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    • Opinion

    People plans need to relate to business strategy

    by Personnel Today 22 May 2008
    by Personnel Today 22 May 2008

    Last year I was asked to judge Personnel Today’s HR strategy award. It was an intriguing experience, especially an employee...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Disability
    • Mental health

    Mental health: Off message – No trace of nuts

    by Tony Pettengell 22 May 2008
    by Tony Pettengell 22 May 2008

    Warning: any member of the kneejerk brigade should have their hammers at the ready, and should begin tapping their patellas...

    • Opinion

    Walsh’s flexible working recommendations: the likely impact

    by Rachel Dineley 21 May 2008
    by Rachel Dineley 21 May 2008

    Rachel Dinely, partner at employment law specialist Beachcroft, considers the likely impact of the Walsh recommendations on flexible working.

    • Learning & development
    • Opinion

    Motivational speakers: great investment or a waste of money?

    by Jim Lawless 20 May 2008
    by Jim Lawless 20 May 2008

    How often have you sat through a ‘motivational’ speaker’s address that has left you feeling anything but? The trick, says Jim Lawless,...

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    Training and skills initiatives: Editor’s comment

    by John Charlton 20 May 2008
    by John Charlton 20 May 2008

    Another month and another training and skills initiative â€“ actually make that two: the UK Commission for Employment and Skills’ (CES)...

    • Absence
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    • Sickness absence

    Absence of common sense blights ‘sickie’ debate

    by Personnel Today 14 May 2008
    by Personnel Today 14 May 2008

    Absence is a highly contentious and politicised issue. It is an arena where the bosses blame the workers, the workers...

    • Age discrimination
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Pay & benefits

    Off message: Age and pensions timebombs exploded

    by Tony Pettengell 13 May 2008
    by Tony Pettengell 13 May 2008

    Age discrimination laws have had one beneficial side effect – they allow us to explode the pensions timebomb myth.In 1798,...

    • Learning & development
    • Senior management development
    • Training management

    Back off: How much does your organisation spend per capita on training?

    by John Charlton 13 May 2008
    by John Charlton 13 May 2008

    Two reputable bodies have released statistics on training and L&D spend in the UK. You’d think there would be some...

    • Employment law
    • Economics, government & business
    • Department for Work and Pensions

    Employers stuck in limbo while Brown dithers

    by Mike Berry 12 May 2008
    by Mike Berry 12 May 2008

    Just what is the government’s position on increasing workplace rights for temps and agency workers?Ministers will insist that the government...

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    Employee relations: What is the way forward now for Northern Rock?

    by Personnel Today 12 May 2008
    by Personnel Today 12 May 2008

    The latest instalment in the soap opera that is Northern Rock sees the troubled bank entering into a 90-day consultation...

    • Wellbeing
    • Occupational Health
    • Opinion

    Editor’s comment – May

    by Noel O'Reilly 25 Apr 2008
    by Noel O'Reilly 25 Apr 2008

    It is more important than ever that people with responsibility for health in the workplace share good practice. Dame Carol...

    • Evidence-based management
    • HR practice
    • HR strategy

    Evidence-based HR management is the only way forward

    by Paul Kearns 23 Apr 2008
    by Paul Kearns 23 Apr 2008

    For as long as I can remember – 30 years in HR – there have always been regular surveys and...

    • Agency workers
    • Employment law
    • HR practice

    Agency Workers Directive: Expect the best, prepare for the worst

    by Personnel Today 22 Apr 2008
    by Personnel Today 22 Apr 2008

    Don’t expect the agency workers debate to go away anytime soon. Emma Ceballos explains why the Agency Workers Directive isn’t...

    • Economics, government & business
    • Learning & development
    • Skills shortages

    Skills Pledge: possibly the worst initiative since Back to Basics

    by John Charlton 22 Apr 2008
    by John Charlton 22 Apr 2008

    More than a year after its launch, the Skills Pledge is proving marginally more popular than a William Hague hair-do. Has...

    • Learning & development
    • Opinion

    Training won’t work until we learn to change our ways

    by Will Doherty 22 Apr 2008
    by Will Doherty 22 Apr 2008

    Every L&D professional knows that measuring and assessing the impact of training is tricky. Will Doherty argues that’s because too...

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