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    £500,000 on offer for incoming director-general of the CIPD

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

    The new director-general of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) can expect to be rewarded with a package...

    • Economics, government & business
    • HR strategy
    • Outsourcing

    Off message: In defence of private equity

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

    Far from being the demon barber of the business world, private equity firms are the hair tonic that fuels new growth.

    • Employee relations
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    Unions warn of risk to jobs as bidding war to take over Boots the chemist hots up

    by Mike Berry 23 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 23 Apr 2007

    Trade unions have expressed their concern about the multi-billion pound battle by private equity firms to take over the high-street chemist...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Most employers offer flexible working, research shows

    by Mike Berry 23 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 23 Apr 2007

    An overwhelming majority of employers are providing employees with some form of flexible working, a report has revealed. The report,...

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    • Occupational Health
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    Physical environment ‘key to employee wellbeing’

    by Mike Berry 23 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 23 Apr 2007

    Businesses that fail to think about their employees’ work environment are risking the wellbeing of their staff, according to the...

    • Employee relations
    • Ethics
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    Most UK employees say green benefits would increase their loyalty to employers

    by Mike Berry 23 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 23 Apr 2007

    UK workers would welcome their employers being more environmentally responsible and providing them with more ‘green’ benefits, a survey has...

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    Communication Workers Union (CWU) claims Post Office relocation to WHSmith will lead to 3,000 job losses

    by Mike Berry 23 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 23 Apr 2007

    A union has claimed up to 3,000 jobs will be lost and is threatening strike action following the annoucement of...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Disability
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    Commission for Equality and Human Rights recruits key posts, including HR director

    by Mike Berry 23 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 23 Apr 2007

    The Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) is ramping up its recruitment ahead of the body’s official start date in...

    • Business performance
    • Early careers
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    Time running out to tackle skills crisis, warns Sir Digby Jones

    by Mike Berry 20 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 20 Apr 2007

    Time is running out for British businesses to tackle the burgeoning skills famine threatening to blight the economy, UK skills...

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    • Industrial action / strikes
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    Coastguards balloted over industrial action

    by Mike Berry 20 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 20 Apr 2007

    Workers at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency  are being balloted for industrial action short of a strike in a row over...

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    • Trade unions

    Number of union members drops slightly but membership in public sector grows

    by Mike Berry 20 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 20 Apr 2007

    The number of workers who are union members has fallen slightly in the past year, official statistics have revealed.Union density in...

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    T&G union calls for more compensation for culled workforce after Bernard Matthews gets £600,000 for dead turkeys

    by Mike Berry 20 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 20 Apr 2007

    The Transport and General Workers’ Union (T&G) has renewed its call for compensation for workers laid off during the bird...

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    Median pay deals expected to stick at 3.5% for 2007

    by Mike Berry 20 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 20 Apr 2007

    The median UK pay settlement was 3.5% in the first quarter of 2007, according to the latest statistics from pay...

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    City trader makes £1.3m tribunal claim for sex discrimination and victimisation by BNP Paribas

    by Mike Berry 18 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 18 Apr 2007

    A City trader is claiming £1.3m in compensation against BNP Paribas bank for sex discrimination. Katharina Tofeji claims managers at...

    • Education - further and higher
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    Medical Training Application Service for junior doctors to undergo independent review

    by Mike Berry 17 Apr 2007
    by Mike Berry 17 Apr 2007

    There is to be a long-term review of the heavily criticised Modernising Medical Careers system used to appoint junior doctors...

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