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Laura Chamberlain

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    TUC calls for Budget investment in young workers

    by Laura Chamberlain 13 Mar 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 13 Mar 2012

    The TUC has called on Chancellor George Osborne to use his Budget to introduce measures that will help young people...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Older workers will be essential to fill employment deficit, warns CIPD

    by Laura Chamberlain 12 Mar 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 12 Mar 2012

    UK businesses will have to embrace the benefits of older workers in order to meet the “employment deficit” caused by...

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Pensions auto-enrolment undermines Government’s promise to cut red tape, lawyer claims

    by Laura Chamberlain 7 Mar 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 7 Mar 2012

    Pensions auto-enrolment will add “another layer of red tape and bureaucracy” for employers, breaking the Government’s promise to reduce the...

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

    Plan ahead for extra Diamond Jubilee bank holiday, employers warned

    by Laura Chamberlain 2 Mar 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 2 Mar 2012

    Employers need to plan ahead for the Diamond Jubilee bank holiday in June to avoid last-minute leave request clashes, Acas...

    • CIPD
    • HR practice
    • HR strategy

    Crisis in trust should not be blamed on the economy, says CIPD

    by Laura Chamberlain 1 Mar 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 1 Mar 2012

    The crisis in trust that many organisations are facing in the midst of pay cuts, redundancy and restructuring predates the...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Skilled migrants will have to earn £35,000 to settle in the UK

    by Laura Chamberlain 29 Feb 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 29 Feb 2012

    Migrant workers will only be allowed to settle in the UK if they earn at least £35,000, under government plans...

    • Business performance
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Leadership development must be part of ‘skills for growth’ strategy, says report

    by Laura Chamberlain 28 Feb 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 28 Feb 2012

    The Government should make leadership development a key part of its “skills for growth” strategy in order to improve the UK’s...

    • Early careers
    • Recruitment & retention

    CIPD calls for an end to work experience row

    by Laura Chamberlain 23 Feb 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 23 Feb 2012

    The argument over whether or not unpaid work experience amounts to “slave labour” is in danger of discouraging employers from...

    • HR practice
    • Recruitment & retention

    Public sector workers facing job mobility challenge

    by Laura Chamberlain 23 Feb 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 23 Feb 2012

    Public sector workers struggle to obtain jobs in different parts of the sector as well as in private firms, a survey...

    • Employee engagement
    • Sickness absence management
    • HR strategy

    Creating a culture of engagement at the Royal College of Nursing

    by Laura Chamberlain 23 Feb 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 23 Feb 2012

    Laura Chamberlain talks to David Cooper, winner of Personnel Today’s HR director of the year award, sponsored by Pinsent Masons,...

    • Early careers
    • Latest News
    • Learning & development

    Government to pay to get NEETs into work or training

    by Laura Chamberlain 21 Feb 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 21 Feb 2012

    Nick Clegg is to launch a scheme to deal with the “ticking time bomb” of young people not in education,...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Government amends ‘unenforceable’ Equality Act compromise agreement provisions

    by Laura Chamberlain 17 Feb 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 17 Feb 2012

    The Government has published an amendment to the provisions on compromise agreements in the Equality Act 2010, after employment lawyers said that the...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Job creation and losses

    Number of people forced into part-time roles highest since records began

    by Laura Chamberlain 15 Feb 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 15 Feb 2012

    The number of people working part time because they cannot find a full-time job has reached the highest level since...

    • Bullying and harassment
    • Employment law
    • HR practice

    Gay barrister who found homophopic comments in case file wins discrimination case

    by Laura Chamberlain 10 Feb 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 10 Feb 2012

    A gay barrister who found references to his “batty boy mate” in a case file has had his claim of...

    • Apprenticeships
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Latest News

    Apprenticeships should embrace diversity, says minister

    by Laura Chamberlain 9 Feb 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 9 Feb 2012

    Making sure that more people with disabilities or learning difficulties, and those from minorities, are able to benefit from apprenticeships is a priority for...

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