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    • Employment law
    • Unfair dismissal

    Baby Peter doctor sues for unfair dismissal

    by Kat Baker 22 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 22 Jun 2009

    A doctor who was sacked after failing to recognise that Baby Peter had a broken back is to sue for...

    • Acas
    • Constructive dismissal
    • Employee relations

    Lindsey refinery strikers burn their dismissal papers

    by Kat Baker 22 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 22 Jun 2009

    Sacked Lindsey oil refinery workers will not reapply for their jobs but have said they will burn their dismissal papers...

    • Change management
    • Business performance
    • Latest News

    330,000 business services jobs at risk by 2011

    by Kat Baker 22 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 22 Jun 2009

    More than 330,000 jobs in the business services sector will be lost by 2011, researchers have warned.The Centre for Economic...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Race discrimination

    Racism at FSA exposed in leaked report

    by Kat Baker 22 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 22 Jun 2009

    Managers at the Financial Services Authority (FSA) preside over a culture of racism, a whistle-blower has revealed.A leaked internal report,...

    • Employee relations
    • Industrial action / strikes

    Wildcat strikers in support of Lindsey oil refinery staff face the sack

    by Kat Baker 19 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 19 Jun 2009

    A further 2,000 contract workers face being sacked after joining unofficial strike action in support of the Lindsey oil refinery...

    • The HR profession

    HR chief at Avon Fire and Rescue Service awarded OBE

    by Kat Baker 19 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 19 Jun 2009

    An HR director who pioneered talent management in the Fire Service to improve safety has been honoured with an OBE...

    • Employment law
    • HR practice
    • Employment contracts

    Video game industry staff-sharing scheme may cause HR problems

    by Kat Baker 19 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 19 Jun 2009

    A pioneering staff-sharing scheme aimed at preventing redundancies in the video games industry could cause an administrative headache for HR...

    • HR practice
    • Recruitment & retention

    Jaguar Land Rover redundancy alternatives boost staff engagement

    by Kat Baker 18 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 18 Jun 2009

    Jaguar Land Rover’s HR chief has claimed that putting staff on shorter working weeks and introducing pay freezes in a...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Public sector job cuts could hit 578,000 by 2012

    by Kat Baker 17 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 17 Jun 2009

    The number of public sector job cuts could reach as many as 578,000 by 2012 â€“ nearly 60% more than the...

    • Business performance
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    AXA staff to choose between pay cuts and job losses

    by Kat Baker 16 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 16 Jun 2009

    AXA PPP Healthcare has written to its staff asking them to help the company save money by choosing between job...

    • Change management
    • Business performance
    • Employee relations

    TUC warns unemployment will rise throughout 2010

    by Kat Baker 16 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 16 Jun 2009

    The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has warned that unemployment will continue to rise until the end of next year, despite...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Redundancy

    Redundant workers’ income takes five years to recover

    by Kat Baker 16 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 16 Jun 2009

    Workers made redundant could have to wait up to five years before their salaries return to the levels they were...

    • Apprenticeships
    • Department for Work and Pensions
    • Latest News

    Apprentice minimum wage will lead to fewer apprenticeships

    by Kat Baker 16 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 16 Jun 2009

    Government plans to introduce a national minimum wage for apprentices could damage attempts to encourage organisations to offer more apprenticeships,...

    • Business performance
    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News

    20% of staff work 25 extra unpaid hours a week

    by Kat Baker 16 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 16 Jun 2009

    One in five employees have been working for an extra 25 hours a week unpaid during the recession – equivalent...

    • Business performance
    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News

    British Airways asks staff to work for free for a month

    by Kat Baker 16 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 16 Jun 2009

    British Airways has written to 40,000 employees asking them to volunteer for four weeks of unpaid work to help the...

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