unemployed women in the UK increased by 31,000 in the three months to September to reach 1.02 million –...

    • Apprenticeships
    • NHS
    • Early careers

    Government to create 6,000 extra NHS apprenticeship places

    by Helen Gilbert 17 Nov 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 17 Nov 2010

    Up to 6,000 extra apprenticeships will be created after the Department of Health yesterday announced plans to inject an extra...

    • Employee relations
    • Employment tribunals

    Legal aid changes could prompt rise in ‘hopeless’ tribunal cases

    by Helen Gilbert 16 Nov 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 16 Nov 2010

    Employers could face a rise in “hopeless” employment tribunal cases if Government plans to reform the legal aid system go...

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

    Concern over patient care due to maternity job cuts

    by Helen Gilbert 16 Nov 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 16 Nov 2010

    The Department of Health has reiterated plans to continue to train midwives at current rates in light of a survey...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Temporary employment

    Employers face temp worker shortage over busy festive season

    by Helen Gilbert 16 Nov 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 16 Nov 2010

    Employers should brace themselves for a shortage of temporary agency cover over the busy Christmas period despite rising unemployment levels,...

    • NHS
    • Latest News
    • Learning & development

    NHS staff development tool made simpler to use

    by Helen Gilbert 16 Nov 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 16 Nov 2010

    A staff development tool geared towards nurses, administrators and non-medical staff working in the health service has been overhauled to...

    • Recruitment & retention

    Public sector experience fails to impress employers

    by Helen Gilbert 18 Oct 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 18 Oct 2010

    Public sector workers looking to enter the private sector face a serious challenge, according to research released today which suggests...

    • Employee relations
    • Industrial action / strikes
    • Recruitment & retention

    Half of public sector workers ‘prepared to strike’

    by Helen Gilbert 18 Oct 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 18 Oct 2010

    Public sector employers must be allowed to hire agency temps to provide emergency cover for striking workers, a business group...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Employers’ groups fear ‘twin peaks’ jobs recession

    by Helen Gilbert 13 Oct 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 13 Oct 2010

    Employers’ groups have given a lukewarm reception to the latest round of employment figures and fear that the UK will experience...

    • Bonuses
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    Bonuses for hospital doctors too ‘costly and unwieldy’

    by Helen Gilbert 13 Oct 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 13 Oct 2010

    The NHS bonus payment system for doctors has been branded “costly” and “unwieldy” by the head of medical pay and...

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