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    CIPD warns 350,000 public sector job cuts in five years will cause unrest

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

    Up to 350,000 public sector jobs will be axed over the next five years, risking potential “workplace guerrilla war”, the...

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    Boots drops out of Ethical Trading Initiative

    by Kat Baker 15 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 15 Jun 2009

    Boots has ended its commitment to industry-recognised ethical trading standards designed to protect workers from exploitation and forced labour.The retailer’s...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • Job creation and losses

    Gloucestershire County Council to cut more than 200 jobs

    by Kat Baker 15 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 15 Jun 2009

    Gloucestershire County Council has announced it will cut more than 200 administrative and management jobs as it struggles to make...

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    • Employment tribunals

    Overpaid Barclays worker can keep money and higher wage, tribunal rules

    by Kat Baker 15 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 15 Jun 2009

    A bank worker who was mistakenly paid nearly double her salary for three years has been told she can keep...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Disability

    Council loses £1m claim against former MD Christine Laird in disability ruling

    by Kat Baker 15 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 15 Jun 2009

    A council has lost a £1m High Court battle against its former managing director, after alleging she knowingly withheld a...

    • Apprenticeships
    • Employee relations
    • Employment law

    Minimum wage for apprentices welcomed by unions

    by Kat Baker 15 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 15 Jun 2009

    Unions have welcomed government plans to set a national minimum wage for apprentices, to protect them from exploitation.Last week business...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    • HR strategy

    Project aims to get more women on top boards

    by Kat Baker 15 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 15 Jun 2009

    A leading HR director has today helped to launch a new project to get more women into the country’s top...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • Job creation and losses

    Job losses in legal profession could rise by 10,000 in two years

    by Kat Baker 15 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 15 Jun 2009

    Up to 10,000 legal jobs could be cut in the next two years, amounting to more than one in 10...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Tory public spending cuts would cost almost 70,000 front-line jobs

    by Kat Baker 15 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 15 Jun 2009

    Plans by the Conservatives to reduce public spending by 10% from 2011 would result in nearly 70,000 front-line job cuts,...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Teaching assistant at Muslim school forced to quit over gender dispute

    by Kat Baker 15 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 15 Jun 2009

    A teaching assistant at a Muslim girls’ school has been forced to quit her job after being subjected to a...

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    • Holidays and holiday pay

    Holiday pay ruling could see long-term sick facing the axe

    by Kat Baker 12 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 12 Jun 2009

    Pinsent Masons partner Philip Titchmarsh discusses various aspects of the House of Lords ruling on Stringer v HMRC.
    Employers will...

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    Tory victory could jeopardise Equality Bill

    by Kat Baker 12 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 12 Jun 2009

    A Conservative victory in the next general election could mean the Equality Bill will never be properly implemented, the minister...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Job creation and losses

    Health trusts urged not to curb funding shortfall by cutting jobs

    by Kat Baker 12 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 12 Jun 2009

    NHS Employers have urged health trusts to consider alternatives to job cuts when they seek radical cost savings to counter...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • Learning & development

    BERR and DIUS merger will further complicate skills system, experts warn

    by Kat Baker 11 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 11 Jun 2009

    The merger of BERR and DIUS will further complicate a skills system which many employers already say is too confusing,...

    • Latest News
    • The HR profession

    Construction firm boss reforms HR after going undercover as a labourer

    by Kat Baker 10 Jun 2009
    by Kat Baker 10 Jun 2009

    The chief executive of a construction company has been able to reform the way his HR function operates after going undercover within...

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