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    • The HR profession

    Favourite blogs: HR Concepts for Small Businesses, HR Web Café, and HR Thoughts

    by Tara Craig 14 Apr 2009
    by Tara Craig 14 Apr 2009

    HR Concepts for Small BusinessesYou’ll like this blog, once your eyes have become accustomed to the wince-inducing pale pink background. The...

    • Movers and shakers
    • The HR profession

    Top job: Susan Butcher, HR director, Remploy

    by Tara Craig 14 Apr 2009
    by Tara Craig 14 Apr 2009

    Where were you working before, and what were your responsibilities?For the past four years, I have been working as an...

    • Movers and shakers
    • The HR profession

    On the move: Shirley Powell, Paul Moran, and Stephanie Bird

    by Tara Craig 14 Apr 2009
    by Tara Craig 14 Apr 2009

    Shirley Powell has joined the Stannah Group as group HR manager, based at its Andover head office. Powell joins Stannah...

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

    Support staff at faith schools miss out on payout

    by Tara Craig 6 Apr 2009
    by Tara Craig 6 Apr 2009

    More than 200 staff working for 16 faith schools in Brighton and Hove have been excluded from payouts made to...

    • Employment law
    • Military
    • Discipline

    Sex offenders can serve in the Army

    by Tara Craig 6 Apr 2009
    by Tara Craig 6 Apr 2009

    The Ministry of Defence has admitted that sex offenders who are not jailed can serve in the armed forces.An MoD...

    • Latest News
    • Learning & development
    • Learning & Skills Councils

    UK workforce still lacking basic skills, says survey

    by Tara Craig 6 Apr 2009
    by Tara Craig 6 Apr 2009

    Four out of 10 employers are experiencing literacy and numeracy problems among staff.According to a survey carried out by the...

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

    Insider reveals falling standards at HMRC

    by Tara Craig 6 Apr 2009
    by Tara Craig 6 Apr 2009

    Standards are slipping at HM Revenue & Customs as a depleted workforce struggles to hit targets.An HMRC insider, speaking to...

    • Business performance
    • Change management
    • Latest News

    Robert Dyas jobs at risk as management buyout proposed

    by Tara Craig 6 Apr 2009
    by Tara Craig 6 Apr 2009

    More than 1,000 jobs are at risk at retailer Robert Dyas The future is uncertain for 1,250 staff at the...

    • Latest News

    Job-hunters criticise ‘demeaning’ Easter egg hunt

    by Tara Craig 6 Apr 2009
    by Tara Craig 6 Apr 2009

    Job-hunters have been asked to search for Easter eggs in the offices of a JobCentre Plus contractor in London. More...

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

    1,000 jobs at risk as new dawn for Pickfords fails to deliver

    by Tara Craig 24 Mar 2009
    by Tara Craig 24 Mar 2009

    Removals company Pickfords could go through a pre-pack administration putting more than 1,000 jobs at risk, despite only being rescued...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Dismissal

    Prison officer sacked over criminal Facebook ‘friends’

    by Tara Craig 23 Mar 2009
    by Tara Craig 23 Mar 2009

    A prison officer has been sacked after befriending known criminals on Facebook. Prison officer Nathan Singh was initially investigated over...

    • Careers in HR
    • Movers and shakers
    • The HR profession

    Top job: Philomena Gray, group HR director, UK and Nordics, Publicis UK

    by Tara Craig 23 Mar 2009
    by Tara Craig 23 Mar 2009

    Where were you working before, and what were your responsibilities?I spent more than 13 years in a variety of HR-related...

    • Police
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Employment law

    BNP policeman sacked over membership

    by Tara Craig 23 Mar 2009
    by Tara Craig 23 Mar 2009

    Merseyside Police has sacked a police officer whose name appeared on the BNP membership list.PC Steve Bettley has been suspended...

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

    10,000 JJB jobs at risk if sale of gym division falls through

    by Tara Craig 23 Mar 2009
    by Tara Craig 23 Mar 2009

    More than 10,000 jobs are at risk at sports store JJB if a rival businessman successfully derails the sale of...

    • Bonuses
    • Business performance
    • Latest News

    Zero pay rise or bonus for UK Vodafone staff despite £12bn profit

    by Tara Craig 23 Mar 2009
    by Tara Craig 23 Mar 2009

    Vodafone has scrapped pay rises for all UK staff this year, just weeks after it confirmed hundreds of job losses.The...

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