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Ross Wigham

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    • Employment law

    Citizens Advice Bureau calls for longer paid paternity leave

    by Ross Wigham 2 Mar 2006
    by Ross Wigham 2 Mar 2006

    The government has been urged to scrap 'flawed' plans that enable fathers to take up unused maternity leave

    • Employment law
    • Corporate manslaughter

    Corporate killing legislation row continues

    by Ross Wigham 2 Mar 2006
    by Ross Wigham 2 Mar 2006

    The long-running row over proposed corporate killing legislation is set to continue

    • Employment law

    No-win, no-fee claims firms to face full force of legislation

    by Ross Wigham 2 Mar 2006
    by Ross Wigham 2 Mar 2006

    New laws to regulate cowboy claims management companies are to be introduced to reduce the number of spurious or misguided legal cases faced by employers

    • Employment law
    • Working Time Regulations

    Top surgeon calls for working time opt-out

    by Ross Wigham 2 Mar 2006
    by Ross Wigham 2 Mar 2006

    The country's leading surgeon has called for a new UK opt-out for doctors after warning that the European Working Time Directive is having a damaging impact on patient care

    • Absence
    • HR practice
    • Sickness absence

    In sickness and in health

    by Ross Wigham 15 Nov 2005
    by Ross Wigham 15 Nov 2005

    The government's new health and wellbeing strategy has the potential to revolutionise the way sick employees are rehabilitated and kept healthy in the workplace, a leading health expert has claimed

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Economics, government & business
    • Skills shortages

    When tomorrow comes

    by Ross Wigham 8 Nov 2005
    by Ross Wigham 8 Nov 2005

    We are sitting on a demographic time-bomb. But while both the public and private sectors are turning to older workers to fill an impending skills gap, Ross Wigham finds not everyone agrees that they are answer

    • HR practice
    • Violence at work

    The best job in the world?

    by Ross Wigham 1 Nov 2005
    by Ross Wigham 1 Nov 2005

    Employer's alliance's positive role in tackling domestic violence.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Equal pay

    Expect equality to spill over

    by Ross Wigham 11 Oct 2005
    by Ross Wigham 11 Oct 2005

    Public sector employers face a duty to consider gender in anything that affects their employees or other stakeholders, and this may spill over into contracts with private sector suppliers

    • Employee relations
    • Trade unions

    Unions get up-to-date with the web

    by Ross Wigham 29 Sep 2005
    by Ross Wigham 29 Sep 2005

    The internet is helping the trade union movement transform the way it recruits and deals with its members, according to a new research paper

    • HR strategy
    • Outsourcing

    Outsourcing: A win-win situation situation

    by Ross Wigham 27 Sep 2005
    by Ross Wigham 27 Sep 2005

    Outsourcing its recruitment function saved property company Jones Lang LaSalle time and money. Its HR director tells Ross Wigham what made outsourcing so appealing

    • Employee relations
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Trade unions

    TUC calls for voluntary equality

    by Ross Wigham 13 Sep 2005
    by Ross Wigham 13 Sep 2005

    With new equality regulations on the horizon, the TUC is calling on employers not to wait for the new law, but implement equal opportunity policies now

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Gender reassignment discrimination
    • Sexual orientation

    Employers must accommodate transsexuals

    by Ross Wigham 3 Sep 2005
    by Ross Wigham 3 Sep 2005

    Employers have been warned they must act sensitively and appropriately to transsexual or transgender employees, after a senior police manager...

    • Employment law
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Pre-employment screening

    Faulty vetting procedures allow fraudulent staff to slip the net

    by Ross Wigham 3 Sep 2005
    by Ross Wigham 3 Sep 2005

    Survey findings reveal that checking procedures are not being used to their full potential, despite a significant rise in the use of identity theft and employee fraud

    • Bullying and harassment
    • HR practice

    Tackle bullying from the top

    by Ross Wigham 3 Sep 2005
    by Ross Wigham 3 Sep 2005

     Organisations should issue clear statements of commitment from senior management and provide examples of unacceptable behaviour to help beat a...

    • Employee relations
    • Employment law
    • Data protection

    What could ID cards mean for HR?

    by Ross Wigham 5 Jul 2005
    by Ross Wigham 5 Jul 2005

    Ross Wigham reports on the latest legislation to divide the HR profession

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