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    • UK Commission for Employment & Skills

    Fashion skills council claims licence was not properly reviewed by UKCES

    by Louisa Peacock 24 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 24 Jul 2009

    A sector skills council threatened with closure is “incensed” and has accused the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES)...

    • Employment law
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    • HR strategy

    Vodafone two-thirds of way through £1bn cost-cutting drive by March 2010

    by Louisa Peacock 24 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 24 Jul 2009

    Vodafone will be two-thirds of the way through its £1bn cost-cutting drive by next March, the company said in a...

    • Employee relations
    • Employment law
    • Discipline

    Sacked fireman accused of ‘coaching’ son through exam to lodge tribunal claim

    by Louisa Peacock 24 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 24 Jul 2009

    A fire station manager sacked for coaching his son through an entrance exam will lodge an employment tribunal later this...

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    Agency Workers Directive only intended to apply to firms using formalised pay structures

    by Louisa Peacock 24 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 24 Jul 2009

    The Agency Workers Directive (AWD) is intended only to apply to those companies that use formalised pay scales, excluding about...

    • Employment law
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    • HR practice

    Heyday VIDEO: default retirement age case reaches High Court

    by Louisa Peacock 14 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 14 Jul 2009

    The default retirement age (DRA) of 65 may be scrapped if the Heyday case â€“ due to appear in High Court on 16 July â€“...

    • Employment law
    • Compensation
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Lesbian couple awarded more than £22,000 for discrimination and unfair dismissal

    by Louisa Peacock 9 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 9 Jul 2009

    A lesbian couple who were “humiliated” by sexual jokes at work have won more than £22,000 in compensation. Saleswomen Beth...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Jobcentre Plus fails to promote equality

    by Louisa Peacock 8 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 8 Jul 2009

    Jobcentre Plus is not doing all it can to promote equality, the diversity watchdog has said.
    The first formal assessment...

    • Employment law
    • Unfair dismissal

    Kosovan workers awarded more than £46,000 for unfair dismissal

    by Louisa Peacock 8 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 8 Jul 2009

    Six Kosovan workers who were unfairly dismissed by civil engineering company FM Conway have won a total of £46,210.24 at...

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

    EHRC sex discrimination tribunal begins

    by Louisa Peacock 7 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 7 Jul 2009

    The equality watchdog “mistreated, penalised and pushed out” a female member of staff on maternity leave in an attempt make...

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    • Economics, government & business

    HMRC staff ban overtime as PCS union denounces job cuts

    by Louisa Peacock 6 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 6 Jul 2009

    More than 70,000 HMRC staff are due to begin an overtime ban today (6 July), in a bid to expose...

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    • Employee relations
    • Latest News

    HR News stories you may have missed: public sector, graduates, strikes, unemployment, Royal Mail, G20 policing

    by Louisa Peacock 6 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 6 Jul 2009

    This Personnel Today news round-up includes news about:

    Public sector pay freeze likely
    Graduate applications outnumber vacancies 50:1
    Tube workers strike ban?
    Prevent unemployment...

    • Business performance
    • Employee relations
    • Latest News

    BA workers reject appeals for pay freeze and job cuts

    by Louisa Peacock 6 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 6 Jul 2009

    More than 2,000 British Airways workers at a mass meeting this morning denounced the airline’s plans to reduce costs by...

    • Employment law
    • Redundancy

    Penna denies Barker redundancies takeover request

    by Louisa Peacock 3 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 3 Jul 2009

    Penna has categorically denied it told Barkers to make at least 60 staff redundant just days before it purchased the...

    • Economics, government & business
    • Recruitment & retention

    Local Employment Partnerships overlooked during recession

    by Louisa Peacock 3 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 3 Jul 2009

    Employers’ groups have admitted that organisations will look to cherry-pick the best candidates when recruiting during the recession rather than...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Race discrimination

    Nameless CV proposal put forward for reinstatement in Equality Bill

    by Louisa Peacock 2 Jul 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 2 Jul 2009

    Lynne Featherstone will fight for her nameless CV proposal to return now that it has been withdrawn from the Equality...

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