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    • Auto-enrolment
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    Employers worried about complexity of pension auto-enrolment

    by Laura Chamberlain 24 Sep 2010
    by Laura Chamberlain 24 Sep 2010

    Employers are more concerned about the administrative complexities of having to automatically enrol staff into pension schemes than the cost...

    • Company cars
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    • Pay & benefits

    Company car schemes are key to recruitment and retention, says survey

    by Laura Chamberlain 23 Sep 2010
    by Laura Chamberlain 23 Sep 2010

    Companies are recognising that company car schemes are increasingly worthwhile investments, with 27% more fleet managers currently seeing company cars as a recruitment...

    • Age discrimination
    • Acas
    • Alcohol and drug misuse

    Equality Act 2010: Guidance and advice for employers and HR

    by Laura Chamberlain 22 Sep 2010
    by Laura Chamberlain 22 Sep 2010

    Most of the Equality Act 2010 came into force on 1 October 2010 and employers need to make sure they...

    • The HR profession

    HR people moves: RBS, Domestic & General and BNP Paribas

    by Laura Chamberlain 22 Sep 2010
    by Laura Chamberlain 22 Sep 2010

    A round-up of the latest people moves in the HR sector.
    Elaine Arden has been appointed group head of HR...

    • Latest News
    • Learning & development

    Employees feel companies are not making the most of their skills

    by Laura Chamberlain 20 Sep 2010
    by Laura Chamberlain 20 Sep 2010

    Half of employees feel that their skills are under-utilised and 10% have taken up new positions that do not make...

    • Employee relations
    • Employment law
    • Trade unions

    Union takes BMI to court over pay-freeze dispute

    by Laura Chamberlain 20 Sep 2010
    by Laura Chamberlain 20 Sep 2010

    Unite has announced it is taking BMI to the High Court in a continuing row over pay freezes.The union, which...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Pay & benefits

    9,000 public sector employees are paid more than the Prime Minister

    by Laura Chamberlain 20 Sep 2010
    by Laura Chamberlain 20 Sep 2010

    More than 9,000 public sector workers earn more than David Cameron and 38,045 public sector employees have incomes exceeding £100,000,...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Immigration cap is doing damage to UK business, says Cable

    by Laura Chamberlain 20 Sep 2010
    by Laura Chamberlain 20 Sep 2010

    Business secretary Vince Cable told the Financial Times that caps on immigration are costing the UK thousands of jobs.A restriction...

    • Bribery
    • Employment law

    Bribery Act 2010: consultation launches on guidance for businesses

    by Laura Chamberlain 17 Sep 2010
    by Laura Chamberlain 17 Sep 2010

    The Government has begun consultation on its guidance on the procedures that commercial companies should put in place to prevent...

    • Employment law
    • Maternity

    Maternity leave extension could cost the UK £2.5 billion

    by Laura Chamberlain 17 Sep 2010
    by Laura Chamberlain 17 Sep 2010

    EU plans to extend the length of maternity leave to 20 weeks on full pay could cost the UK £2.5 billion per...

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • Wellbeing

    UK businesses unprepared for coping with ageing workforce

    by Laura Chamberlain 16 Sep 2010
    by Laura Chamberlain 16 Sep 2010

    Companies are not prepared for coping with an ageing workforce, despite the upcoming abolition of the default retirement age (DRA).A survey...

    • HR practice
    • HR Technology

    Leadership and social networking: a roundtable debate

    by Laura Chamberlain 16 Sep 2010
    by Laura Chamberlain 16 Sep 2010

    Social networking and new learning technologies dominated the agenda at a roundtable debate hosted by the Centre for High Performance...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Doubt cast on claims of higher public sector pay

    by Laura Chamberlain 16 Sep 2010
    by Laura Chamberlain 16 Sep 2010

    Analysis of official statistics has cast doubt on claims that public sector workers earn more than their private sector counterparts,...

    • Employee relations
    • Employment law
    • Employment tribunals

    Hospital launches appeal over £1.2 million payout in whistleblowing case

    by Laura Chamberlain 13 Sep 2010
    by Laura Chamberlain 13 Sep 2010

    The Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust (RCHT) is appealing the whistleblowing element of a tribunal ruling which led to a £1.2...

    • Employment law
    • TUPE

    Workers should have been consulted on administrative changes in TUPE transfer

    by Laura Chamberlain 10 Sep 2010
    by Laura Chamberlain 10 Sep 2010

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that staff at a care home should have been consulted on changes to...

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