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    Tesco Bank to create 1,000 new jobs in Newcastle

    by Louisa Peacock 28 Oct 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 28 Oct 2009

    Tesco’s banking division is creating 1,000 new jobs in Newcastle following a decision to establish a customer service centre in...

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    • Cycle to Work
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    Government to launch new cycle-to-work campaign

    by Louisa Peacock 28 Oct 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 28 Oct 2009

    EXCLUSIVETransport secretary Andrew Adonis will today call on employers to make it easier for staff to use cycle-to-work tax breaks...

    • Agency workers
    • Employment law
    • HR practice

    Royal Mail entitled to use agency workers during postal strike, say legal experts

    by Louisa Peacock 27 Oct 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 27 Oct 2009

    Firms are entitled to use workers supplied by an external agency to cover for striking employees, as long as they...

    • Agency workers
    • Employee relations
    • Employment law

    Using agency workers during a strike: the legal position

    by Louisa Peacock 27 Oct 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 27 Oct 2009

    Expert guidance on what you can and can't do with agency workers during a strike or other industrial action

    • Employment law
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    Recession redundancies vastly underestimated by employers

    by Louisa Peacock 12 Oct 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 12 Oct 2009

    EXCLUSIVE
    Redundancy predictions made by employers at the start of the year fell well short of the actual number of...

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

    Conservative Party Conference: Policy round-up

    by Louisa Peacock 9 Oct 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 9 Oct 2009

    Youth unemployment came under the spotlight at this week’s Conservative Party Conference. Personnel Today spoke to leading employer groups and HR directors...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Employment tribunals

    Sex discrimination case against Equality and Human Rights Commission dismissed by tribunal

    by Louisa Peacock 9 Oct 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 9 Oct 2009

    A sex discrimination case against the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been dismissed as “not well-founded”, a tribunal...

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    CBI pleads with Royal Mail workers not to strike this Christmas

    by Louisa Peacock 9 Oct 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 9 Oct 2009

    Business group the CBI has pleaded with Royal Mail postal workers to prevent them from striking this Christmas.
    Yesterday the...

    • Employee relations
    • Industrial action / strikes
    • Recruitment & retention

    Fujitsu faces potential strike action over pension changes

    by Louisa Peacock 9 Oct 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 9 Oct 2009

    Fujitsu faces a potential strike from workers after Unite union began an industrial action ballot on jobs, pay and pensions...

    • Business performance
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    CWU Royal Mail workers vote for strike

    by Louisa Peacock 8 Oct 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 8 Oct 2009

    Royal Mail is set to endure a national strike after a majority of postal workers voted to take part in...

    • Business performance
    • Employee relations
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    Postal strike ballot result due later today

    by Louisa Peacock 8 Oct 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 8 Oct 2009

    The result of a ballot on a nationwide postal strike is expected to be released today (8 October).A series of...

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    UK job vacancies grow for second consecutive month

    by Louisa Peacock 7 Oct 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 7 Oct 2009

    The jobs market is continuing to show signs of improvement after permanent placements rose for the second month in a...

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    • Graduates

    Deloitte launches Olympics student ideas competition

    by Louisa Peacock 6 Oct 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 6 Oct 2009

    Deloitte has launched a competition to win two weeks’ paid work experience and a trip to Singapore for students who...

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

    Conservative Party Conference: Retirement age to be scrapped or raised despite Tory rise in state pension age

    by Louisa Peacock 6 Oct 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 6 Oct 2009

    The default retirement age is likely to be raised or scrapped far earlier than Conservative plans to increase the state...

    • Employment law
    • Economics, government & business
    • HR practice

    Conservative Party Conference: David Cameron speech covered live

    by Louisa Peacock 5 Oct 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 5 Oct 2009

    We will be covering David Cameron’s keynote speech to the Conservative Party Conference live from 2pm on Thursday, 8 October, with...

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