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    • Business performance
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    • Economics, government & business

    Pension shortfall may cause Readers Digest UK collapse

    by Kat Baker 2 Feb 2010
    by Kat Baker 2 Feb 2010

    The jobs of 135 staff at the UK arm of Reader’s Digest are under threat. The magazine came close to...

    • Department for Education
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    • Education - further and higher

    University funding cuts could cost 300,000 student places

    by Kat Baker 2 Feb 2010
    by Kat Baker 2 Feb 2010

    Up to 300,000 students could miss out on university places and the quality of teaching could decline after more than...

    • Business performance
    • Employee relations
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

    Cadbury workers lobby government for job security pledges under Kraft

    by Kat Baker 2 Feb 2010
    by Kat Baker 2 Feb 2010

    Cadbury workers are expected to lobby government today for help in protecting their jobs under their new employer, Kraft.The move...

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

    Sacked presenter sues BBC over sex and age discrimination

    by Kat Baker 2 Feb 2010
    by Kat Baker 2 Feb 2010

    A BBC presenter who was cut from a rural affairs programme along with other women in their forties and fifties...

    • Apprenticeships
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    • Learning & development

    Apprenticeships may be hard to organise, but they deliver return on investment

    by Kat Baker 2 Feb 2010
    by Kat Baker 2 Feb 2010

    Four in 10 employers still find apprenticeships difficult to access but most firms believe the training schemes deliver a positive...

    • Bonuses
    • Business performance
    • Latest News

    Marks & Spencer reward package for new CEO totals £8.5m

    by Kat Baker 2 Feb 2010
    by Kat Baker 2 Feb 2010

    Marks & Spencer has agreed to pay its new boss £8.5m for his first year in the job.

    The high...

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

    Pope attacks Equality Bill’s stand on gay and transsexual employment rights

    by Kat Baker 2 Feb 2010
    by Kat Baker 2 Feb 2010

    The Pope has attacked the UK’s equality legislation Ð thought to include the government’s new Equality Bill Ð ahead of...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Disability

    DLA Piper defends tribunal discrimination claim in mental health case

    by Kat Baker 2 Feb 2010
    by Kat Baker 2 Feb 2010

    DLA Piper will challenge a disability discrimination claim today after being accused of withdrawing a job offer from a claimant...

    • Employee relations
    • Employment law
    • Discipline and grievances

    Bad employee relations cited as main cause of grievances between staff and managers

    by Kat Baker 29 Jan 2010
    by Kat Baker 29 Jan 2010

    The number of HR chiefs who have blamed poor relations between line managers and staff as the main reason grievances...

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

    Flexible working rights for all staff from day one of employment under government consideration

    by Kat Baker 29 Jan 2010
    by Kat Baker 29 Jan 2010

    The government is considering extending flexible working to all staff from day one of employment, the work and pensions secretary...

    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Wellbeing

    Pre-employment health questionnaire ban could lead to probationary dismissals

    by Kat Baker 29 Jan 2010
    by Kat Baker 29 Jan 2010

    Employers could be tempted to use a worker’s probationary period to remove new starters with health issues from the company...

    • Age discrimination
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Default retirement age ban attempt through Equality Bill fails

    by Kat Baker 29 Jan 2010
    by Kat Baker 29 Jan 2010

    A bid to scrap enforced retirement at the age of 65 through an amendment to the Equality Bill has collapsed...

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    • Coaching and mentoring
    • Latest News

    Deloitte ramps up mentoring to boost engagement following bonus cuts

    by Kat Baker 26 Jan 2010
    by Kat Baker 26 Jan 2010

    Deloitte is to unveil a mentoring programme this week to boost engagement, just months after the firm has been forced...

    • Police
    • HR strategy
    • Recruitment & retention

    Met Police to fill London Olympics security roles with special constables

    by Kat Baker 22 Jan 2010
    by Kat Baker 22 Jan 2010

    The Metropolitan Police plans to fill thousands of officer roles needed for the London Olympics with unpaid specials and to...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Equal pay

    Gender pay gap publication amnesty will have little effect on employers

    by Kat Baker 21 Jan 2010
    by Kat Baker 21 Jan 2010

    A two-year amnesty from investigation for firms that publish their gender pay gaps will do little to spur employers into...

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