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    HR director Helen Giles shortlisted for public sector award

    by Mike Berry 8 Oct 2008
    by Mike Berry 8 Oct 2008

    Helen Giles, HR director for homeless charity Broadway, has been shortlisted for the Guardian’s Public Servant of the Year award....

    • Employee relations
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Car delivery firm Autologic cuts 40% of drivers’ jobs

    by Mike Berry 8 Oct 2008
    by Mike Berry 8 Oct 2008

    Car delivery firm Autologic is to slash 40% of its 500-strong driver workforce following a business review and a sharp...

    • Age discrimination
    • Civil Service
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Employers group backs decision to scrap forced retirement of junior civil servants

    by Mike Berry 6 Oct 2008
    by Mike Berry 6 Oct 2008

    The Employers Forum on Age has welcomed the decision to scrap the retirement age for junior ranks of the Civil...

    • Ethics
    • Latest News
    • HR strategy

    TUC warns decent jobs are only way to end global poverty

    by Mike Berry 3 Oct 2008
    by Mike Berry 3 Oct 2008

    Campaigns to end global poverty will fail unless more people are given decent jobs, the TUC has warned.
    The warning...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Mandatory retirement age to be scrapped across Whitehall from 2010

    by Mike Berry 3 Oct 2008
    by Mike Berry 3 Oct 2008

    The retirement age for junior ranks of the Civil Service is set to be scrapped, the Cabinet Office has announced.Whitehall...

    • Employee engagement
    • Ethics
    • Latest News

    Care package for staff at Abbey aims to save bank £500,000 a year

    by Mike Berry 2 Oct 2008
    by Mike Berry 2 Oct 2008

    Abbey has launched a new emergency care service for its employees that could save the company £500,000 a year.The bank...

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

    Women’s minister urges top firms to appoint more female directors

    by Mike Berry 2 Oct 2008
    by Mike Berry 2 Oct 2008

    Women’s minister Barbara Follett has called on the UK’s top companies to appoint more women to their boards, after new...

    • Latest News
    • Flexible benefits
    • Pay & benefits

    Healthcare benefits costs rise by 5% across Europe

    by Mike Berry 2 Oct 2008
    by Mike Berry 2 Oct 2008

    The cost of providing employee healthcare benefits rose an average of 5% per employee across Europe in 2007, according to...

    • Agency workers
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    15,000 jobs on offer as Argos starts Christmas temps recruitment drive

    by Mike Berry 2 Oct 2008
    by Mike Berry 2 Oct 2008

    Argos has launched its Christmas recruitment drive with the aim of hiring 15,000 temporary staff for the retailer’s peak period.Through...

    • Latest News
    • The HR profession

    Geoff Tranfield appointed group head of HR at Petrofac

    by Mike Berry 2 Oct 2008
    by Mike Berry 2 Oct 2008

    Petrofac, the international oil and gas facilities service provider, has appointed Geoff Tranfield as group head of HR Tranfield brings...

    • Agency workers
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Temps tax fight begins as recruiters seek deal on VAT hike for agency staff

    by Mike Berry 2 Oct 2008
    by Mike Berry 2 Oct 2008

    Recruitment industry leaders are meeting with the government this week to thrash out a possible deal on tax changes that...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Job creation and losses

    Bradford & Bingley to cut 370 jobs in bid to streamline its business

    by Mike Berry 25 Sep 2008
    by Mike Berry 25 Sep 2008

    Bradford & Bingley (B&B) is to axe 370 jobs, with more redundancies in the pipeline under plans to streamline its...

    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Wychavon District Council voted best council to work for in UK

    by Mike Berry 25 Sep 2008
    by Mike Berry 25 Sep 2008

    Wychavon District Council has been crowned the best council to work for in an annual competition.The council – based in...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Advocate general rules against Heyday case

    by Mike Berry 23 Sep 2008
    by Mike Berry 23 Sep 2008

    The European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) advocate general has ruled against the Heyday challenge to the UK’s compulsory retirement age...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Job cuts hit older workers as unemployment levels reach 10-year high

    by Mike Berry 22 Sep 2008
    by Mike Berry 22 Sep 2008

    Older workers were the biggest losers from the worst set of job figures for a decade, according to figures by...

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