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Investors in People status falls short of employer expectations
2008-05-22 11:00:00 The benefits of gaining the Investors in People (IIP) standard have been called into question by employers. A poll of 81 e More About: Status , Employer , Short
Police Federation grills home secretary on pensions and pay
2008-05-21 17:21:00 Home secretary Jacqui Smith has attempted to defuse the row over police pensions by offering changes to the service's scheme. Officers will now get higher lump sums on retiring, although this will mean lower pension paymen More About: Home , Police , Police Federation , Home Secretary
Select Group merger with Randstad creates mega HR services company
2008-05-21 13:46:00 International recruitment companies Randstad and Vedior have merged, creating the world's second largest HR services company. The new company will employ 34,000 people worldwide and generate estimated annual revenues of £1 More About: Services , Company , Mega , Group , Merger
Ageing police force will lead to officer shortage at 2012 Olympics
2008-05-21 13:24:00 Policing the 2012 Olympics presents huge resourcing challenges as many officers are set to retire in the next four years, a leading figure has warned. Tarique Ghaffur, a More About: Police , Force , Officer , Lead
Employers and unions want migrants Workers Registration Scheme scrapped
2008-05-21 13:06:00 The Workers Registration Scheme (WRS) should be scrapped, according to an alliance of employers, unions and migrant groups. More About: Unions , Employers
Global leadership talent shortage forecast
2008-05-21 12:37:00 There will be more jobs available this year than applicants qualified to fill them, according to research. A shrinking workforce and ageing population will leave 2008 as the year of the empty desk, with employers needing to More About: Leadership , Global , Talent , Forecast
Police vote to reclaim right to strike
2008-05-21 12:26:00 Police officers have voted overwhelmingly for the right to strike. Members of the Police Federation voted by 86% to 11% in favour of the body, which represents rank and file officers, pushing for a change in the law to allo More About: Police , Vote , Strike
Public holiday suggested as silver bullet for poor image of Armed Foces
2008-05-21 10:18:00 The UK needs another public holiday to honour its Armed Forces, a government-backed inquiry has found, despite the fact that one a More About: Holiday , Public , Silver , Image , Bullet
Public holiday suggested as silver bullet for poor image of Armed Forces
2008-05-21 10:18:00 The UK needs another public holiday to honour its Armed Forces , a government-backed inquiry has found, despite the fact that one a More About: Holiday , Public , Silver , Image
Three-quarters of FTSE companies move towards ?green? travel policies
2008-05-21 00:44:00 A leading environmental charity has welcomed moves by many of the UK's biggest companies to reduce business flights. Backed by the WWF-UK, the Travel ling Lig More About: Companies , Green , Policies , Move
CIPD to move its annual conference to Manchester from 2009
2008-05-20 22:36:00 The annual CIPD conference in Harrogate is to relocate to Manchester from 2009. The institute said its annual conference and exhibition would move from its traditional home More About: Move , Conference , Annual
Agency workers deal gives them rights after 12 weeks
2008-05-20 14:40:00 A landmark deal on the rights of agency workers has been agreed between the government, employers and trade unions. Temporary and agency workers in the UK will receive equal treatment after 12 weeks employment. They will be More About: Workers , Agency , Rights , Deal , Weeks
Asda launches flexible working scheme
2008-05-20 00:57:00 Supermarket giant Asda has launched a new flexible working scheme for its employees to improve their work-life balance. 'Asda Flex' contains six flexible working programmes to encourage all 165,000 sta More About: Working , Flexible
Pointless shuffling of HR pack gives business partnering a raw deal
2008-05-19 22:37:00 An obsession with restructuring HR departments to be more strategic often leaves staff struggling to cope in their new roles, leading practitioners have warned. The director of HR transformation and systems at mobile giant More About: Business , Deal , Pack , Pointless
Vodafone to use UK model as benchmark for global HR service
2008-05-19 22:10:00 Communications giant Vodafone has used its UK HR team as a benchmark as it sets a global model for people management. The model will see the firm's local HR teams across 25 countries adopting a standardised structure with More About: Benchmark , Service , Global , Model
Government launches year-long bid to redress minority gap in UK councils
2008-05-19 21:43:00 The government has launched a taskforce to tackle the shortage of black and ethnic minority women councillors. The number of black and minority ethnic women councillors has marginally increased from 0.6% in 1997 to 0.9% in More About: Government , Long , Year , Redress
Marks & Spencer workers lose out on bonuses
2008-05-19 16:29:00 Marks Spencer (MS) staff bonuses will be slashed this year, despite the retail giant making more than £1bn profit in 2007. MS's 56,000 staff each received a bonus payout of 10% of their salary as a result of More About: Workers , Marks
Fingerprint system to monitor staff movements is piloted
2008-05-19 02:01:00 Fingerprint technology could soon be used across the UK to monitor employees' movements, after a pilot scheme was deemed successful. The system allows several HR roles to be carried out automatically when a worker presses t More About: System , Monitor , Staff
Flexible working tribunal rush fears quashed by Sainsbury?s HR chief
2008-05-19 02:01:00 Imelda Walsh has moved to calm employer fears that new flexible working laws will lead to a rapid rise in employment tribunal claims. The Sainsbury's HR director sent shock waves through organisations last week when her gov More About: Chief , Rush , Working , Fears , Flexible
Employer relief as mandatory Level 2 training threat is put back five years
2008-05-16 19:05:00 The threat of employers having to provide mandatory training has been significantly delayed after the government pushed back the date by which the skills commission will report on the issue. Buried in the detail of Wednesda More About: Training , Back , Years , Relief , Employer
Automatic enrolment into workplace personal pensions gets approval from EC,
2008-05-16 19:00:00 Experts and ministers have welcomed confirmation by the European Commission that automatic enrolment into workplace personal pensions will be allowed under EU law - but say more can be done to support employees. Secretary o More About: Personal , Workplace , Automatic
Friday Podcast: Imelda Walsh on flexible working, Queen's speech latest and
2008-05-16 18:58:00 HR news and analysis including: Imelda Walsh talks exclusively to Personnel Today on the flexible working review to extend the right to request flexbile More About: Podcast , Friday , Working , Flexible , Speech
HR outsourcing provider Capita to double India workforce in 2008
2008-05-16 18:19:00 HR outsourcing provider Capita plans to double the number of people it employs in India by the end More About: Outsourcing , Double , Provider , 2008
Enforced smiling in the workplace puts health at risk
2008-05-16 13:46:00 Smiling too much at work can seriously damage your health, German scientists have claimed. Researchers at a university in Germany - where the right to be surly is almost a national pastime - now claim More About: Health , Workplace , Risk
Call to set up timetable to scrap statutory retirement age
2008-05-16 13:00:00 Calls for a formal timetable for the removal of the mandatory retirement age have come after a national survey found workers in the UK wanted to work longer. HSBC's Future of Retirement study, conducted by the Oxfo More About: Scrap , Call
Boffin breaches Data Protection Act and gets embroiled in family drama
2008-05-16 12:57:00 Lancaster University reprimanded its head of economics professor Geraint Johnes for breaching data protection rules by telling a concerned mother about h More About: Family , Drama , Data , Data Protection
NHS workforce director-general seeks HR input on reforms
2008-05-16 12:09:00 NHS workforce director-general Clare Chapman has called for fellow HR professionals to help her reform people management in the health service. She gave HR directors from across the nation a sneak pre More About: General , Director , Input
Government to extend flexible working rights to staff with children up to a
2008-05-15 17:19:00 The government has announced that the right to request flexible working will be extended to staff with children up to the age of 16. Business secretary John Hutton has accepted the recommendations of Sainsbury's HR director More About: Government , Children , Rights , Working , Staff
Staff retention levels to improve at Royal Mail as credit crunch bites
2008-05-15 16:30:00 Royal Mail 's HR director has predicted that the current economic downturn will be good for the organisation's retention levels. Dermot Toberty, di More About: Credit , Royal , Improve , Retention
Employer relief as mandatory Level 2 training threat is put back five years
More articles from this author:2008-05-15 13:59:00 The threat of employers having to provide mandatory training has been significantly delayed after the government pushed back the date by which the skills commission will report on the issue. Buried in the detail of Wednesd More About: Training , Back , Years , Relief , Employer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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