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    Reuters HR chief Stephen Dando takes chief human resources officer role at Thomson-Reuters following takeover by Canadian information provider

    by Mike Berry 30 May 2007
    by Mike Berry 30 May 2007

    Reuters HR boss Stephen Dando is to head the human resources function at the newly formed Thomson-Reuters company following the...

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    Lack of inroads holds back drive for more apprentices in construction industry by sector skills council ConstructionSkills

    by Mike Berry 30 May 2007
    by Mike Berry 30 May 2007

    At least 12,000 recruits were turned away from the construction industry in 2006 due to a lack of vacancies for...

    • Employment law
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    • Employment contracts

    Education secretary Alan Johnson to consider national framework for school support staff pay and conditions

    by Mike Berry 29 May 2007
    by Mike Berry 29 May 2007

    Education secretary Alan Johnson is to consider introducing a nationally consistent pay and conditions framework for school support staff. The...

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    • Smoking

    One in five employers in England provide staff with advice on quitting smoking

    by Mike Berry 29 May 2007
    by Mike Berry 29 May 2007

    With five weeks to go until smoking in workplaces is banned in England, only a fifth of employers are providing their...

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    Government spells out obligations of trustees of pension personal accounts scheme

    by Mike Berry 29 May 2007
    by Mike Berry 29 May 2007

    The government’s proposed system of personal accounts will be run by trustees who would be legally obliged to handle the scheme’s...

    • Coaching and mentoring
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    • Learning & development

    Loyalty Management Group to train 50 of its senior and middle managers as in-house coaches

    by Mike Berry 25 May 2007
    by Mike Berry 25 May 2007

    Loyalty Management Group (LMG), the company that operates the Nectar card scheme, is training 50 of its senior and middle managers...

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    Government calls on employers to hire more disabled people and help aid their social inclusion

    by Mike Berry 25 May 2007
    by Mike Berry 25 May 2007

    The government has called on employers to hire more disabled people and help aid their social inclusion.

    Employers can play...

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    TUC calls on government to protect workers and the UK economy from excesses of private equity takeovers

    by Mike Berry 24 May 2007
    by Mike Berry 24 May 2007

    The TUC is calling on the government to introduce a set of measures to deal with ‘threats’ to the economy...

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    Heavyweight support enlisted to help McDonald’s rewrite derogatory definition of ‘McJob’

    by Mike Berry 24 May 2007
    by Mike Berry 24 May 2007

    McDonald’s is stepping up its campaign to change the dictionary definition of ‘McJob‘. Dictionaries currently describe McJob as “an unstimulating,...

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    • Migrant workers

    Almost 8,000 people from Bulgaria and Romania registered to work in the UK between January and March 2007

    by Mike Berry 23 May 2007
    by Mike Berry 23 May 2007

    Almost 8,000 Bulgarian and Romanian people registered to work in the UK in the first quarter of 2007, according to...

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    Internal grievance procedures drive employees to tribunal over sexual orientation and religion belief discrimination

    by Mike Berry 22 May 2007
    by Mike Berry 22 May 2007

    Employees who have tried to resolve disputes about discrimination under new equality regulations have ended up facing demotion, dismissal, mental...

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    • Health and safety

    Council workers and GPs to be forced to warn police about people they think might commit a violent crime

    by Mike Berry 22 May 2007
    by Mike Berry 22 May 2007

    Council staff, charity workers and doctors will have to tip off police about anyone they believe could commit a violent...

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    Two senior union officers among five new members appointed to council of conciliation service Acas

    by Mike Berry 22 May 2007
    by Mike Berry 22 May 2007

    Five new members have been appointed to the council of conciliation service Acas.
    They are Jonathan Michie, professor of management at...

    • Latest News
    • HR strategy
    • Pay & benefits

    Lloyds TSB extends outsourcing deal with Ceridian for payroll services by five years

    by Mike Berry 22 May 2007
    by Mike Berry 22 May 2007

    Lloyds TSB has signed a multi-million pound outsourced payroll deal with human resources services provider Ceridian.

    The agreement covers Lloyds TSB’s 98,000...

    • Flexible working
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    • Opinion

    Government drive for flexibility could backfire

    by Mike Berry 22 May 2007
    by Mike Berry 22 May 2007

    The government is continuing its family friendly workplace drive with vigour and last week laid out its proposals for the...

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