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    Tax breaks for training call by Chartered Management Institute

    by Mike Berry 15 Jan 2009
    by Mike Berry 15 Jan 2009

    The government should offer tax breaks to businesses that provide staff training, according to the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).The call...

    • Civil Service
    • Employee relations
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

    Digby Jones sparks union row over call to sack civil servants

    by Mike Berry 15 Jan 2009
    by Mike Berry 15 Jan 2009

    Lord Digby Jones has been branded as “narrow minded and naive” by a Whitehall trade union in response to his...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • HR strategy

    Agency Adecco wins £20m Olympic recruitment contract

    by Mike Berry 15 Jan 2009
    by Mike Berry 15 Jan 2009

    The body responsible for organising the London 2012 Olympic Games has signed a deal with recruitment firm Adecco covering all...

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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Muslim diversity manager withdraws race and sex claim against Met Police

    by Mike Berry 15 Jan 2009
    by Mike Berry 15 Jan 2009

    A senior Muslim employee responsible for promoting diversity at the Metropolitan Police has withdrawn a tribunal claim of discrimination.Yasmin Rehman,...

    • Employment law
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    • Economics, government & business

    Welfare Reform Bill bad timing slammed by unions

    by Mike Berry 15 Jan 2009
    by Mike Berry 15 Jan 2009

    Union leaders have lined up to attack the new Welfare Reform Bill, unveiled by the government yesterday (14 January).The Bill...

    • Latest News

    Redundancy rout continues as more firms confirm job cuts

    by Mike Berry 15 Jan 2009
    by Mike Berry 15 Jan 2009

    More redundancies are on the horizon for UK employees with several more firms announcing that job cuts are likely.The post-Christmas...

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

    Retirement age abolition campaign get Lords backing

    by Mike Berry 15 Jan 2009
    by Mike Berry 15 Jan 2009

    There was strong support in the House of Lords earlier this week for the Personnel Today and Employers Forum on...

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    Tories unearth £132m of ‘non-jobs’ in Civil Service

    by Mike Berry 9 Jan 2009
    by Mike Berry 9 Jan 2009

    The Conservatives have accused the government of running a “glorified job creation scheme” after it emerged 4,634 civil servants were...

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    • Economics, government & business
    • Job creation and losses

    1,200 jobs to go at Nissan’s Sunderland plant

    by Mike Berry 8 Jan 2009
    by Mike Berry 8 Jan 2009

    Nissan is to cut about 1,200 jobs in response to falling customer demand for new cars during the recession.The car...

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    • Musculoskeletal disorders

    Healthy UK workers are Europe’s least sickly

    by Mike Berry 8 Jan 2009
    by Mike Berry 8 Jan 2009

    UK employees take about two days less sick leave per year than their European counterparts, according a major study of...

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    McDonald’s staff offered hospitality apprenticeships

    by Mike Berry 8 Jan 2009
    by Mike Berry 8 Jan 2009

    Apprenticeships will be made available to all employees at McDonald’s, the fast food chain has announced.Following the completion of a...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    • Race discrimination

    Race lobby group calls for radical action to boost minority managers

    by Mike Berry 8 Jan 2009
    by Mike Berry 8 Jan 2009

    Urgent action is required to boost the number of ethnic minority managers in UK workplaces, according to an equality lobbying...

    • Business performance
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Waterford Wedgewood goes into administration with 1,900 UK jobs at risk

    by Mike Berry 6 Jan 2009
    by Mike Berry 6 Jan 2009

    Up to 1,900 more UK jobs are at risk after famous china and ceramics firm Waterford Wedgwood went into administration.The...

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    • Flexible working

    TUC welcomes StaffShare secondment plan

    by Mike Berry 5 Jan 2009
    by Mike Berry 5 Jan 2009

    A new service which enables organisations to sell the time of their staff has been welcomed by the TUC.StaffShare allows organisations...

    • Employee relations
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    Security staff wages and conditions to be improved after union deal

    by Mike Berry 22 Dec 2008
    by Mike Berry 22 Dec 2008

    G4S, the international security company, has signed a deal with global union body UNI aimed at improving employment standards for...

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