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    • Civil Service
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    Civil Service redundancy pay cuts slammed by unions

    by Louisa Peacock 31 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 31 Jul 2009

    Plans to slash thousands of pounds of compensation paid to civil servants being made redundant have been blasted by unions...

    • NHS
    • Employment law
    • Discipline and grievances

    NHS doctors and dentists now allowed legal representation

    by Louisa Peacock 31 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 31 Jul 2009

    NHS doctors and dentists will be allowed to have legal representation at internal disciplinary hearings after a landmark decision in...

    • Employment law
    • HR practice

    Agency workers: Consultation on ‘equal treatment’ lacks clarity

    by Louisa Peacock 30 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 30 Jul 2009

    The Agency Workers Directive (AWD) consultation due to close tomorrow has lacked clarity and left employers with little idea of...

    • NHS
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Swine flu: NHS insists it is ready for the Working Time Directive

    by Louisa Peacock 29 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 29 Jul 2009

    The NHS has insisted it is ready for the Working Time Directive (WTD), which will introduce a 48-hour maximum working...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Pay structures

    Social Work Task Force unveils recommendations to rebuild confidence in social care

    by Louisa Peacock 29 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 29 Jul 2009

    Social workers deserve a common career structure linked to a national pay scale, according to a taskforce set up to...

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Local council pay deal will not be resolved for months

    by Louisa Peacock 29 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 29 Jul 2009

    This year’s local government pay deal will not be resolved until at least September, it has emerged.The three main local...

    • HR strategy
    • Outsourcing

    Buckinghamshire council’s £7.5m-a-year outsourcing deal will challenge HR

    by Louisa Peacock 29 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 29 Jul 2009

    Buckinghamshire County Council’s HR chief has admitted a new £7.5m-a-year recruitment outsourcing deal will “fundamentally change” her role and present...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Wellbeing

    Swine flu: Call to suspend Working Time Directive may be premature

    by Louisa Peacock 28 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 28 Jul 2009

    The call to suspend the Working Time Directive (WTD) in light of the swine-flu epidemic may be premature, as the...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Phillips’ leadership makes equalities commission a laughing stock

    by Louisa Peacock 28 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 28 Jul 2009

    Trevor Phillips has made the equalities watchdog a “laughing stock” according to a leading disabilities campaigner.Brian Rix, the president of...

    • Police
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Sikh PC wins Met Police discrimination tribunal case

    by Louisa Peacock 27 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 27 Jul 2009

    A Sikh police officer has won her race and religious discrimination case against the Metropolitan police.Amandeep Kaur Grewal is to...

    • Age discrimination
    • Business performance
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Older workers lose jobs as recession bites

    by Louisa Peacock 27 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 27 Jul 2009

    The number of unemployed older workers has risen sharply during the recession, figures published today have revealed.A survey by The...

    • Absence
    • Latest News
    • HR practice

    Swine flu could cause midwife shortage hospital trusts warn

    by Louisa Peacock 27 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 27 Jul 2009

    Sickness absence among midwives caused by the swine flu virus could limit choice in maternity care, hospital trusts have warned.Pregnant...

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

    Diageo plan to cut 700 Johnnie Walker jobs in Kilmarnock sparks huge public protest

    by Louisa Peacock 27 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 27 Jul 2009

    Thousands of people took to the streets of Kilmarnock, Scotland, yesterday to protest about drinks maker Diageo’s proposed job cuts.The...

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

    Jurys Inn group plans hundreds of new jobs as expansion funds secured

    by Louisa Peacock 27 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 27 Jul 2009

    Hotel group Jurys Inn is set to create hundreds of new jobs after it secured £60m in funding to support...

    • Business performance
    • Department for Education
    • Latest News

    Central government departments miss 60% of 2005-08 targets

    by Louisa Peacock 27 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 27 Jul 2009

    The UK ranks 16th out of 30 OECD countries on central government management and policy implementation, a report published today has...

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