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    • Agency workers
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    Agency Workers Directive could be in force by 2010

    by Louisa Peacock 11 Sep 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 11 Sep 2009

    Fears are growing that the government will implement the Agency Workers Directive (AWD) as early as next spring, giving employers...

    • Employee relations
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Local government 1.25% pay deal accepted

    by Louisa Peacock 10 Sep 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 10 Sep 2009

    Local government workers have voted to accept the latest pay offer of up to 1.25%, after months of negotiation.Nearly nine...

    • Employee relations
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Councils join forces to tackle unemployment and skills shortages

    by Louisa Peacock 10 Sep 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 10 Sep 2009

    Councils in North Kent, the West Midlands and the West of England are today joining forces to tackle unemployment and...

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    • Early careers
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    Microsoft to help create 3,000 IT jobs and train low-skilled workers

    by Louisa Peacock 9 Sep 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 9 Sep 2009

    Microsoft will help create 3,000 jobs across the IT industry, as part of a campaign launched today to counter rising...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR Technology
    • Online recruitment

    Online HR job ads increase for second month

    by Louisa Peacock 8 Sep 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 8 Sep 2009

    The number of HR jobs available online has increased for the second month in a row, in contrast to demand...

    • HR practice

    Facebook ban at Portsmouth City Council defended by HR chief

    by Louisa Peacock 4 Sep 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 4 Sep 2009

    Chris Mordue, partner at Pinsent Masons, says the interesting feature of this case is that the Council has looked at...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • Learning & development

    Fashion skills council to meet with minister to decide its fate

    by Louisa Peacock 4 Sep 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 4 Sep 2009

    The fate of fashion and textiles skills council Skillfast will be decided next week when its senior management team meets...

    • Latest News
    • Learning & development

    Fire brigade row over HR staff responding to 999 calls during strikes

    by Louisa Peacock 4 Sep 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 4 Sep 2009

    A row has broken out between the South Yorkshire fire brigade and the local union about training HR staff to...

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    • Occupational Health

    Overweight bus drivers told to lose weight or be re-deployed

    by Louisa Peacock 3 Sep 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 3 Sep 2009

    Stagecoach bus drivers who weigh more than 20 stone have been reminded that they will break new seats if they...

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    • HR practice
    • Pay & benefits

    Staff willing to take pay and holiday cuts to help firms during downturn

    by Louisa Peacock 2 Sep 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 2 Sep 2009

    Two-thirds of employees would take a pay cut, work fewer hours, work more unpaid hours, and reduce their holidays to...

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    Celebrities back social work recruitment campaign

    by Louisa Peacock 1 Sep 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 1 Sep 2009

    Sadie Frost, Michelle Ryan, Goldie and Samantha Morton are among the celebrities who have today helped launch a government recruitment...

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    • Learning & development
    • Graduates

    Microsoft, Shell and E’ON among employers to guarantee graduate recruitment next year

    by Louisa Peacock 28 Aug 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 28 Aug 2009

    Top employers including Shell, E’ON and Microsoft have moved to reassure university leavers they are pressing on with their graduate...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Migrant workers

    Migrant applications to work in the UK fall by 6%

    by Louisa Peacock 27 Aug 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 27 Aug 2009

    The number of migrant applications to work in the UK has fallen over the past year, as the health of...

    • Graduates
    • Recruitment & retention

    BT decision to close graduate recruitment scheme branded ‘short sighted’

    by Louisa Peacock 26 Aug 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 26 Aug 2009

    BT’s decision to close its graduate recruitment scheme is “short sighted” and will deter talented individuals from applying to the...

    • HR practice
    • Recruitment & retention

    Boots ‘outraged’ by workplace parking levy

    by Louisa Peacock 24 Aug 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 24 Aug 2009

    Boots UK has threatened to move its entire car parking provision across Nottingham’s city boundary to avoid paying the workplace...

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