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Laura Chamberlain

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    • Economics, government & business
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    Business groups welcome Labour proposals on vocational training

    by Laura Chamberlain 3 Oct 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 3 Oct 2012

    Proposals set out by Labour leader Ed Miliband to increase vocational training to help the “forgotten 50%” of young people...

    • Agency workers
    • Employment law
    • HR practice

    Agency Workers Regulations not to blame for reduced use of temps, says REC

    by Laura Chamberlain 2 Oct 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 2 Oct 2012

    The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has said that the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) have had a limited impact on...

    • Employment law
    • Employment tribunals

    Unfair dismissal changes ‘will lead to rise in other claims’

    by Laura Chamberlain 1 Oct 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 1 Oct 2012

    Employers have predicted that the number of tribunal claims will rise following the increase in the qualifying period for unfair dismissal,...

    • Latest News
    • Inflation
    • Pay & benefits

    Private-sector pay awards edge closer to inflation

    by Laura Chamberlain 27 Sep 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 27 Sep 2012

    The gap between private-sector pay settlements and headline inflation is narrowing, according to research from XpertHR.While the median basic pay increase...

    • CIPD
    • Bullying and harassment
    • HR practice

    CIPD launches people management tool for SMEs

    by Laura Chamberlain 26 Sep 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 26 Sep 2012

    The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has launched a tool to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) to...

    • CIPD
    • The HR profession

    CIPD opens its HR Profession Map to all practitioners

    by Laura Chamberlain 25 Sep 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 25 Sep 2012

    The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has announced that it will make its HR Profession Map available to...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • HR practice
    • Family-friendly working

    Four banks in top ten family-friendly UK employers

    by Laura Chamberlain 25 Sep 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 25 Sep 2012

    Banks feature heavily in a list of the top 10 employers for working families, with Barclays, Citi, the Royal Bank...

    • Employment law
    • Employment tribunals

    Tribunal statistics: are awards really on the rise?

    by Laura Chamberlain 25 Sep 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 25 Sep 2012

    Earlier this month, the Government launched a consultation on plans to reduce the cap on unfair dismissal payouts.While this might...

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Let workers opt out of pensions in advance of auto-enrolment, say employers

    by Laura Chamberlain 24 Sep 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 24 Sep 2012

    Two-fifths (41%) of employers want the pensions auto-enrolment duty to be changed so that workers can opt out in advance...

    • Latest News
    • Early careers
    • Economics, government & business

    Employers not doing enough to help young job seekers

    by Laura Chamberlain 19 Sep 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 19 Sep 2012

    Many employers are failing to recruit young workers despite the majority agreeing that they have a duty to help tackle...

    • Apprenticeships
    • CIPD
    • Latest News

    CIPD launches higher apprenticeship for HR management

    by Laura Chamberlain 7 Sep 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 7 Sep 2012

    The Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) and business apprenticeship issuing authority Skills CFA have launched a new higher...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • France

    Number of women on European boards doubles in eight years

    by Laura Chamberlain 6 Sep 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 6 Sep 2012

    Female representation on the boards of Europe’s largest companies has doubled during the past eight years, with 16% of these...

    • Employment law
    • Criminal records
    • Recruitment & retention

    Vetting and barring changes 2012: three things employers need to know

    by Laura Chamberlain 5 Sep 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 5 Sep 2012

    From 10 September 2012, a number of amendments to the vetting and barring scheme, which is designed to protect vulnerable...

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

    One million more workers ‘trapped in under-employment’ since onset of recession, says TUC

    by Laura Chamberlain 5 Sep 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 5 Sep 2012

    The number of “under-employed” workers in the UK has risen by 42% since 2008, with young people and low-skilled staff...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Marriage and civil partnership discrimination

    European Court of Human Rights ruling “could change UK law on religious discrimination”

    by Laura Chamberlain 4 Sep 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 4 Sep 2012

    Four religious discrimination cases that have been taken to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) could have wide-ranging implications...

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