Letters

Having read ‘The brotherhood responds’ in your ‘Rant’ slot (Personnel Today, 25 July), I was curious to see the article...

While such research is useful for raising awareness, these difficulties should not automatically become an employer issue. Parents have to...

I read your ‘Women’s drivers’ roundtable feature with interest. As one of few women reporting in to a board of...

I read with great interest the article about ‘super women’ and how they juggle so many priorities and responsibilities. I...

There were no surprises for me in the findings from the Economic and Social Research Council, which showed that women...

Our recent coverage of the challenges facing women in the workplace – ‘Super women’ at risk of workplace burnout, ‘Hassled women behave...

It is disturbing to think that the majority of people in the HR profession hold potentially age discriminatory views when...

I have been following the debate in Guru on management speak with some interest. In my view, the growth of...

I read with concern the article ‘Manufacturing HR bosses slam skills agencies for failing to deliver the goods’ (Personnel Today,...

In my view, ageism is caused by line managers who feel they might not be able to manage highly experienced employees

I appreciate your coverage on the upcoming age discrimination laws, as I feel the HR profession has a few things to learn and apply to its own recruitment practices

The government must be disappointed that its efforts in reducing public sector sickness absence are not rewarded with better results

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) annual absence survey (PersonnelToday.com, 17 July) was, as usual, a great opportunity to beat the public sector with the very old and tired stick that says it doesn't manage absence well

Sickness absence is right in any civilised societyI was dismayed to read the comments by Dr Peter Holden (Personnel Today,...

GPs and employers need to co-operate on sicknessThe sicknote debate continues to rage over who should take ultimate responsibility for employee health and absence management problems - employers or GPs. Our news story on 20 June and news analysis on 4 July prompted dozens of impassioned responses from readers. This is small selection...