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    TUC Conference update: Unions call for end to bonus culture

    by Kat Baker 15 Sep 2009
    by Kat Baker 15 Sep 2009

    Unions have declared the bonus culture has “no place” in either the private or public sectors.Speaking at the TUC’s annual...

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    • Industrial action / strikes
    • Latest News

    TUC Conference update: Unions predict major industrial action over pensions

    by Kat Baker 15 Sep 2009
    by Kat Baker 15 Sep 2009

    Unions have threatened strike action ‘on a scale never seen before’ against employers who cut their workers’ pension schemes. Speaking...

    • Absence
    • Occupational Health
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    Swine flu absence rates of up to 27% expected by employers

    by Kat Baker 9 Sep 2009
    by Kat Baker 9 Sep 2009

    Employers are preparing for swine flu absence rates of up to 27% – more than double the government’s latest prediction...

    • Employee relations
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    Social networking sites used to rally support for industrial action

    by Kat Baker 4 Sep 2009
    by Kat Baker 4 Sep 2009

    Unions are attempting to rally support from the wider community for major industrial disputes, including those at IBM and Fujitsu,...

    • Absence
    • Occupational Health
    • Latest News

    Swine flu self-certification extension opposed by employers

    by Kat Baker 4 Sep 2009
    by Kat Baker 4 Sep 2009

    Employers have urged the government not to extend self-certification sick leave for those with swine flu to more than 10...

    • Agency workers
    • HR practice
    • Recruitment & retention

    HR to bypass Agency Workers Directive with internal temps

    by Kat Baker 4 Sep 2009
    by Kat Baker 4 Sep 2009

    HR professionals are preparing to boycott the Agency Workers Directive (AWD) by creating their own banks of temporary staff to...

    • Bonuses
    • Employment law
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    Gordon Brown calls for accountability on bankers’ bonuses

    by Kat Baker 1 Sep 2009
    by Kat Baker 1 Sep 2009

    The Prime Minister has called for a “claw-back” system on bankers’ bonuses if awards are not based on long-term success.Brown...

    • Employment law
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    Most defined benefit pensions closed to new members

    by Kat Baker 1 Sep 2009
    by Kat Baker 1 Sep 2009

    Employers have closed 87% of defined benefit pension schemes to new members and increasing numbers of organisations are also closing...

    • Compensation
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Former MG Rover workers could share £22m payout

    by Kat Baker 1 Sep 2009
    by Kat Baker 1 Sep 2009

    MPs have called for the £22m left on the books of collapsed car maker MG Rover to be distributed to...

    • Employee relations
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    • Industrial action / strikes

    Fujitsu workers could strike over pay and pensions

    by Kat Baker 1 Sep 2009
    by Kat Baker 1 Sep 2009

    Fujitsu employees have shown they are willing to strike over their employer’s decision to close the company’s final salary pension...

    • Competencies
    • Employment law
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    FSA vetting leads 10% of applicants for top bank jobs to drop out

    by Kat Baker 1 Sep 2009
    by Kat Baker 1 Sep 2009

    Almost one in 10 applications for senior jobs in the financial sector has been withdrawn since the Financial Services Authority (FSA)...

    • Annual hours
    • Employee relations
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    BT plan to bring call-centre jobs back from India runs into trouble

    by Kat Baker 1 Sep 2009
    by Kat Baker 1 Sep 2009

    BT’s plans to return call-centre jobs to the UK from India could backfire as British staff are unwilling to work the...

    • Employment law
    • HR practice
    • Computer misuse

    Facebook banned by council after staff spent 572 hours networking

    by Kat Baker 1 Sep 2009
    by Kat Baker 1 Sep 2009

    Portsmouth City Council has banned staff from using Facebook during office hours after they clocked up 572 hours – the...

    • Health and safety
    • Occupational Health
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    Swine-flu sufferers on contract and commission may refuse to stay off work

    by Kat Baker 28 Aug 2009
    by Kat Baker 28 Aug 2009

    Suspected swine flu sufferers working on commission or in contract jobs may refuse to go home for fear of losing...

    • Latest News
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    • Learning & development

    Orange, GAP and Bedfordshire council join new learning and development forum

    by Kat Baker 28 Aug 2009
    by Kat Baker 28 Aug 2009

    Learning and development professionals across various sectors have agreed to work together to thrash out their talent management issues. Twenty-four...

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