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PersonnelToday.com has upgraded its site search engine to provide results that are more relevant to the HR community. The new engine, known as ‘Zibb – strictly HR’, delivers contextual content quickly and provides more options for prioritising and narrowing results. Rob Willock, Personnel Today’s group editor, said: “Zibb is strictly focused on results that are relevant to HR, so that means better search matches and less wasted time for you.”
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More diversity for lawyers
The College of Law and charity the Sutton Trust have donated £1.5m to a scheme to attract non-public school educated people into the legal profession. ‘Pathways to Law’ will target state school pupils and mentor them through A-levels and university. Research last year found more than half the partners at top firms were privately educated.
www.personneltoday.com/37743.article
Retirement age scrapped
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Hertfordshire County Council has scrapped its staff retirement age following the introduction of age discrimination laws earlier this month. Its policy had stipulated a retirement age of 65, although employees could request consideration to continue working until 70. The council currently has 459 members of staff over the age of 65.
www.personneltoday.com/37738.article
