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    Staffing plans to tackle border-control queues at Heathrow ‘doomed’, says expert

    by Laura Chamberlain 2 May 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 2 May 2012

    Government plans to reduce delays at Heathrow airport’s border control by overhauling the shift system and providing reinforcements are “doomed”...

    • HR practice

    HR Moves: Evenbase, Field Fisher Waterhouse, National Apprenticeship Service

    by Laura Chamberlain 24 Apr 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 24 Apr 2012

    A round-up of the latest HR appointments.John Frith has taken on the role of HR director at global digital recruitment...

    • Bullying and harassment
    • HR strategy
    • Sickness absence management

    Top ten regulations deterring businesses from taking on staff

    by Laura Chamberlain 23 Apr 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 23 Apr 2012

    Research from the Government, included in its call for evidence document on compensated no-fault dismissals for micro-businesses, found that dismissal...

    • Latest News
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    • HR practice

    Skills shortage and low salaries making it difficult to recruit managers

    by Laura Chamberlain 19 Apr 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 19 Apr 2012

    Employers are struggling to recruit and retain managers because of a lack of candidates with the right skills and financial...

    • Agency workers
    • Employment law
    • HR practice

    Most employers give agency workers 12-week rights from day one, report finds

    by Laura Chamberlain 16 Apr 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 16 Apr 2012

    The majority of employers give temporary workers the same basic conditions as permanent hires from day one of their assignments,...

    • Agency workers
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Drop in temporary appointments may be linked to Agency Workers Regulations, says report

    by Laura Chamberlain 11 Apr 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 11 Apr 2012

    Employers may be swapping temporary workers for permanent staff because of uncertainty over the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR), a report...

    • Employee relations
    • Employment law
    • Employment contracts

    Fuel dispute ‘like asking all supermarkets to agree unified working conditions’, says expert

    by Laura Chamberlain 5 Apr 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 5 Apr 2012

    An employee relations adviser has compared Unite’s attempts to agree national minimum standards for fuel-tanker drivers, employed by seven different...

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

    Age is not an excuse for under-performance, says pensions minister

    by Laura Chamberlain 3 Apr 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 3 Apr 2012

    Pensions minister Steve Webb has told Personnel Today that employers should not take the approach that it is “inevitable or...

    • Employee relations
    • Local authorities
    • Mediation

    Resolving conflicts through mediation at East Sussex council

    by Laura Chamberlain 29 Mar 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 29 Mar 2012

    Mediation is a key part of the Government’s plans for employment law reform. It hopes that by referring all employment...

    • Employee relations

    Is engagement HR fluff or vital to economic growth?

    by Laura Chamberlain 26 Mar 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 26 Mar 2012

    Last year, the Government asked David MacLeod and Nita Clarke, authors of the Engaging for success report, to create the Employee...

    • Auto-enrolment
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    One employer in six says pensions auto-enrolment will restrain pay

    by Laura Chamberlain 23 Mar 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 23 Mar 2012

    More than one-sixth (17.5%) of employers in the private and voluntary sectors believe that the cost of pensions auto-enrolment will...

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

    Budget doesn’t go far enough in cutting red tape, say business groups

    by Laura Chamberlain 21 Mar 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 21 Mar 2012

    Business groups have welcomed certain announcements in the Budget, such as the 5p cut to top rate tax, but have...

    • Latest News
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    • Labour market

    Lack of skilled candidates is biggest recruitment challenge, say employers

    by Laura Chamberlain 21 Mar 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 21 Mar 2012

    The biggest recruitment barrier that employers faced during the last 12 months was the poor quality of candidates, a new...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Online recruitment

    HR directors believe social media is ineffective for recruitment, survey finds

    by Laura Chamberlain 20 Mar 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 20 Mar 2012

    More than half (55%) of HR directors believe that social media platforms are an ineffective recruitment tool and a further...

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

    Youth minimum wage rates frozen for 2012

    by Laura Chamberlain 19 Mar 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 19 Mar 2012

    The Government has announced that the national minimum wage for young workers will be frozen when the new adult rates...

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