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    City workers heading to rehab to deal with recession-related issues

    by Kat Baker 25 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 25 Mar 2009

    Finance workers are increasingly going to rehab to deal with addiction-related issues brought on by the recession, it has emerged.Employees...

    • Bullying and harassment
    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Microsoft sued by games designer over alleged homophobic taunts

    by Kat Baker 25 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 25 Mar 2009

    A video games designer is to sue Microsoft for £45,000 after allegedly suffering homophobic taunts.Jamie Durrant, who designs Xbox 360...

    • Health and safety
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    • Health & Safety Executive

    London’s small businesses back HSE’s slip and trip campaign

    by Kat Baker 25 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 25 Mar 2009

    London’s small businesses have joined forces to support a campaign aimed at preventing deaths and injuries in the workplace.Seven of...

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

    HR jobs at risk as HSBC announces 1,200 back-office redundancies

    by Kat Baker 25 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 25 Mar 2009

    HR jobs at HSBC are under threat as the banking giant is set to cut up to 1,200 back-office jobs,...

    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention

    McDonald’s to recruit up to 6,000 people a year through LEP scheme

    by Kat Baker 25 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 25 Mar 2009

    McDonald’s will recruit up to 6,000 people a year through the government’s Local Employment Partnership (LEP) scheme, provided they pass...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Public sector pay confirmed by government

    by Kat Baker 25 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 25 Mar 2009

    Millions of public sector workers will still receive annual pay rises of more than 2% until 2011, the government has...

    • Business performance
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    • Economics, government & business

    Skills not neglected by business, insists CIPD

    by Kat Baker 24 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 24 Mar 2009

    Chief executives are not allowing talent management to take a back seat during the recession, the Chartered Institute of Personnel...

    • Stress
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    • HR practice

    Absenteeism and stress loads up as recession hits work-life balance

    by Kat Baker 24 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 24 Mar 2009

    Absenteeism has nearly doubled with the onset of the recession, as employees are faced with an increase in workload and...

    • Careers in HR
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Government HR faces more job-cuts warns think-tank

    by Kat Baker 23 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 23 Mar 2009

    Whitehall HR job losses are just the start of a renewed flurry of cutbacks due across the Civil Service and...

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

    Employees’ skills under-used despite recession

    by Kat Baker 23 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 23 Mar 2009

    Employers are failing to make the most of their workers’ skills, which could hinder their business’s chances of surviving the...

    • Agency workers
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    • Economics, government & business

    Agency offers 82-year-old ex social worker £50 an hour

    by Kat Baker 23 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 23 Mar 2009

    An 82-year-old retired social worker has been sent a letter by a recruitment agency asking her to return to the...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • Job creation and losses

    British workers forced to compete wtih migrants for ‘hard to fill’ jobs

    by Kat Baker 20 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 20 Mar 2009

    British workers are increasingly being forced to apply for ‘hard to fill’ jobs usually taken by migrant workers.
    A research...

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    • Recruitment & retention

    Olympic ambitions at risk if construction opportunties closed to migrants

    by Kat Baker 20 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 20 Mar 2009

    Excluding certain construction jobs from the migrant worker shortage list of occupations could be ‘dangerous’ for the long-term prospects of...

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    £1,000 pay-as-you-go offer for new recruits at web firm

    by Kat Baker 19 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 19 Mar 2009

    A Canadian company launching in the UK will offer new recruits £1,000 to leave after two weeks if they are...

    • Competencies
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    • Economics, government & business

    Employer-college link-up call to close ‘soft skills’ gap among graduates

    by Kat Baker 19 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 19 Mar 2009

    Employers should wise up to working with colleges, schools and universities to ensure future job candidates possess appropriate skills, according...

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