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    Civil service redundancy pay changes may only be delayed by judicial review

    by Kat Baker 11 Dec 2009
    by Kat Baker 11 Dec 2009

    Union success in a judicial review of government plans to scale back the civil service compensation scheme (CSCS) could delay...

    • Civil Service
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Civil servant unions seek judicial review over redundancy pay cuts

    by Kat Baker 11 Dec 2009
    by Kat Baker 11 Dec 2009

    Whitehall unions will seek legal action against the government’s decision to cut back civil service compensation schemes, and could ballot...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    National insurance contribution rise plans labelled ‘madness’

    by Kat Baker 10 Dec 2009
    by Kat Baker 10 Dec 2009

    Plans to raise national insurance contributions (NIC) by a total of 1% in October 2011 are “madness” and amount to...

    • Bonuses
    • Business performance
    • Latest News

    Chancellor announces 1% cap on public sector pay rises from 2011 despite calls for a freeze to protect jobs

    by Kat Baker 9 Dec 2009
    by Kat Baker 9 Dec 2009

    Public sector pay rises will be capped at 1% for two years from 2011, the chancellor has announced in the...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Department for Work and Pensions

    Mental health strategy will support employers to help staff

    by Kat Baker 7 Dec 2009
    by Kat Baker 7 Dec 2009

    The government has today launched a new Mental health employment strategy to help more workers with mental health problems find,...

    • Employment law
    • Employee engagement
    • HR strategy

    Poaching of City teams highlights legal risks to employers

    by Kat Baker 7 Dec 2009
    by Kat Baker 7 Dec 2009

    Employers “should be wary” of poaching staff from rival firms and look to introduce restrictive covenants to protect their own...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • HR strategy

    Whitehall HR ‘could do better’ says government report

    by Kat Baker 7 Dec 2009
    by Kat Baker 7 Dec 2009

    Whitehall HR functions are still not going far enough to make the necessary efficiencies and improve performance, a government report...

    • Employee engagement
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    MacLeod calls on employers to discuss 2010 plans with staff to boost engagement

    by Kat Baker 4 Dec 2009
    by Kat Baker 4 Dec 2009

    Employers should sit down with their staff before the New Year to discuss ideas for leading firms out of the...

    • Bonuses
    • Latest News
    • Executive pay

    Public sector HR ‘rich list’ shows five earn more than prime minister Gordon Brown

    by Kat Baker 4 Dec 2009
    by Kat Baker 4 Dec 2009

    Twelve HR professionals have found their way onto a public sector ‘rich list’, with four earning more than the prime...

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

    Employment minister believes Jobcentre Plus shake-up will aid employers

    by Kat Baker 4 Dec 2009
    by Kat Baker 4 Dec 2009

    Employment minister Jim Knight is confident that the shake-up of Jobcentre Plus services announced this week will help employers find...

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    • Graduates

    IBM to increase graduate intake in 2010

    by Kat Baker 3 Dec 2009
    by Kat Baker 3 Dec 2009

    IBM will increase the number of graduates it employs next year to satisfy the “crying need for talent” in the technology...

    • Apprenticeships
    • Latest News
    • Learning & development

    Wetherspoons will recruit from long-term unemployed

    by Kat Baker 1 Dec 2009
    by Kat Baker 1 Dec 2009

    More than two fifths of Wetherspoon’s 10,000 new recruits will come from the long-term unemployed, Personnel Today has learned.The pub...

    • Employee engagement
    • HR practice
    • HR strategy

    Ulrich and MacLeod phone calls to RBS staff were money well-spent, insists Roden

    by Kat Baker 1 Dec 2009
    by Kat Baker 1 Dec 2009

    The mass phone calls from Dave Ulrich and David MacLeod to RBS’s HR professionals were good value for money, the...

    • HR practice
    • Recruitment & retention

    REC urges employers and recruiters to work together to tackle employment challenges

    by Kat Baker 27 Nov 2009
    by Kat Baker 27 Nov 2009

    The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has called for greater collaboration between employers and recruiters to tackle the changing employment...

    • Employee relations
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Council HR teams lack negotiation skills to deal with union unrest over public spending cuts, HR directors warn

    by Kat Baker 27 Nov 2009
    by Kat Baker 27 Nov 2009

    Local government HR teams are lacking the right industrial relations skills to deal with potential union unrest sparked by future...

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