HSBC reckons it is good at understanding world cultures and acknowledging our differences - so then why doesn't it understand the concept of a fair day's pay for a fair day's work?
Opinion
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Employer abuse of the opt-out is the main reason why the Working Time Directive, despite all its faults, is necessary
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Our irascible insider HR Hartley on the DTI's name game
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HR’s image is a subject that crops up again and again at conferences and seminars. This year’s HR Forum on...
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Today (17 May) marks the start of the International Quality and Productivity Centre's (IQPC) fifth annual Shared Services Week. It's hard to believe that we've been talking about shared services for five years in a never-ending quest to find the Holy Grail of HR shared services.
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Now that the general election is over, many in HR may be wondering just how many of the government's people-focused pledges will become a reality
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If the Labour government had been a private company on 5 May, it would have seriously questioned its HR strategy...
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It seems that women are having second thoughts about the wisdom of working and raising a family
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Wage dynamics in emergent markets still amaze me.I was in Mumbai recently, conducting interviews for two senior roles there. During...
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Michelle Alabaster’s lengthy, high-profile case against the Woolwich – now part of Barclays – ended in success last week. Supported...
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our irascible insider on... cutting absence rates
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Flexible working has never had an easy ride, but rumblings of a business backlash will make debates on this issue...
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Work is one of the big things missing from this general election. Sure, there are passing references to the strength...
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John McMullen is professor of labour law at the University of Leeds
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We need to overcome both contempt for new jobs in the service sector and the worship of old-style manufacturing