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    • Economics, government & business
    • Department for Work and Pensions
    • HR strategy

    Welfare to work gives HR the opportunity to shine

    by Tony Pettengell 3 Mar 2008
    by Tony Pettengell 3 Mar 2008

    After years of navel gazing, introspection and generally being roundly ignored by those at the top, it seems that HR’s...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Race discrimination
    • Opinion

    Off message: no laughing matter

    by Tony Pettengell 25 Feb 2008
    by Tony Pettengell 25 Feb 2008

    Despite operating in colour for several decades, the world of TV is still largely a black and white domain... minus the black.

    • Careers in HR
    • HR strategy
    • The HR profession

    Off Message: For your eyes only

    by Tony Pettengell 11 Feb 2008
    by Tony Pettengell 11 Feb 2008

    What's the connection between HR and the paranoid world of spying? Well, it's not just the tight-fitting shorts...

    • Economics, government & business
    • Education - school
    • Recruitment & retention

    Off message: Primary school education gap hits skills drive

    by Tony Pettengell 28 Jan 2008
    by Tony Pettengell 28 Jan 2008

    All the talk of filling the skills gap, signing up to the Leitch skills pledge, the formation of the Commission...

    • Employment law
    • Opinion
    • Working Time Regulations

    Everybody’s doing it – working many extra unpaid hours

    by Tony Pettengell 14 Jan 2008
    by Tony Pettengell 14 Jan 2008

    All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, as the old saying goes. Yet, according to TUC research...

    • HR practice
    • Dress codes
    • Opinion

    Off Message: would strict dress codes make a difference?

    by Tony Pettengell 20 Nov 2007
    by Tony Pettengell 20 Nov 2007

    Could stricter dress codes be the way to keep employees in line and employers out of the courts?

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Musculoskeletal disorders
    • Opinion

    Off message: Human resources can use statistics to prove anything

    by Tony Pettengell 22 Oct 2007
    by Tony Pettengell 22 Oct 2007

    Human resources can use many statistics to demonstrate return on investment. There are others that show that no-one is actually working…

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Race discrimination
    • Opinion

    Equalities tsar needs to get his own house in order

    by Tony Pettengell 1 Oct 2007
    by Tony Pettengell 1 Oct 2007

    The job of persuading chief executives and other senior managers that diversity is an issue that should be embraced has...

    • HR strategy
    • The HR profession

    Devil’s advocate – Oomph heroes or zeros? Women must put themselves in the front-line

    by Tony Pettengell 17 Sep 2007
    by Tony Pettengell 17 Sep 2007

    It’s time to make your mind up. Is HR ever going to take the lead in changing the way we...

    • Health and safety
    • Wellbeing
    • HR Technology

    Off message: New technology – the final frontier

    by Tony Pettengell 21 Aug 2007
    by Tony Pettengell 21 Aug 2007

    Has the internet sparked a software revolution that will lead to HR jobs being pushed to the outer limits?Predicting the...

    • Smoking in the workplace
    • Wellbeing
    • Opinion

    Smoking ban could be a real drag

    by Tony Pettengell 3 Jul 2007
    by Tony Pettengell 3 Jul 2007

    Banning smoking may seem like a good idea, but it could create a toxic cloud of new problems, some predictable, others less so.

    • Economics, government & business
    • Skills shortages
    • Opinion

    Johnson set on collision course over skills crisis

    by Tony Pettengell 26 Jun 2007
    by Tony Pettengell 26 Jun 2007

    Everyone admits the UK has a skills crisis, as demonstrated by the reams of print dedicated to the subject. But...

    • Belief discrimination
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Religious discrimination

    Apocalypse now: Why extending religious discrimination laws to include personal philosophies exposes the flaws in protecting beliefs

    by Tony Pettengell 5 Jun 2007
    by Tony Pettengell 5 Jun 2007

    Extending religious discrimination laws to include personal philosophies exposes the flaws in having protection for beliefs.

    • Economics, government & business
    • HR practice
    • Learning & development

    Use your HR skills to put basic training on the agenda

    by Tony Pettengell 15 May 2007
    by Tony Pettengell 15 May 2007

    Employers are calling on the government to clarify the content of the ‘pledge’ that they will be required to sign...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Positive discrimination
    • Race discrimination

    Why positive discrimination is a positively stupid idea

    by Tony Pettengell 8 May 2007
    by Tony Pettengell 8 May 2007

    Positive discrimination is a positively stupid idea, and would only breed resentment.

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