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    • HR strategy

    Guardian of the people

    by Karen Dempsey 1 Nov 2005
    by Karen Dempsey 1 Nov 2005

    Guardian Newspapers CEO Carolyn McCall prefers a pragmatic approach to HR rather than politically correct niceties. She talks to Karen Dempsey.

    • Opinion

    Touchy-feely HR is now a thing of the past

    by Karen Dempsey 4 Oct 2005
    by Karen Dempsey 4 Oct 2005

    How many of you work in HR because you want to help people? Hands up

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Equal pay
    • Opinion

    Radical measures needed to tackle pay inequality

    by Karen Dempsey 20 Sep 2005
    by Karen Dempsey 20 Sep 2005

    If a problem is allowed to fester for more than three decades, surely common sense suggests that something needs to...

    • Employment law
    • HR practice
    • Recruitment & retention

    Speak up now to reap the benefits of immigration

    by Karen Dempsey 26 Jul 2005
    by Karen Dempsey 26 Jul 2005

    The government's plan to change the work permit system from 50 entry routes to a five-tiered, points-based system is a laudable attempt to finally bring simplicity to an over-complex process

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Family-friendly working
    • Opinion

    Flexible friend or foe? Don’t demonise your staff

    by Karen Dempsey 5 Jul 2005
    by Karen Dempsey 5 Jul 2005

    I heard a story recently about a woman who pretended she had a young child just so she had a pretext for leaving work early when she wanted to

    • HR practice
    • Employee opinion surveys
    • Opinion

    Happiness stats prove that HR needs to look after itself

    by Karen Dempsey 21 Jun 2005
    by Karen Dempsey 21 Jun 2005

    We clearly touched a nerve with our news story on HR being the unhappiest profession in the UK (Personnel Today, 14 June)

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    • HR strategy

    HR must abandon hope or become ‘human remains’

    by Karen Dempsey 17 May 2005
    by Karen Dempsey 17 May 2005

    HR professionals must face up to the reality of the global trends that have changed the role of HR if...

    • HR strategy
    • Opinion

    HR needs to change its attitude and act the part

    by Karen Dempsey 17 May 2005
    by Karen Dempsey 17 May 2005

    HR’s image is a subject that crops up again and again at conferences and seminars. This year’s HR Forum on...

    • Business performance
    • Economics, government & business
    • Opinion

    Government must deliver on people-policy pledges

    by Karen Dempsey 10 May 2005
    by Karen Dempsey 10 May 2005

    Now that the general election is over, many in HR may be wondering just how many of the government's people-focused pledges will become a reality

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Opinion

    Flexible firms win loyalty and talent

    by Karen Dempsey 4 May 2005
    by Karen Dempsey 4 May 2005

    Flexible working has never had an easy ride, but rumblings of a business backlash will make debates on this issue...

    • Employment law
    • Opinion
    • Working Time Regulations

    HR must arm itself for battle over WTD opt-out

    by Karen Dempsey 26 Apr 2005
    by Karen Dempsey 26 Apr 2005

    The news that the European Parliament is inching ever closer to scrapping the opt-out clause in the Working Time Directive...

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