One-third of employers now use social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn to connect with potential recruits, research has...
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London mayor Boris Johnson has increased the London Living Wage to £7.60 per hour, a rise of 15p. The rise...
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One in seven HR managers plans to use the default retirement age to help cut jobs, according to a survey...
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An overwhelming majority of top firms believe the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) new code of practice will have little or...
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Voluntary redundancy and cancelling agency jobs top employers’ list of cost-cutting measures
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryMost employers would axe agency workers and use voluntary redundancies as their preferred method of cutting staff costs, a survey...
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The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) has commissioned new research to investigate the skills and training needs of...
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Kellogg’s staff clock off at lunchtime on Friday for summer working scheme
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryEmployees at cereal maker Kellogg’s are being given Friday afternoons off over the summer – providing they have already worked...
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City skills timebomb tackled by government and financial services bosses
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryCity firms and the government must work together to attract new blood to the financial services sector, with a greater focus on on-the-job training, a major...
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PPMA president Gill Hibberd has called on public sector HR professionals to demonstrate more “purpose, passion and performance” in their...
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An HR manager who stabbed her love rival to death has been found guilty of manslaughter and jailed for seven...
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Unemployment increased by 177,000 people in the three months to February to reach 2.1 million, official figures have shown.
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A little more than a year has passed since Jackie Orme took over at the helm of the Chartered Institute...
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EXCLUSIVEFurious CIPD staff have hit out at chief executive Jackie Orme over the timing and handling of the redundancies announced...
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The Work Foundation has launched an 18-month research programme to examine the future of the HR profession.
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The CIPD has axed 41 jobs as the recession hits right at the heart of the HR profession, Personnel Today...