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 Berryby Mike BerryAt least 12,000 recruits were turned away from the construction industry in 2006 due to a lack of vacancies for...
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Education secretary Alan Johnson to consider national framework for school support staff pay and conditions
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryEducation secretary Alan Johnson is to consider introducing a nationally consistent pay and conditions framework for school support staff. The...
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One in five employers in England provide staff with advice on quitting smoking
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryWith 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 Berryby Mike BerryThe government’s proposed system of personal accounts will be run by trustees who would be legally obliged to handle the scheme’s...
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Loyalty Management Group to train 50 of its senior and middle managers as in-house coaches
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryLoyalty 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 Berryby Mike BerryThe 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 Berryby Mike BerryThe 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 Berryby Mike BerryMcDonald’s is stepping up its campaign to change the dictionary definition of ‘McJob‘. Dictionaries currently describe McJob as “an unstimulating,...
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Almost 8,000 people from Bulgaria and Romania registered to work in the UK between January and March 2007
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryAlmost 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 Berryby Mike BerryEmployees who have tried to resolve disputes about discrimination under new equality regulations have ended up facing demotion, dismissal, mental...
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Council workers and GPs to be forced to warn police about people they think might commit a violent crime
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryCouncil 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 Berryby Mike BerryFive new members have been appointed to the council of conciliation service Acas.
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Lloyds TSB extends outsourcing deal with Ceridian for payroll services by five years
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryLloyds TSB has signed a multi-million pound outsourced payroll deal with human resources services provider Ceridian.
The agreement covers Lloyds TSB’s 98,000...
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The government is continuing its family friendly workplace drive with vigour and last week laid out its proposals for the...