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    Top trade union chiefs enjoy high salaries

    by Mike Berry 4 Aug 2009
    by Mike Berry 4 Aug 2009

    Almost one in 10 trade unions paid its general secretary of more than £100,000 a year, according to the annual...

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

    Tribunal upholds Switalski discrimination claim

    by Mike Berry 20 Jul 2009
    by Mike Berry 20 Jul 2009

    An employment tribunal has upheld a ruling that ex-City lawyer Gill Switalski was the victim of sexual discrimination and harassment.Switalski...

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

    Retirement age debate: Send us your questions

    by Mike Berry 20 Jul 2009
    by Mike Berry 20 Jul 2009

    Personnel Today and the Employers Forum on Age are holding a debate on the default retirement age (DRA) and want...

    • HR strategy
    • HR transformation

    HR shared services: Interview with Richard Crouch, head of HR at Somerset County Council on Southwest One

    by Mike Berry 17 Jul 2009
    by Mike Berry 17 Jul 2009

    You can forgive Richard Crouch, head of HR and organisational development at Somerset County Council, a knowing smile when it...

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

    Heyday retirement age case begins at High Court

    by Mike Berry 16 Jul 2009
    by Mike Berry 16 Jul 2009

    Andrew Lockley, partner and head of public law at Irwin Mitchell, the solicitors acting for Age Concern and Help the Aged...

    • Careers in HR
    • Personnel Today
    • The HR profession

    Top 40 HR Power Players 2009: send us your nominations

    by Mike Berry 9 Jul 2009
    by Mike Berry 9 Jul 2009

    Personnel Today is beginning its annual hunt for HR’s top 40 Power Players.Now in its ninth year, the Personnel Today...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Retirement

    Mandatory retirement age leads to loss of talent

    by Mike Berry 8 Jul 2009
    by Mike Berry 8 Jul 2009

    Almost two-thirds (64%) of employers that operate a mandatory retirement age agree that it can lead to a loss of...

    • Business performance
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    CIPD wants one Workplace quango for employment and skills

    by Mike Berry 7 Jul 2009
    by Mike Berry 7 Jul 2009

    The CIPD has called for a single Workplace Commission to streamline the numerous employment and skills quangos that currently exist.Both...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Redundancy alternative scheme proposed by CBI

    by Mike Berry 6 Jul 2009
    by Mike Berry 6 Jul 2009

    The government should introduce an ‘Alternative to Redundancy’ (ATR) scheme as part of a package of labour market reforms that...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Bristol City Council to cut jobs in bid to plug £30m funding gap

    by Mike Berry 3 Jul 2009
    by Mike Berry 3 Jul 2009

    Bristol City Council looks set to be the latest local authority to cut jobs to meet a funding shortfall.Council officials...

    • Employee relations
    • Industrial action / strikes
    • Trade unions

    Tube workers given ‘final’ pay offer by London Underground

    by Mike Berry 3 Jul 2009
    by Mike Berry 3 Jul 2009

    Tube workers have been given a “final” pay offer by London Underground bosses in a bid to avert further strike...

    • HR practice

    Bus drivers abused for keeping heat on despite heatwave

    by Mike Berry 3 Jul 2009
    by Mike Berry 3 Jul 2009

    London bus drivers are being abused by irate passengers because the heating remains on in vehicles despite the recent heatwave,...

    • Age discrimination
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Retirement

    Heyday retirement age case High Court date set

    by Mike Berry 26 Jun 2009
    by Mike Berry 26 Jun 2009

    The final stage in a three-year legal battle to scrap the default retirement age of 65 will begin at the...

    • Employment law
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Immigration

    Prosecutions for employing illegal migrants up over 500%

    by Mike Berry 23 Jun 2009
    by Mike Berry 23 Jun 2009

    The number of employers prosecuted for hiring illegal immigrants has rocketed by 513%, according to Home Office figures.New laws introduced...

    • Personnel Today
    • Recruitment & retention
    • The HR profession

    Social work campaign aims to tackle image and recruitment problems

    by Mike Berry 18 Jun 2009
    by Mike Berry 18 Jun 2009

    Personnel Today has joined forces with sister title Community Care in a bid to improve the image of social work...

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