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    Organisations pile on pressure by failing to support managers in quest to reduce employee stress

    by Mike Berry 13 Sep 2006
    by Mike Berry 13 Sep 2006

    Organisations are failing to support managers in dealing with employee stress. The Managing Stress report, by business psychology consultancy OPP,...

    • Employment law
    • Discipline
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    Brent Council sees drop in tribunal claims

    by Mike Berry 13 Sep 2006
    by Mike Berry 13 Sep 2006

    Brent Council has experienced a dramatic drop in the number of employment tribunals it fights by setting up a review...

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    • Economics, government & business

    Tories claim NHS to spend £172m on management consultants

    by Mike Berry 12 Sep 2006
    by Mike Berry 12 Sep 2006

    The NHS in England is set to spend £172m on management consultants – a rise of 83% in two years...

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    • Recruitment & retention

    Finance and business services sector set for recruitment flurry

    by Mike Berry 12 Sep 2006
    by Mike Berry 12 Sep 2006

    Manpower's Employment Outlook Survey shows that many employers expect to hire more staff in the last three months of the year

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    • Smoking
    • Wellbeing

    Wakefield prison bans staff, but not prisoners, from smoking

    by Mike Berry 12 Sep 2006
    by Mike Berry 12 Sep 2006

    Staff have be banned from smoking at Wakefield's maximum-security prison - but inmates will still be allowed to light up.

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    • Pay & benefits
    • Pensions

    Pension provisions under anti-ageism laws require ‘major surgery’

    by Mike Berry 11 Sep 2006
    by Mike Berry 11 Sep 2006

    The pension provisions within the new age discrimination laws require “major surgery rather than a minor operation”, according to a...

    • Constructive dismissal
    • Employment law
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    Virgin Atlantic pilot sues for constructive dismissal

    by Mike Berry 11 Sep 2006
    by Mike Berry 11 Sep 2006

    A pilot working for Virgin Atlantic left disfigured and unable to fly after a car cash was offered another job...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Trades Union Congress seeks fair deal for one in five workers identified as easily exploited

    by Mike Berry 11 Sep 2006
    by Mike Berry 11 Sep 2006

    One in five workers can be classed as vulnerable and subject to exploitation, according to a report.

    • Age discrimination
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Employers wrongly believe staff know about age discrimination law

    by Mike Berry 11 Sep 2006
    by Mike Berry 11 Sep 2006

    Most employers think their staff understand the age discrimination legislation that comes into force in October, but more than half...

    • Age discrimination
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Age discrimination pensions regulations deferred until December

    by Mike Berry 8 Sep 2006
    by Mike Berry 8 Sep 2006

    Pension provisions in the age discrimination regulations due to come into force in October have been delayed until 1 December,...

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    • Pay & benefits
    • Minimum wage

    TUC calls for £6 minimum wage and phasing out of interim rate for young people

    by Mike Berry 8 Sep 2006
    by Mike Berry 8 Sep 2006

    The minimum wage should rise to more than £6 an hour by October next year, according to the TUC.The TUC’s...

    • Employment law
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    • Working Time Regulations

    TUC welcomes European Court of Justice ruling about rest-breaks

    by Mike Berry 8 Sep 2006
    by Mike Berry 8 Sep 2006

    The TUC has welcomed the European Court of Justice judgement about the rest-break rights established by the EU Working Time...

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    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR Technology

    Eversheds law firm uses online verbal and numerical reasoning tests to sift job applicants

    by Mike Berry 8 Sep 2006
    by Mike Berry 8 Sep 2006

    Law firm Eversheds has introduced online verbal and numerical reasoning tests to help sift the 4,000 candidates who apply each...

    • Employment law
    • Working Time Regulations

    TUC calls for changes to rest-break guidance after ECJ ruling

    by Mike Berry 7 Sep 2006
    by Mike Berry 7 Sep 2006

    The European Court of Justice found that the UK government’s guidance on rest breaks was 'clearly liable to render the rights enshrined in the directive meaningless and are incompatible with its objective'

    • Age discrimination
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Non-white women four times more likely to be jobless

    by Mike Berry 7 Sep 2006
    by Mike Berry 7 Sep 2006

    Women of Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Caribbean descent are doing well in schools but are still being discriminated against in the...

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