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    Aviva HR chief calls on firms to develop in-house talent

    by Kat Baker 18 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 18 Mar 2009

    A private sector HR boss has called on employers to stop wasting time focusing on the ‘war for talent’ and...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Maternity

    Employers discriminate to avoid cost of maternity leave

    by Kat Baker 16 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 16 Mar 2009

    The equalities commission has admitted that it is “not surprising” that employers are discriminating against young women to protect themselves...

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    South Eastern Electrical fined £50,000 for worker electrocution

    by Kat Baker 13 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 13 Mar 2009

    An electrical firm has been fined a total of £50,000 after a subcontractor was electrocuted and left unconscious.
    South Eastern...

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    Majority of staff are concerned about job prospects

    by Kat Baker 13 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 13 Mar 2009

    Four in five employees lack confidence about the job market as the number of people out of work is predicted...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Fire Service equality targets will have little effect

    by Kat Baker 13 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 13 Mar 2009

    New equality targets in the Fire Service will do nothing to boost the number of women or ethnic minorities employed...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • HR strategy

    HR directors upbeat about downturn despite redundancies and job freezes

    by Kat Baker 12 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 12 Mar 2009

    Leading HR directors have insisted they are focusing on the future despite having to make redundancies and implement recruitment freezes.Speaking...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention

    Fire stations sign up to equality targets to boost diversity

    by Kat Baker 11 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 11 Mar 2009

    Fire stations have signed up to equality targets for the first time to boost the number of female and ethnic...

    • Employment law
    • Health and safety
    • Latest News

    7,000 people die each year from avoidable work-related cancers

    by Kat Baker 10 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 10 Mar 2009

    A manufacturing body has urged employers to better assess health risks in the workplace after newly-published figures showed that 7,000 people...

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    Employers should encourage use of Facebook and Twitter

    by Kat Baker 9 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 9 Mar 2009

    ‘Old-fashioned’ employers are failing to support staff to use new technologies like Twitter or Facebook to communicate with peers, a...

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    • HR practice
    • Pay & benefits

    BBC will pay up to £46,000 per employee for move to Manchester

    by Kat Baker 9 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 9 Mar 2009

    BBC staff will be offered up to £46,000 each to relocate to a new media hub in Manchester by 2011.A...

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    • Economics, government & business
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    Welsh councils to cut hundreds of jobs in 2009

    by Kat Baker 6 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 6 Mar 2009

    At least 700 council jobs are expected to be cut in Wales this year, with a further 1,300 gone by...

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    KPMG crowned ‘Best Big Company to Work For’ in Sunday Times list

    by Kat Baker 6 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 6 Mar 2009

    KPMG has been named ‘Best Big Company to Work For’ for a third year in the Sunday Times’ Best Companies...

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    • Job creation and losses

    Clifford Chance job cuts will include HR roles

    by Kat Baker 6 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 6 Mar 2009

    HR jobs are to be cut at Clifford Chance after the law firm announced it will make between 105 and...

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    Women’s rights group claims unfair impact of recession proves need for quotas

    by Kat Baker 6 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 6 Mar 2009

    The recession has highlighted the urgent need for a quota system to boost female representation on company boards, a leading women’s campaign group...

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    • Data protection
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    CV clones pose threat to employers as organised criminal target jobseekers

    by Kat Baker 5 Mar 2009
    by Kat Baker 5 Mar 2009

    Organised criminals are using cloned career histories to deceive recruiters into hiring them for positions that could enable them to...

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