This
week’s news in brief
Young
speaks out
The
head of the Institute of Directors, Lord Young, has called for...
Personnel Today
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Tracey
Marshall has been promoted to the position of global head of HR at reinsurance
intermediary Benfield Group and hopes... -
UK employees are failing to take up work-life balance options, according to a new report.
The study by the independent...
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Introduction
The UK has about 1.7 million temporary workers, yet the market remains one of the most unregulated in the...
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Government
needs to clarify what residual liability companies  retain after employees have left, particularly over
discrimination
Many
employers feel that... -
Companies
that consult with staff over redundancies end up saving jobs, according to
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This
week Tracy Myhill, director of HR, Gwent Community Health NHS Trust and
president of the Association of Healthcare Human... -
Arriva online learning
Transport services firm Arriva has launched an online learning and development system to provide a programme of...
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Continuing our regular series on the implications of recent significant cases. Sue Nickson, partner and head of employment law at Hammond Suddards Edge, looks at the issues
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I’ve been working in HR for a
year and am struck by the fact it is a very female-dominated profession.... -
Overseas
nurses recruited to alleviate NHS shortages are suffering low pay, exploitation
and double standards, research claims.
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survey by... -
Employers should be pleased that work is becoming a popular subject for novels and films, despite the workplace often being depicted in a way that is far from reality, writes Stephen Overell
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A letter recently published in Personnel Today highlighting the perception of ageism in recruitment has triggered a big response from readers. Many believe they have faced discrimination from recruitment agencies as well as internal HR departments. This is despite the approach of anti-ageism legislation in 2006. Here we print a selection of the letters
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Government needs to clarify what residual liability companies retain after employees have left, particularly over discrimination
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For six years I have been
working in HR for a large organisation as one of many HR managers. I...