Letters

I totally agree with the Rant about professional development from the 'disgruntled junior HR professional' (Personnel Today, 18 April)

I have observed in a totally unbiased manner a number of HR directors and, in general, they offer very little value to the worth of a company

I was wryly amused at your 'Trade secrets' article on anti-ageism laws

I find it absolutely amazing that, as stated in your news story (see Three-quarters of HR managers see no link...

The PricewaterhouseCoopers Business Insights survey findings will probably come as no surprise to many HR professionals

 In more than 30 years at work I have never been a union member, and as a ‘mature’ entrant to...

Business knowledge does not come overnight; Companies need to take responsibility for training; Unused talent exposes lie that people are top asset

Attracting talent to the public sector is not all about image, but also about emulating the practices of the private sector to acquire and manage talent.

I'm sure your article investigating why the public sector struggles to find senior talent

One of the contributors to your discussions online advised that the fairest way to allocate leave was on a 'first-come, first-served' basis.

I read with dismay and anger your front-page news story on the £300m flagship New Deal programme being launched to promote workplace diversity.

In response to the Opinion article by Susan Anderson (Personnel Today, 21 March), and certainly going by the mailbag at the Employers Forum on Age (EFA), I am not sure many employers would agree with the CBI's view that the government's age regulation redundancy provisions are all good news

How refreshing to hear that Sally Jacobson puts paying employees on time at the heart of her HR strategy (Personnel Today, 21 March).

I was very interested to read your feature 'The five ages of discrimination' (Personnel Today, 7 March), which highlighted the fact that despite impending employment legislation, age stereotypes still dominate the workplace

Your blogging feature (Personnel Today, 21 March), opened by describing Joe Gordon's case against the Waterstone's book store chain in January 2005