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    • Musculoskeletal disorders
    • HR practice
    • Sickness absence

    Sick leave most prevalent in January and on Mondays

    by Helen Gilbert 6 Nov 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 6 Nov 2009

    One in three sick days fall on a Monday and more working days are lost in January than any other...

    • Employee relations
    • Industrial action / strikes

    Royal Mail legal challenge called off as postal union backs down

    by Helen Gilbert 6 Nov 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 6 Nov 2009

    The postal workers union has climbed down over its decision to mount a legal challenge against Royal Mail’s policy to...

    • Belief discrimination
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Religion

    Equality laws open to abuse following ‘environmental beliefs’ case

    by Helen Gilbert 6 Nov 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 6 Nov 2009

    A judge’s decision that eco-friendly views were philosophical beliefs and should be protected under equality law could leave the legislation...

    • Business performance
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    RBS moves to put more women into executive posts

    by Helen Gilbert 20 Oct 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 20 Oct 2009

    The Royal Bank of Scotland has shaken up its diversity strategy in a bid to attract more women into top...

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

    2010 pay rises will remain low as long-term deals expire

    by Helen Gilbert 19 Oct 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 19 Oct 2009

    Employees face another year of hard bargaining and low pay rises, the Labour Research Department has warned. Its annual pay...

    • Latest News
    • Learning & development
    • Senior management development

    Tesco boosts management training with £3m investment

    by Helen Gilbert 19 Oct 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 19 Oct 2009

    Tesco is injecting £3m into a training programme to develop future leaders, despite the current economic climate. The figure is...

    • Employee relations
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Employees’ faith in company pensions improves

    by Helen Gilbert 14 Oct 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 14 Oct 2009

    Pensions expert Tom Barton, an associate at Pinsent Masons, gives his view of the NAPF survey and what employers should...

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

    Long-term unemployment puts young people at risk of exploitation

    by Helen Gilbert 13 Oct 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 13 Oct 2009

    One in three unemployed young people have been out of work for more than six months, prompting fears they could...

    • CIPD
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    One in 10 men will be out of work by 2010 says CIPD

    by Helen Gilbert 13 Oct 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 13 Oct 2009

    Up to one in 10 men will be unemployed by 2010 as male employment plummets towards a new low, the...

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Travel and leisure workers lose out in DC pension stakes

    by Helen Gilbert 12 Oct 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 12 Oct 2009

    Financial services employers are the most generous when it comes to contributing to their worker’s defined contribution pension pot, a...

    • Business performance
    • Employee relations
    • Latest News

    British Airways faces strike threat over cuts and changes package

    by Helen Gilbert 8 Oct 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 8 Oct 2009

    British Airways faces the risk of industrial action after it cut the equivalent of 1,700 jobs, changed working practices and...

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

    Retention risked by public sector pay freeze

    by Helen Gilbert 8 Oct 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 8 Oct 2009

    Public sector employers could face retention woes when the government introduces a pay freeze for the most senior civil servants,...

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

    Cut public sector HR staff says MoD HR chief

    by Helen Gilbert 8 Oct 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 8 Oct 2009

    The Ministry of Defence’s HR chief has echoed calls from his Whitehall peers to make the public sector HR function...

    • Change management
    • Police
    • Latest News

    Met Police denies it will cut 400 frontline police jobs

    by Helen Gilbert 2 Oct 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 2 Oct 2009

    The Met Police has denied press reports that it plans to axe 400 uniformed officers.A spokesman told Personnel Today there...

    • Age discrimination
    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Fall in employment tribunal claims no excuse for employer complacency

    by Helen Gilbert 2 Oct 2009
    by Helen Gilbert 2 Oct 2009

    Employers should not be complacent about the number of claims accepted by employment tribunals falling by a fifth, according to...

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