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    Online dress codes for avatars should be enforced by employers

    by Kat Baker 9 Oct 2009
    by Kat Baker 9 Oct 2009

    Employers should enforce online dress codes for avatars used by their workers, IT analysts have said.As business use of social...

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    Conservative youth unemployment plans for private providers will cause ‘confusion’

    by Kat Baker 9 Oct 2009
    by Kat Baker 9 Oct 2009

    Conservative plans to place private providers in direct competition with Jobcentre Plus to help the young unemployed back to work...

    • Employment law
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    Skilled migrant entry criteria will not be cut under Conservatives

    by Kat Baker 8 Oct 2009
    by Kat Baker 8 Oct 2009

    The Conservatives will not lower entry criteria in the points-based immigration system to enable more highly-skilled migrants to work in...

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    Jobcentre Plus to face private competition under Conservatives

    by Kat Baker 8 Oct 2009
    by Kat Baker 8 Oct 2009

    The Conservatives will take work away from Jobcentre Plus and instead allow private providers to offer personalised support to job...

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    Conservative Party Conference: Tories to cut police bureaucracy and paperwork

    by Kat Baker 7 Oct 2009
    by Kat Baker 7 Oct 2009

    The Conservatives will cut bureaucracy and paperwork for police officers, so they can spend more time in the community.
    Chris...

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    Conservative Party Conference: Tories pledge 70,000 ‘green’ jobs

    by Kat Baker 7 Oct 2009
    by Kat Baker 7 Oct 2009

    The Conservatives have revealed that their new Green Deal to create a low carbon economy will create more than 70,000...

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    Conservative Party Conference: Train to Gain will not be scrapped, say Tories

    by Kat Baker 7 Oct 2009
    by Kat Baker 7 Oct 2009

    Train to Gain will not be scrapped, but its budget will be refocused to help the young unemployed, the Conservatives...

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    Conservatives to scrap mandatory gender pay audits called for in Equality Bill

    by Kat Baker 6 Oct 2009
    by Kat Baker 6 Oct 2009

    EXCLUSIVEThe Conservative Party is likely to scrap government plans for mandatory gender pay audits included in the Equality Bill, Personnel...

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    • Latest News

    Conservatives pledge ‘one in, one out’ system for employment law

    by Kat Baker 6 Oct 2009
    by Kat Baker 6 Oct 2009

    The Conservatives have pledged to introduce a “one in, one out” policy on employment law with new legislation only being...

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    Conservative Party Conference: Tories to slash Whitehall jobs and freeze public sector pay

    by Kat Baker 6 Oct 2009
    by Kat Baker 6 Oct 2009

    The Conservatives would use job cuts to slash the cost of Whitehall by one-third over the next parliament, shadow chancellor...

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    Conservative Party Conference: Get Britain Working plans outlined

    by Kat Baker 5 Oct 2009
    by Kat Baker 5 Oct 2009

    The Conservatives have outlined their ‘Get Britain Working’ scheme, which will replace the government’s flagship Flexible New Deal programme.
    Speaking...

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    Refuse collection strikes could be rolled out across UK

    by Kat Baker 5 Oct 2009
    by Kat Baker 5 Oct 2009

    Strikes by refuse collectors in Leeds will be replicated across the country as councils look to scale down workers’ pay...

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    Labour Party Conference: Round-up of employment issue debates

    by Kat Baker 2 Oct 2009
    by Kat Baker 2 Oct 2009

    The Labour Party Conference this week saw employment issues take centre stage with new policies on tackling unemployment, pension reforms...

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    Wine Cellar axes 320 jobs

    by Kat Baker 2 Oct 2009
    by Kat Baker 2 Oct 2009

    More than 300 jobs have been axed after the off-licence company Wine Cellar went into administration.The firm, which operated 170...

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    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Scrapping childcare voucher tax relief will cause gender pay gap to widen warn HR chiefs

    by Kat Baker 1 Oct 2009
    by Kat Baker 1 Oct 2009

    Government plans to scrap tax exemptions on childcare vouchers will set the equality agenda back and discourage women on maternity...

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