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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Retirement

    Default retirement age should be scrapped not ‘phased out’, equality group warns

    by Louisa Peacock 13 May 2010
    by Louisa Peacock 13 May 2010

    Plans to scrap the default retirement age (DRA) ‘in phases’ has angered an equality group that has actively campaigned with...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Coalition agreement document: what the policies mean for employers

    by Louisa Peacock 12 May 2010
    by Louisa Peacock 12 May 2010

    The official document setting out the terms of the deal between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats in the new...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Coalition Cabinet’s lack of women angers equality group

    by Louisa Peacock 12 May 2010
    by Louisa Peacock 12 May 2010

    An equality group is outraged that the new coalition Cabinet looks set to contain just one woman.
    Prime minister David...

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

    Unemployment: Record high economically inactive must be prioritised by incoming coalition government

    by Louisa Peacock 12 May 2010
    by Louisa Peacock 12 May 2010

    The incoming coalition government must make reducing unemployment and creating jobs a priority after the latest job statistics revealed a...

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • HR strategy

    Boosting staff wellbeing can improve financial performance, research reveals

    by Louisa Peacock 11 May 2010
    by Louisa Peacock 11 May 2010

    A decisive link between promoting employee wellbeing and boosting shareholder return has been made in a new research project to...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Small business calls for post-election clarity and credible governance system

    by Louisa Peacock 7 May 2010
    by Louisa Peacock 7 May 2010

    Small businesses have urged politicians to come up with a credible system of governance as the country is on track...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Hung parliament fears for business realised as no party wins election majority

    by Louisa Peacock 7 May 2010
    by Louisa Peacock 7 May 2010

    Business fears over a hung parliament have now materialised as too few seats remain undeclared for the Conservatives to claim...

    • Asylum seekers
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Migrant workers ‘row’ in final TV Leaders’ Debate

    by Louisa Peacock 30 Apr 2010
    by Louisa Peacock 30 Apr 2010

    Nick Clegg came under fire last night for his plans to introduce an amnesty for illegal immigrants and ‘regional migration’...

    • Age discrimination
    • Police
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Police officer denied promotion due to lack of degree was not discriminated against

    by Louisa Peacock 29 Apr 2010
    by Louisa Peacock 29 Apr 2010

    A police officer in his 60s who was prevented from applying for a promotion because he did not hold a...

    • HR practice
    • The HR profession

    HR chief’s 130-mile green trip raises charity cash

    by Louisa Peacock 26 Apr 2010
    by Louisa Peacock 26 Apr 2010

    The Royal College of Nursing’s HR chief has raised more than £4,500 for charity after completing a bike ride from...

    • Employee relations
    • HR strategy
    • The HR profession

    Friday podcast; How HR dealt with volcano chaos and future workforce plans from IBM

    by Louisa Peacock 23 Apr 2010
    by Louisa Peacock 23 Apr 2010

    HR news and views including:

    How HR coped with staff absence as thousands of employees were trapped abroad due to...

    • Agency workers
    • HR practice
    • HR transformation

    IBM crowd sourcing could see employed workforce shrink by three quarters

    by Louisa Peacock 23 Apr 2010
    by Louisa Peacock 23 Apr 2010

    Multinational firms saddled with huge people costs are considering downsizing their permanent workforce and hiring sub-contractors on a scale never...

    • Apprenticeships
    • Latest News
    • Learning & development

    Graduate and apprenticeship schemes inundated with applicants

    by Louisa Peacock 23 Apr 2010
    by Louisa Peacock 23 Apr 2010

    Graduate schemes and apprenticeships at a number of high-profile employers are continuing to be inundated as youth unemployment remains close...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Minimum wage

    National minimum wage flouted by charities, union claims

    by Louisa Peacock 23 Apr 2010
    by Louisa Peacock 23 Apr 2010

    A number of charities are flouting the law by not paying the national minimum wage (NMW) when staff ‘sleep over’,...

    • HR strategy
    • Organisation development

    Organisational development will help firms manage change, CIPD says

    by Louisa Peacock 21 Apr 2010
    by Louisa Peacock 21 Apr 2010

    HR professionals are too process-driven to reap the benefits of using organisational development (OD) when managing change, delegates at a...

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