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    Small firms to be given £1,500 to hire first apprentices

    by Laura Chamberlain 7 Feb 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 7 Feb 2012

    Small businesses will be offered £1,500 to take on their first young apprentices, as part of a government drive to...

    • HR practice
    • The HR profession

    HR Moves: Barclays Bank, the Institute of Leadership and Management, Jurys Inn

    by Laura Chamberlain 7 Feb 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 7 Feb 2012

    A round-up of the latest HR appointments.Ray Harrison has been appointed to the newly created role of head of training...

    • Employment law
    • Insolvency
    • TUPE

    Staff who worked at 200 Woolworths stores miss out on compensation

    by Laura Chamberlain 3 Feb 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 3 Feb 2012

    Around 3,000 staff who were made redundant from just under 200 Woolworths stores across the country will not receive a...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Wellbeing

    Accident reporting changes to cut burden on employers

    by Laura Chamberlain 2 Feb 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 2 Feb 2012

    Changes to health and safety regulations on reporting accidents may relieve the burden on employers by cutting the amount of...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Labour market

    Too few applicants to fill graduate roles, say employers

    by Laura Chamberlain 1 Feb 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 1 Feb 2012

    Nearly two-fifths (38%) of employers believe that there are too few graduates to fill entry-level vacancies, despite high youth unemployment...

    • Recruitment & retention

    Employee referrals fill one job post in eight

    by Laura Chamberlain 31 Jan 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 31 Jan 2012

    Organisations that use employee referral schemes fill one-eighth (13%) of their vacancies through this method, new research has found.XpertHR’s survey...

    • Employment law
    • Data protection

    Large employers to be forced to appoint data protection officers

    by Laura Chamberlain 30 Jan 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 30 Jan 2012

    Organisations with more than 250 employees will have to designate a data protection officer to ensure that they deal with...

    • Employee engagement
    • HR practice
    • HR strategy

    Four key enablers to employee engagement

    by Laura Chamberlain 27 Jan 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 27 Jan 2012

    Engagement is one of those terms that is often referred to as a “fluffy” HR issue. But according to David...

    • Recruitment & retention

    G4S starts recruitment drive for 10,000 Olympic Games security staff

    by Laura Chamberlain 26 Jan 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 26 Jan 2012

    G4S, the security provider for the London 2012 Olympic Games, has launched what it called “the biggest paid recruitment drive...

    • Stress
    • Latest News
    • HR practice

    Middle managers under ‘excessive pressure’ at work

    by Laura Chamberlain 25 Jan 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 25 Jan 2012

    Half (49%) of middle managers feel that they are under “excessive pressure” at work, with one-third fearing that they may lose their jobs as...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Maternity

    Increase in parental leave to be postponed by one year

    by Laura Chamberlain 20 Jan 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 20 Jan 2012

    The Government has confirmed that it is to postpone the extension of the right to unpaid parental leave until 2013 due to...

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    • Pay settlements

    Private sector pay deals reach three-year high

    by Laura Chamberlain 20 Jan 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 20 Jan 2012

    Private sector pay bargaining got off to a good start in January as pay rises hit their highest level in...

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

    Surge in self-employment down to ‘odd-jobbers’, says CIPD

    by Laura Chamberlain 18 Jan 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 18 Jan 2012

    The rise in self-employment since the start of the recession is mostly due to part-time “odd-jobbers” who are desperate to...

    • NHS
    • HR practice

    HR moves: Yell, Ashurst, Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust

    by Laura Chamberlain 17 Jan 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 17 Jan 2012

    A round-up of the latest HR appointments.Yell, the business search engine, has announced the appointment of Linda Kennedy in the...

    • Recruitment & retention

    Anonymous CV plans backed by major employers

    by Laura Chamberlain 12 Jan 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 12 Jan 2012

    More than 100 major UK businesses have signed up to a government initiative that proposes asking for CVs without the name or...

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