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    • Employment law
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    • Employment tribunals

    Tribunal award and statutory redundancy limits raised

    by Mike Berry 2 Dec 2008
    by Mike Berry 2 Dec 2008

    The government has announced the new limits that will apply for calculating compensation awards granted by employment tribunals.The annual increases...

    • CIPD
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    BNP row leads to flurry of forum debate over CIPD’s regulatory role

    by Mike Berry 27 Nov 2008
    by Mike Berry 27 Nov 2008

    The CIPD’s role in regulating the profession has been questioned by HR professionals in the wake of the BNP membership...

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

    Lesbian soldier who spurned sergeant wins £190,000 in sex discrimination case

    by Mike Berry 27 Nov 2008
    by Mike Berry 27 Nov 2008

    A lesbian soldier has been awarded almost £190,000 in compensation after being sexually harassed by a male sergeant.An employment tribunal...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Department for Work and Pensions

    Jobcentres reprieved – for now – as UK faces up to tough year

    by Mike Berry 25 Nov 2008
    by Mike Berry 25 Nov 2008

    The government has announced a moratorium on Jobcentre Plus closures and pledged to find 6,000 extra front-line staff to help...

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • Wellbeing

    Poor management linked to heart disease among employees

    by Mike Berry 25 Nov 2008
    by Mike Berry 25 Nov 2008

    Bad management and leadership can increase the likelihood of serious heart disease among employees, Swedish researchers have found.
    Scientists at...

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • Sickness absence

    Sicknotes to be replaced with electronic fit notes to speed-up return to work

    by Mike Berry 25 Nov 2008
    by Mike Berry 25 Nov 2008

    Sicknotes will be replaced with electronic ‘fit notes’ that aim to get people back into work quicker after sickness absence,...

    • Careers in HR
    • CIPD
    • Latest News

    Duncan Brown to join the Institute for Employment Studies

    by Mike Berry 25 Nov 2008
    by Mike Berry 25 Nov 2008

    Former CIPD assistant director-general Duncan Brown is to join the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) next month.Brown joins as director...

    • Employee relations
    • Latest News
    • HR strategy

    Unison loses Somerset County Council outsourcing tribunal case

    by Mike Berry 24 Nov 2008
    by Mike Berry 24 Nov 2008

    Unison has lost a tribunal case over allegations that Somerset County Council failed to consult properly with staff as part...

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

    Ditch the retirement age campaign gets backing of Lords

    by Mike Berry 21 Nov 2008
    by Mike Berry 21 Nov 2008

    Personnel Today’s drive to force the government to commit to scrapping the default retirement age (DRA) has stepped up a...

    • CIPD
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    CIPD standards row erupts after member is named on list of BNP activists

    by Mike Berry 21 Nov 2008
    by Mike Berry 21 Nov 2008

    Leading HR directors have called on the CIPD to toughen up its rules after it emerged one of its members...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Equality Bill: All things being equal?

    by Mike Berry 21 Nov 2008
    by Mike Berry 21 Nov 2008

    The government’s flagship Equality Bill, set to be formally laid before Parliament in next week’s Queen’s Speech, has provoked a...

    • Employee relations
    • Employee engagement
    • Employee communications

    Front-line NHS staff asked for views on improving healthcare service

    by Mike Berry 20 Nov 2008
    by Mike Berry 20 Nov 2008

    Doctors, nurses and other NHS staff are being called on to develop new standards to measure and improve the quality...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • HR practice

    BNP list provokes anger, but employers warned not to overreact

    by Mike Berry 20 Nov 2008
    by Mike Berry 20 Nov 2008

    Employers have been warned against knee-jerk reactions against employees recently outed as members of the BNP.Earlier this week a leaked...

    • Careers in HR
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    • Recruitment & retention

    BBC HR chief Stephen Kelly leaves to join Logica

    by Mike Berry 13 Nov 2008
    by Mike Berry 13 Nov 2008

    BBC HR chief Stephen Kelly is leaving the corporation to join Logica in a shock move.Kelly will join the IT services company...

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    • Graduates
    • Recruitment & retention

    Graduates abandon degree topics in bid for job security

    by Mike Berry 13 Nov 2008
    by Mike Berry 13 Nov 2008

    Half of graduates and students plan to look for work unrelated to their degree discipline to ensure they get a...

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