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    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Government publishes guidance on public sector equality duties

    by Laura Chamberlain 26 Oct 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 26 Oct 2011

    The Government has published a guide on the Equality Act 2010’s specific public sector equality duties, in order to help...

    • CIPD
    • Employee engagement
    • HR practice

    Build trust in senior leaders or risk losing talent, CIPD warns

    by Laura Chamberlain 26 Oct 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 26 Oct 2011

    Employers risk losing talented workers to other companies should they fail to tackle distrust in senior management, the Chartered Institute for...

    • HR practice
    • Sickness absence management
    • Sickness absence

    Flexibility and communication key to reducing long-term absence

    by Laura Chamberlain 25 Oct 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 25 Oct 2011

    Employers believe that flexibility and communication are the most effective approaches to helping employees return to work after long-term sickness absence, a...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Department for Work and Pensions

    Work academies launched as unemployment soars

    by Laura Chamberlain 12 Oct 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 12 Oct 2011

    The Government has announced the launch of sector-based work academies aimed at getting more young people into work, as figures...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Department for Work and Pensions

    Work Programme suffering from backlog of capability assessments

    by Laura Chamberlain 12 Oct 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 12 Oct 2011

    The Government must take urgent action to tackle the backlog of Work Capability Assessments (WCAs), which are essential in the...

    • CIPD
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Delay public sector job cuts to stimulate growth, says CIPD

    by Laura Chamberlain 10 Oct 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 10 Oct 2011

    The Government should temporarily halt public sector job cuts in order to stimulate growth and tackle rising unemployment rates, the...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • HR practice
    • HR strategy

    Moving to Manchester: HR and the BBC’s relocation challenge

    by Laura Chamberlain 7 Oct 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 7 Oct 2011

    The BBC has been making the news as well as breaking it this week, announcing that it will slash 2,000...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Employee Benefits Live 2011: technologies, flexibility and adapting to a new generation

    by Laura Chamberlain 29 Sep 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 29 Sep 2011

    At this week’s Employee Benefits Live conference and exhibition, held at London’s Business Design Centre, much of the focus was on...

    • Agency workers
    • Employment law
    • HR practice

    Employers warned to get to grips with Agency Workers Regulations

    by Laura Chamberlain 26 Sep 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 26 Sep 2011

    Bosses have been warned to be ready for “the biggest-ever shake-up of rights for temporary workers”, or risk heavy fines.Conciliation service...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Pensions

    Alternative proposals for public sector pension reforms set out

    by Laura Chamberlain 23 Sep 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 23 Sep 2011

    The Local Government Group (LGG) has set out alternative proposals for public sector pension reforms, which it claims would minimise...

    • Agency workers
    • HR practice

    Demand for temporary workers remains high as Agency Workers Regulations loom

    by Laura Chamberlain 23 Sep 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 23 Sep 2011

    The majority of employers (83%) plan either to maintain or increase their use of temporary staff over the next three months,...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    More needs to be done to boost flexible working, says survey

    by Laura Chamberlain 19 Sep 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 19 Sep 2011

    Both MPs and the public agree that the Government needs to make it easier for companies to adopt flexible working...

    • Early careers
    • Retirement

    Abolition of retirement age leaves less opportunity for young workers, say employers

    by Laura Chamberlain 19 Sep 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 19 Sep 2011

    One-fifth of employers say that they will have less capacity to hire young workers once the default retirement age (DRA)...

    • Latest News
    • Learning & development
    • Qualifications

    Management skills training provided to school pupils

    by Laura Chamberlain 15 Sep 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 15 Sep 2011

    Students from secondary schools and colleges are being provided with management training in order to address the lack of basic...

    • Recruitment & retention

    Assessment centres remain popular recruitment tool despite cost

    by Laura Chamberlain 15 Sep 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 15 Sep 2011

    Many employers are still using assessment centres to select people for particular roles, especially management or graduate positions, despite high...

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