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    Tea Colaianni leaves Hilton for Merlin Entertainments

    by Helen Gilbert 11 Feb 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 11 Feb 2010

    Merlin Entertainments has filled its group HR director role after being without one for six months. Tea Colaianni, vice president...

    • Business performance
    • Job creation and losses

    BMW to shed 100 jobs at its Mini plant in Swindon

    by Helen Gilbert 9 Feb 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 9 Feb 2010

    Up to 100 jobs look set to go at BMW’s Mini plant in Swindon. The site employs about 900 staff...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Family-friendly working

    EHRC flexible working request kicks off ‘tinkering’ with employment law debate

    by Helen Gilbert 28 Jan 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 28 Jan 2010

    The debate about whether to allow all workers the right to request flexible working has erupted once again after the...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Recruitment & retention

    CIPD and BCC call for cost of employing staff not to rise

    by Helen Gilbert 22 Jan 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 22 Jan 2010

    Business groups have warned the government not to make any further statutory increases to the cost of employing staff which...

    • Business performance
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Jobseekers the world over still put London top of the list

    by Helen Gilbert 20 Jan 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 20 Jan 2010

    London remains the most popular destination city for jobseekers despite the recession, research has revealed. The study, which quizzed more...

    • Civil Service
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Civil service redundancy package cuts delayed until April

    by Helen Gilbert 12 Jan 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 12 Jan 2010

    Plans to overhaul the Civil Service compensation scheme for workers made redundant have been delayed until April. In July the...

    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Whistleblower alleges swine-flu call centre staff use alcohol and drugs

    by Helen Gilbert 12 Jan 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 12 Jan 2010

    Temporary workers in swine flu call centres have been diagnosing patients while under the influence of cannabis and alcohol, a...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Recruitment & retention

    One in five soldiers not fit for front-line service

    by Helen Gilbert 12 Jan 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 12 Jan 2010

    One in five soldiers is not fit for front-line duty, yet there is no money to recruit or retain replacements,...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Minimum wage enforcement team set up to tackle persistent offenders

    by Helen Gilbert 5 Jan 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 5 Jan 2010

    The government has created a team to crack down on employers who continually refuse to pay their workers the National...

    • Change management
    • HR strategy
    • Talent management

    Too much reorganisation can cause a talent crisis

    by Helen Gilbert 5 Jan 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 5 Jan 2010

    Employers’ preoccupation with structural reorganisation could lead to a management and talent crisis, according to research. A survey by the...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Sector Skills Councils

    Future Jobs Fund pledges £1.3m to get unemployed into creative industry

    by Helen Gilbert 21 Dec 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 21 Dec 2009

    Up to 200 new jobs look set to be created for unemployed young people aiming to break into the creative...

    • Bonuses
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    iPods and cash bonuses favoured over promotion in reward stakes

    by Helen Gilbert 21 Dec 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 21 Dec 2009

    Employees would rather receive a free iPod or digital camera than be ‘fast-tracked’ for promotion by their boss, according to...

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

    Borders stores to close tomorrow

    by Helen Gilbert 21 Dec 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 21 Dec 2009

    All Borders bookshop stores will close tomorrow with the loss of 1,150 jobs. The book chain was taken over by...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Pay structures

    Kent County Council plans to scrap annual pay increments

    by Helen Gilbert 17 Dec 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 17 Dec 2009

    Kent County Council is overhauling its pay and rewards structure in a bid to remotivate staff who feel the current...

    • Business performance
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    True unemployment figures obscured by rise in part-time work

    by Helen Gilbert 17 Dec 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 17 Dec 2009

    The growth in part-time working is masking true unemployment figures, employers’ bodies have warned. It had been widely predicted that...

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