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Laura Chamberlain

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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Sex discrimination

    ‘Male-focused’ recruitment processes holding women back from boardrooms

    by Laura Chamberlain 28 May 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 28 May 2012

    Efforts to bring more women onto the boards of FTSE 350 companies are being held back by selection processes that...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Pay settlements

    Private-sector pay awards at 2.5%

    by Laura Chamberlain 25 May 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 25 May 2012

    Pay awards in the private sector are slighty up on this time last year, rising from a median 2.3% for the three...

    • Employment law
    • Early conciliation
    • Employment tribunals

    Reforms aim to make employment tribunals quicker and cheaper

    by Laura Chamberlain 24 May 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 24 May 2012

    A new Bill, presented to Parliament yesterday, will introduce early conciliation and a “rapid resolution” scheme aimed at making the...

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Employment law
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

    What does the Beecroft report mean for government policy?

    by Laura Chamberlain 22 May 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 22 May 2012

    Controversy surrounding the Beecroft report reached new heights yesterday when the Government published it ahead of schedule, due to the emergence...

    • Employment law
    • HR practice

    Last minute check: Four things you need to know about the Diamond Jubilee bank holiday

    by Laura Chamberlain 17 May 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 17 May 2012

    On Tuesday 5 June there is an extra bank holiday to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the spring bank...

    • CIPD
    • The HR profession

    CIPD appoints Peter Cheese as new chief executive

    by Laura Chamberlain 16 May 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 16 May 2012

    The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has announced that Peter Cheese will take over as chief executive.Cheese is...

    • Bullying and harassment
    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Government moves to abolish law on harassment of staff by third parties

    by Laura Chamberlain 15 May 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 15 May 2012

    The Government has today launched a consultation on plans to repeal provisions in the Equality Act 2010 that make employers...

    • Apprenticeships
    • Latest News
    • Learning & development

    Employers believe apprentice minimum wage should be doubled

    by Laura Chamberlain 14 May 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 14 May 2012

    The national minimum wage for apprentices should be increased to £5.00 an hour, say employers.This is according to the Chartered Institute...

    • Fit notes
    • HR practice
    • Sickness absence management

    Fit note has made no difference to sickness absence, say employers

    by Laura Chamberlain 14 May 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 14 May 2012

    Nearly two-thirds (60%) of employers believe that the fit note has made no difference to sickness absence levels since its...

    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Government job scheme not ‘value for money’, says National Audit Office

    by Laura Chamberlain 11 May 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 11 May 2012

    The National Audit Office (NAO) has said that the Government’s Regional Growth Fund, which was set up to support growth...

    • Latest News
    • Executive pay
    • HR practice

    HR professionals ‘almost completely absent’ from FTSE 50 boardrooms

    by Laura Chamberlain 10 May 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 10 May 2012

    Directors with HR backgrounds are “seriously under-represented” in the boardrooms of the UK’s largest companies, making up less than 1%...

    • HR practice
    • The HR profession

    HR moves: Argos, Homebase, ADP

    by Laura Chamberlain 10 May 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 10 May 2012

    A round up of the latest HR appointments.Sonia Astill has been appointed as HR director at Argos. Previously, Astill was...

    • Latest News
    • Learning & development

    Employers turn to informal training to cut costs

    by Laura Chamberlain 10 May 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 10 May 2012

    Employers have turned to informal training methods, such as work-shadowing, social networking and mentoring, in a bid to cut learning...

    • Criminal records
    • Ex-offenders
    • Recruitment & retention

    How DHL Supply Chain works successfully with ex-offenders

    by Laura Chamberlain 8 May 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 8 May 2012

    Trish Hopkinson, senior HR business partner at DHL Supply Chain, tells Personnel Today about the challenges involved in devising a...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Recruitment & retention

    Government confirms suspension of Sunday trading restrictions for Olympics is temporary

    by Laura Chamberlain 3 May 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 3 May 2012

    Plans to lift restrictions on Sunday opening hours for large shops during the Olympics and Paralympics are a temporary measure...

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