Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Wellbeing
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • Brightmine
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Free trial
    • Request a quote
  • Webinars
  • Advertise
  • OHW+

Personnel Today

Register
Log in
Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Wellbeing
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • Brightmine
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Free trial
    • Request a quote
  • Webinars
  • Advertise
  • OHW+

Employee relationsDispute resolutionEmployment lawEmployment tribunalsGraduates

News in brief

by Personnel Today 11 Jan 2005
by Personnel Today 11 Jan 2005

Unison’s big winners

The UK’s biggest union has announced record levels of compensation for members injured at work in 2004. Unison won £37.39m for workplace injuries – up £3m from the previous year. The union accused employers of being willing to pay compensation rather than improve safety standards, despite being aware of the dangers. www.unison.org.uk

Graduate pay rockets

Salaries for graduate positions will be higher than ever this summer, with graduates commanding an average salary of £21,997. According to the latest Graduate Market Trends report by Graduate Prospects, salaries range from £13,242 to 36,000. Positions in the management consultancy sector command the highest mean salary at £34,724. www.personneltoday.com/27290.article

Data to remember

The Freedom of Information Act came into full effect on New Year’s Day, giving individuals the statutory right to see a massive amount of information held by Government departments and thousands of public bodies. Public sector HR departments will now need to be prepared to answer these requests. Rosemary Jay, a partner with law firm Pinsent Masons, said HR should focus on training and process improvements.
go to www.personneltoday.com/27221.article

Sign up to our weekly round-up of HR news and guidance

Receive the Personnel Today Direct e-newsletter every Wednesday

OptOut
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

£7.5m claim rejected

A former Merrill Lynch worker has lost her £7.5m sex discrimination case against the US bank. An employment tribunal dismissed Stephanie Villalba’s allegations of sexual discrimination and unequal pay. But she won her claim of unfair dismissal, resulting from her sacking in August 2003. Her partial victory is likely to cap her award to about £55,000. weblink www.personneltoday.com/27237.article


Personnel Today

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).

previous post
NHS clean up will help staff retention
next post
No reason to delay anti-ageism laws

You may also like

Company director wins £15k after being told to...

4 Jul 2025

How can HR prepare for changes to the...

3 Jul 2025

Government publishes ‘roadmap’ for Employment Rights Bill

2 Jul 2025

‘Be direct’ to avoid escalating conflict, advises Acas

30 Jun 2025

Employers’ duty of care: keeping workers safe in...

27 Jun 2025

When will the Employment Rights Bill become law?

26 Jun 2025

Graduate jobs this summer ‘will be toughest since...

25 Jun 2025

HR manager with ‘messy’ work loses discrimination case

25 Jun 2025

Fear of confrontation means disputes escalate – research

25 Jun 2025

Employers struggling with soaring candidate deception

25 Jun 2025

  • Empowering working parents and productivity during the summer holidays SPONSORED | Businesses play a...Read more
  • AI is here. Your workforce should be ready. SPONSORED | From content creation...Read more

Personnel Today Jobs
 

Search Jobs

PERSONNEL TODAY

About us
Contact us
Browse all HR topics
Email newsletters
Content feeds
Cookies policy
Privacy policy
Terms and conditions

JOBS

Personnel Today Jobs
Post a job
Why advertise with us?

EVENTS & PRODUCTS

The Personnel Today Awards
The RAD Awards
Employee Benefits
Forum for Expatriate Management
OHW+
Whatmedia

ADVERTISING & PR

Advertising opportunities
Features list 2025

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Linkedin


© 2011 - 2025 DVV Media International Ltd

Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Wellbeing
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • Brightmine
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Free trial
    • Request a quote
  • Webinars
  • Advertise
  • OHW+