Letters

Having read the recent article on job cuts at Birmingham City Council (‘Birmingham to cut 80 HR jobs in equal...

It is great to read your stories on the impact of bullying/harassment in the workplace. However, despite overwhelming statistics, employers...

It is unfortunate that the secretary of state John Hutton believes that a move to extend the right to ask...

While it’s encouraging that the government is investigating plans to extend the right to flexible working, it is worrying that...

I found Tony Pettengell’s Off Message ‘Education gap hits skill drive’ (Personnel Today, 29 January) quite intriguing, and felt it...

This week's letters on: financial difficulties and staff sickness absence; getting HR back to basics; and the long-hours culture.

With all the hype today regarding data protection, I feel I have to write about what happened to me. A pensioned...

Mediation needs regulation and codes of practiceI read with interest the editorial comment in last week’s Personnel Today (12 February)...

Your Editorial Comment (Personnel Today, 5 February) raised a number of questions about what is good, and not so good,...

With health secretary Alan Johnson’s announcement of a £372m anti-obesity strategy (Personnel Today, 29 January), the pressure will be on...

Obesity; and the shortage of headteachers

In your article ‘GMB union highlights gender pay divide in human resources’ (Personneltoday.com, 7 December 2007), the GMB attributes the...

With 47% of all staff citing a lack of recognition at work as a major contributing factor in their decision...

I have noted in recent issues much discussion about addressing the skills gap and the increased willingness of employers to...

Health and safety legislation, absence strategies and working time regulations