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    Automotive Academy provides template for National Manufacturing Skills Academy

    by Mike Berry 8 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 8 Dec 2006

    The government has announced that the skills and training expertise of the Automotive Academy are to be applied across the...

    • Occupational Health
    • Latest News
    • HR practice

    Carers UK calls on employers to take proactive role in supporting carers in the workplace

    by Mike Berry 8 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 8 Dec 2006

    Carers UK is calling on organisations to help carers access the benefits and support available to them, and reap the...

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

    Many working scientists see little future in the sector

    by Mike Berry 8 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 8 Dec 2006

    More than four in 10 working scientists are either unsure of whether they will be able to stay in that...

    • Vexatious claims
    • Dispute resolution
    • Employee relations

    CBI deputy director-general John Cridland welcomes review of disputes procedures

    by Mike Berry 7 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 7 Dec 2006

    The CBI has welcomed the government’s decision to review the employment tribunal system. John Cridland, deputy director-general of the CBI,...

    • Latest News
    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Cancer charity Clic Sargent calls for automatic right to flexible working for parents whose children have cancer

    by Mike Berry 7 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 7 Dec 2006

    Parents of children diagnosed with cancer should be given an automatic right to flexible working, a charity has said. The...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • HR strategy

    Siemens Business Services is to move up to 240 National Savings and Investments jobs to India

    by Mike Berry 7 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 7 Dec 2006

    Siemens Business Services is to outsource up to 240 jobs to India as part of its National Savings and Investments...

    • Stress
    • Employee relations
    • Compensation

    Walsall Council agrees £584,000 payout for whistleblower after colleagues’ hostility caused him stress

    by Mike Berry 7 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 7 Dec 2006

    Walsall Council has agreed a settlement totalling £584,000 with a former council whistleblower. Peter Francis, a former head of programme...

    • Employee relations
    • Dispute resolution
    • Employment law

    Michael Gibbons to conduct a government review of dispute resolution systems

    by Mike Berry 7 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 7 Dec 2006

    The government has announced a root-and-branch review of systems for resolving disputes in the workplace.
    Trade and industry secretary Alistair...

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • Flexible working

    Public sector workers denied flexible working by ingrained management practices

    by Mike Berry 7 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 7 Dec 2006

    Employers in the public sector ‘talk the talk’ on work-life balance, but have only low levels of commitment to changing...

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • HR strategy

    Christian Aid switches outsourced payroll to Northgate HR

    by Mike Berry 7 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 7 Dec 2006

    Christian Aid has announced plans to outsource its payroll function. The charity has chosen provider Northgate HR to manage its...

    • Business performance
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    • Economics, government & business

    Sir Digby Jones given ‘skills envoy’ role by chancellor Gordon Brown

    by Mike Berry 6 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 6 Dec 2006

    Gordon Brown has appointed former CBI chief, Sir Digby Jones, as his new ‘skills envoy’.
    The chancellor used his pre-budget report...

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

    Many employers do not understand equality and diversity laws

    by Mike Berry 6 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 6 Dec 2006

    Myths and misconceptions still surround equality and diversity in the workplace, a discussion paper suggests.
    The policy paper published by conciliation...

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    Pay deal for Edge Hill University lecturers averts threatened strike

    by Mike Berry 6 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 6 Dec 2006

    A strike at a Lancashire university has been called off after unions and management reached agreement about contracts for lecturers....

    • Employee relations
    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes

    Food store Iceland’s depot staff plan series of strikes in pay dispute

    by Mike Berry 6 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 6 Dec 2006

    Supplies to branches of frozen food chain Iceland could be hit over Christmas by a strike over pay, a union...

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

    Legal challenge to mandatory retirement age referred to European Court of Justice

    by Mike Berry 6 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 6 Dec 2006

    The High Court has referred a legal challenge to the mandatory retirement age to the European Court of Justice.
    Heyday, the...

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