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    Public sector offers lessons for business

    by Personnel Today 11 Oct 2005
    by Personnel Today 11 Oct 2005

    As an HR manager in a local authority that has implemented single status and job evaluation, I was interested to read your news analysis 'Single-status straightjacket' (Personnel Today, 13 September)

    • HR strategy
    • Letters

    Do voluntary work if you’re not about helping business

    by Personnel Today 4 Oct 2005
    by Personnel Today 4 Oct 2005

    As an admirer of Stephen Overell's articles, I am a little surprised to find myself thinking he is certainly not 'on the button' in his recent article 'Why HR is right on the button' (Personnel Today, 20 September).

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    • Letters

    Make most of talent with flexible working

    by Personnel Today 4 Oct 2005
    by Personnel Today 4 Oct 2005

    Your news story 'Flexible working laws will not be extended to all employees' makes for interesting reading, though it sadly underlines how little business has moved forward in achieving flexibility

    • Annual hours
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    • Letters

    Overcome flexibility fears by using peers

    by Personnel Today 4 Oct 2005
    by Personnel Today 4 Oct 2005

    I was reassured to see the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) draw attention to the benefits of introducing flexible working

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    Temp contracts must be kept transparent

    by Personnel Today 27 Sep 2005
    by Personnel Today 27 Sep 2005

    In response to your legal analysis ‘Clarify arrangements before you employ agency workers’ (Personnel Today, 23 August) and the letter...

    • Bullying and harassment
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    ‘Mobbing’ definition has far wider scope

    by Personnel Today 27 Sep 2005
    by Personnel Today 27 Sep 2005

     Useful as Guy Guinan’s article is on the legal aspects of bullying, it is misleading to state that upward discrimination...

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    MPs should back a total ban on smoking

    by Personnel Today 27 Sep 2005
    by Personnel Today 27 Sep 2005

    I was rather surprised that, after his rant against those MPs wishing to ban smoking in workplaces, Jonathan Frodsham (Letters,...

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    CBI argument based on dubious evidence

    by Personnel Today 27 Sep 2005
    by Personnel Today 27 Sep 2005

    Your report on the CBI Employment Trends survey gives prominence to a set of criticisms about further education colleges (Personnel...

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    HR Hartley: Trimming the fat ignores excessive waist

    by Personnel Today 27 Sep 2005
    by Personnel Today 27 Sep 2005

    Our irascible insider on... flabby underbellies

    • HR practice
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    Personnel Today ought to know better than to call people names

    by Personnel Today 27 Sep 2005
    by Personnel Today 27 Sep 2005

    As a strategic director with a project sponsor role in carrying out job evaluation at my council, I read with...

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    Do not lose sight of an age-old problem

    by Personnel Today 20 Sep 2005
    by Personnel Today 20 Sep 2005

    I found your special report on diversity (Personnel Today, 23 August) extremely interesting. However, I was disappointed to see that...

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    • Leadership

    Lack of leadership skills stifles growth

    by Personnel Today 20 Sep 2005
    by Personnel Today 20 Sep 2005

    Leadership, as you define it in your recent news coverage, (Personnel Today, 23 August) is a misleading term, as it...

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    A tale of two halves foils applicant scam

    by Personnel Today 20 Sep 2005
    by Personnel Today 20 Sep 2005

    At the University of Plymouth, we have a system to filter out bogus job applicants who then try to claim...

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    Trade unions paved the way for progressive HR practice

    by Personnel Today 20 Sep 2005
    by Personnel Today 20 Sep 2005

    Stephen Overell (Off message, Personnel Today, 23 August) asks why the ‘apolitical, unobtrusive, doing-OK bulk’ of workers should join a...

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    Mind your measures to prove value of HR

    by Personnel Today 13 Sep 2005
    by Personnel Today 13 Sep 2005

    We read with interest your news story ‘Defining era for HR as staff move up agenda’ (Personnel Today, 9 August).Measuring...

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