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Personnel Today articles are written by an expert team of award-winning journalists who have been covering HR and L&D for many years. Some of our content is attributed to "Personnel Today" for a number of reasons, including: when numerous authors are associated with writing or editing a piece; or when the author is unknown (particularly for older articles).

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    Legal Q&A – Equal pay

    by Personnel Today 12 Oct 2007
    by Personnel Today 12 Oct 2007

    Paul Gaff explores how empployers can minimise the rist of equal pay audits

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    AskHR online tool helps Norwich Union cut human resources workload

    by Personnel Today 12 Oct 2007
    by Personnel Today 12 Oct 2007

    Norwich Union has reduced the workload of its human resources department through the introduction of an online tool to provide...

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    e-skills UK launches consultation for IT professionals and users’ training needs

    by Personnel Today 10 Oct 2007
    by Personnel Today 10 Oct 2007

    Beginning in October 2007, e-skills UK, the Sector Skills Council for IT and Telecoms, are hosting a series of half-day...

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    Guru – boozy CIPD to talk on perils of drink

    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007
    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007

    Guru was amused last week to hear the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) talking about the need for...

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    • Dispute resolution

    Book of the week – Human Resources Disputes & Resolutions

    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007
    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007

    Human Resources Disputes & ResolutionsPrice: £18.99Publisher: Kogan PagePages: 160ISBN: 0749449632What is the procedure if an employee calls in sick, but...

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    Top job Sandy Begbie HR director, Aegon UK

    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007
    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007

    Where were you working before, and what were your duties?I was HR director at Scottish Power, where I was responsible...

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    On the move

    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007
    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007

    Gillian Hibberd has taken on the role of corporate director (people and policy) at Buckingham­shire County Council. She will lead...

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    Gender gap mainly down to unintentional circumstances

    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007
    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007

    It seems absurd that 37 years after the Equal Pay Act was born, there is still a significant divide between...

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    Credible research abounds on obesity/absence link

    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007
    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007

    Richard Essery may be right in arguing that his sedentary lifestyle is a personal matter, but he is wrong in...

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    • Wellbeing

    Data contradicts assertions on obesity and illness rates

    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007
    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007

    While Richard Essery is entitled to his view that overweight employees are not less productive and more susceptible to illness,...

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    • Letters

    Private sector workers just as proud and praise-worthy as public sector staff

    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007
    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007

    Gillian Hibberd’s worthy sentiments (Letters, Personnel Today, 18 September) regarding a lack of recognition of Sue Scrivens and her colleagues’...

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    Have a rant – Cross-fertilisation in human resources

    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007
    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007

    What is human resources (HR) so afraid of, that it jealously guards its professional qualifications as a minimum standard for...

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    Losing sight of human resources development will cost us our place on the board

    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007
    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007

    What has happened to human resources (HR) development? From our experience with our MSc for senior practitioners, it seems to...

    • Bullying and harassment
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Weekly dilemma – Harassment

    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007
    by Personnel Today 8 Oct 2007

    One of our employees has just bought the latest mobile phone, and has been showing it off around the office....

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