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    Number of people working in schools rises but teacher numbers fall

    by Mike Berry 30 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 30 Apr 2007

    The number of people working in schools has grown by 17,300 over the past 12 months, but the number of...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • HR practice

    Equal Opportunities Commission signs up to Work Wise’s smarter working agreement

    by Mike Berry 30 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 30 Apr 2007

    The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) has signed the Work Wise UK agreement supporting the adoption of new smarter working across the UK.
    The...

    • Annual hours
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    KPMG’s flexible working programme wins Opportunity Now ‘City Award’ for diversity and equality

    by Mike Berry 30 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 30 Apr 2007

    The flexible working programme operated by professional services firm KPMG has won a top workplace award for gender equality, diversity and...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Labour market

    Working Links organisation joins with Chilean government in deal to help unemployed back to work

    by Mike Berry 30 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 30 Apr 2007

    Working Links, the organisation which helps unemployed people find work, has signed a deal with the Chilean government to deliver a welfare-to-work programme.The...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    New legislation could protect Marxists, humanists and pacifists in the workplace

    by Mike Berry 30 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 30 Apr 2007

    Marxists, humanists and pacifists could be protected from workplace discrimination on the grounds of their philosophical belief due to changes...

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

    NHS workforce shrinks by 17,000 but there are more doctors and nurses

    by Mike Berry 27 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 27 Apr 2007

    There has been an overall reduction of 17,000 in the number of people working in the NHS in the year...

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

    Members of the AA Democratic Union (AADU) accept 4.5% pay rise

    by Mike Berry 27 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 27 Apr 2007

    Members of the AA Democratic Union (AADU) working at the AA motoring services group have voted overwhelmingly to accept a...

    • Bullying and harassment
    • Employee relations
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    House of Lords rules that St Helens Council victimised dinner ladies over equal pay claims

    by Mike Berry 27 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 27 Apr 2007

    School dinner ladies who were sent “intimidating” letters by their employer after starting equal pay claims have won their victimisation...

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    Communication Workers Union threatens ballot for Post Office strike action

    by Mike Berry 27 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 27 Apr 2007

    A row over pay and cost cutting could lead to the first national postal strike for more than a decade,...

    • Career development
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    • Learning & development

    Spirit Group opens £60,000 management training centre

    by Mike Berry 26 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 26 Apr 2007

    The Spirit Group – the managed division of Punch Taverns, which owns more than 9,300 pubs nationwide – has launched...

    • Employee relations
    • Department for Work and Pensions
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    PCS union slams Freud Report recommendations on services for the long-term unemployed

    by Mike Berry 26 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 26 Apr 2007

    The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has published a highly critical response to the Freud Report on welfare reform,...

    • Early careers
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Macdonald Hotels launches training academy in Scotland

    by Mike Berry 26 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 26 Apr 2007

    Macdonald Hotels is investing £700,000 and creating 30 new jobs by launching a new education and training centre in Scotland....

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    • Wellbeing

    National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence calls for employer support for smokers who want to quit

    by Mike Berry 25 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 25 Apr 2007

    Smokers should be given paid time off work to help them kick the habit, new public health guidance has recommended....

    • Latest News
    • HR strategy
    • Human capital

    More local councils than ever before attain Investors in People status

    by Mike Berry 25 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 25 Apr 2007

    More councils than ever have people strategies in place and have been awarded Investors in People (IIP) status, the findings...

    • Latest News
    • HR strategy
    • Recruitment & retention

    Yell seeks recruits in virtual reality world Second Life

    by Mike Berry 24 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 24 Apr 2007

    International directories company Yell has launched what is thought to be the UK’s first recruitment campaign in virtual world Second...

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