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    Unemployment hits seven-year high at 1.71 million

    by Mike Berry 15 Nov 2006
    by Mike Berry 15 Nov 2006

    UK unemployment is at its highest level in seven years, reaching 1.71 million in the three months to September, official figures ...

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    Union slams ‘hair-brained’ proposals to cut desk clutter at HM Revenue & Customs

    by Mike Berry 15 Nov 2006
    by Mike Berry 15 Nov 2006

    Workers at HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have been told their desks must be clutter-free to promote “efficient business processing”....

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    Moto Hospitality drives through five-year payroll outsourcing deal with Northgate HR

    by Mike Berry 14 Nov 2006
    by Mike Berry 14 Nov 2006

    Motorway services provider Moto Hospitality has signed a five-year deal to outsource its payroll function to Northgate HR. The contract...

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    West Lancashire Council opts for complete ban on smoking in or near council buildings

    by Mike Berry 14 Nov 2006
    by Mike Berry 14 Nov 2006

    Smokers working for West Lancashire Council could soon be banned from taking smoking breaks.
    The council is considering a complete...

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    More than three expected to turn up at once as bus workers lobby Parliament over key worker status

    by Mike Berry 14 Nov 2006
    by Mike Berry 14 Nov 2006

    Bus workers are to lobby Parliament next week to press for the right to be regarded as key workers for...

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    • Pensions

    ITV increases appeal to potential merger partners by closing final salary pension scheme

    by Mike Berry 14 Nov 2006
    by Mike Berry 14 Nov 2006

    Broadcaster ITV is to close its final salary pension scheme to existing members, according to newspaper reports. The move, designed...

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    Sacked Gate Gourmet workers take inflight caterer to tribunal for unfair dismissal

    by Mike Berry 14 Nov 2006
    by Mike Berry 14 Nov 2006

    Scores of catering workers whose sacking caused travel chaos at Heathrow Airport are to fight for compensation. The workers were...

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    • Latest News

    One-day strike by London bus workers over pay hits Metroline commuters

    by Mike Berry 14 Nov 2006
    by Mike Berry 14 Nov 2006

    London’s workers face the first bus strike for seven years today when 2,500 drivers and engineers walk out in a...

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    • Labour market

    UK workers are the most pessimistic in the world about job security

    by Mike Berry 14 Nov 2006
    by Mike Berry 14 Nov 2006

    UK workers are the most pessimistic in the world about their job security, a major global study published today (Tuesday) ...

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    BMA warns of danger to patient care from health authorities’ cuts to medical training to offset NHS deficits

    by Mike Berry 14 Nov 2006
    by Mike Berry 14 Nov 2006

    Medical education and training in England is coming under threat from financial instability in the NHS, with possible consequences for...

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    Streamlining the Samaritans

    by Mike Berry 14 Nov 2006
    by Mike Berry 14 Nov 2006

    UK charity Samaritans needed to slim down its governing structure, so it called in HR expertise to select a new board of trustees. Mike Berry reports.

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    NHS employers must ensure staff are competent

    by Mike Berry 13 Nov 2006
    by Mike Berry 13 Nov 2006

    Employers need to play a greater role in the regulation of healthcare professionals in the future, according to NHS Employers’...

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    Half of employers expect to close defined benefit pension schemes within five years

    by Mike Berry 13 Nov 2006
    by Mike Berry 13 Nov 2006

    Almost half of employers who provide defined benefit (DB) pensions expect to close them within the next five years, research...

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    RMT members on OCS Eurostar cleaning contract vote in strike ballot over pay

    by Mike Berry 13 Nov 2006
    by Mike Berry 13 Nov 2006

    More than 100 cleaners working for support services firm OCS on its Eurostar contract are voting on strike action.
    The...

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    • Pay & benefits
    • Pensions

    UK Pensions Map charts bleak retirement for staff in the east, south-east and south-west of England

    by Mike Berry 13 Nov 2006
    by Mike Berry 13 Nov 2006

    If you live in the east, south-east or south-west of England, there’s a two-thirds chance that your pension prospects will...

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