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Friday podcast: unions warn against redundancies, future Labour policies emerge, and workplace health scheme stalls

by Personnel Today 1 Aug 2008
by Personnel Today 1 Aug 2008

Our weekly HR news podcast this week includes:



  • Unions legal experts warn organisations not to use the economic downturn as a justification for redundancies

  • We hear about potential new plans to emerge from Labour’s National Policy Forum

  • And an update on a £300m workplace health strategy announced by the Government in January.

Presented by Rob Moss with Guy Logan, Greg Pitcher and Louisa Peacock.

Produced by Rob Moss and Guy Logan.

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