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Few agency workers would benefit from CBI?s ?rights after one year? proposa
2008-05-07 13:03:00 Fresh claims that agency workers should be given equal treatment within the first few weeks have emerged after a report found the average length of time such workers stay in their jobs is less than five months. The report, More About: Workers , Agency , Rights , Benefit , Year
Abu Dhabi construction project generates 60,000 jobs
2008-05-07 12:45:00 Recruitment firm Orion Group is looking to hire up to 60,000 people for one of the world's biggest construction projects. The £9bn project in Abu Dhabi , in th More About: Jobs , Project , Construction
Sick-note slacker perception keeps ill workers at work
2008-05-07 12:24:00 Despite the UK's reputation for having a sick-note culture, two in three Britons More About: Workers , Work , Note , Slacker , Sick
Maternity leave causes headaches for employers
2008-05-07 10:01:00 Maternity leave still causes major headaches for employers, according to a legal expert. Audrey More About: Leave , Maternity , Employers , Maternity Leave
Prosecutions over employing illegal workers rises dramatically
2008-05-07 00:14:00 The number of employers being prosecuted for hiring illegal workers has risen dramatical More About: Workers , Illegal
PPMA president calls time on navel-gazing HR dinosaurs
2008-05-06 22:45:00 Public sector HR must evolve or be wiped out, the president of the Public Sector People Managers Association (PPMA) has warned. In his opening address to the annual PPMA conferenc More About: President , Time , Calls , Dinosaurs
Career fear forces employees to shun opportunity for flexible working
2008-05-06 22:00:00 People are not taking up their right to request flexible working for fear it will damage their career prospects, research has revealed. The findings undermine HR director Imelda Walsh's long-awaited recommendations to the g More About: Employees , Opportunity , Career , Fear , Working
Tighter skilled migrant rules announced by Home Office
2008-05-06 20:00:00 Employers wishing to recruit migrant workers to fill skilled posts will have to prove they cannot find any workers in the UK under new proposals published by the Home Office . The government's new poin More About: Rules , Home Office
Kellogg?s staff take Friday afternoons off
2008-05-06 18:21:00 Spending Friday afternoons at work will be practically unheard of at Kellogg's UK offices this summer, thanks to a flexibl More About: Staff
British Energy signs £10m deal with Flagship Training
2008-05-06 16:34:00 British Energy has signed a £10m deal with the Royal Navy's training provider to torpedo the UK's nuclear skills crisis. Flagship Training will run an apprenticeship programme for the energy supplier for seven ye More About: British , Signs , Deal
Prejudice rife over people with facial disfigurements
2008-05-06 15:44:00 An overwhelming majority of people prejudice those with facial disfigurements, a survey has revealed. Research by the charity Changing Faces has revealed people wi More About: People , Facial , Prejudice
Lord Leitch defends HR profession as in tune with business objectives
2008-05-02 18:28:00 EXCLUSIVE Skills supremo Lord Leitch has leapt to the defence of the HR profession as it battles to conv More About: Business , Profession , Tune , In Tune
Plans to restrict jobs for overseas doctors overruled by House of Lords
2008-05-02 17:56:00 NHS workforce planning has again come under the spotlight after a bid to give UK-trained doctors priority in applying for jobs failed. The Department of Health wanted to introduce restrictions where More About: House , Doctors , Jobs , Plans , Lords
Friday Podcast: Flexible working in practice, public sector HR dinosaurs, a
2008-05-02 17:08:00 HR news and analysis including: equalities groups warn that employees are not taking up their right to request flexible working for fear it will damage their careers public sector HR has been accused of being More About: Public , Podcast , Practice , Friday , Working
Prison officers end suspension walk-out
2008-05-02 15:37:00 Prison officers have returned to work at six jails in Yorkshire, following a walk-out over the suspension of two colleagues yesterday. About 400 staff initially walked out at Lindholme and Moorlands p More About: Prison , Officers , Walk , Suspension
Postie redirected by police after getting short shrift over trouser blunder
2008-05-02 14:56:00 A postman was forced home by his employer, the Royal Mail, after he failed to follow the dress code and pitched up to work wearing the wrong s More About: Police , Short , Blunder , Postie
Experts claim credit crunch should be used to boost employee engagement
2008-05-02 13:30:00 Employee engagement experts have called on organisations to use the current economic climate to their benefit when More About: Credit , Experts , Employee , Crunch , Boost
Northern Rock begins consultations with union over plans to cut 2,000 jobs
2008-05-02 12:30:00 Northern Rock , the nationalised mortgage lender has begun consultations wi More About: Jobs , Union , Plans , Northern
Mervyn King told to keep nose out of City bonus debate
2008-05-02 11:28:00 City recruitment experts have slammed Bank of England governor Mervyn King 's criticism of the S More About: Debate , Bonus , City , Nose
Skills crisis looms as flow of migrants from Eastern Europe dries up
2008-05-02 11:23:00 UK employers face being left in the lurch as the current flow of eastern Europe an migrants continues to dry up, a major report has warned. A st More About: Eastern , Skills , Crisis , Flow
British Energy chief tasks HR with the job of finding staff for new nuclear
2008-05-02 10:00:00 British Energy chief executive Bill Coley has placed his HR team at the heart of the company's bid to provide the UK's new nuclear power stations. Coley said the energy producer would strive to use British workers to run th More About: Nuclear , Chief , British , Staff
Greg Dyke urges HR to connect with CEO to bridge credibility gap
2008-05-01 14:39:00 Former BBC director-general Greg Dyke called upon public sector HR professionals to rally round their chief executives to inspire change in their organisations. Speaking at the Public Sector People Managers Association (PPM More About: Connect , Bridge
Retailers commit to cutting emissions and reducing environmental impact
2008-05-01 13:21:00 Argos, Marks Spencer and Sainsbury's are among a string of household-name retailers pledging to reduce the direct environmental impact of their businesses. The Br More About: Environmental , Emissions , Retailers , Cutting
Company cars lose allure as more employers switch to cash allowances
2008-05-01 12:54:00 UK companies are moving away from company cars, choosing to provide a cash allowance, instead, new More About: Cars , Company , Switch , Cash , Allure
Geoff Armstrong wins PPMA award for services to HR
2008-05-01 12:31:00 Outgoing CIPD director-general Geoff Armstrong has been presented with the 2008 Public Sector People Manager's Association (PPMA) award for outstanding contribution to people management. Armstrong steps down from his post a More About: Services , Award , Wins
October bank holiday back on agenda as TUC repeats call for extra break
2008-05-01 12:21:00 The TUC has repeated its call for a new autumn holiday to celebrate the "great British tradition of volunteering". The union group is using the 30th anniversary of the creation of the May Day holiday - the last bank holiday More About: Holiday , Break , Back , Agenda , Call
Opportunity Now award goes to MoD police agency chief Wendy Benson
2008-05-01 12:16:00 Police and Guarding Agency chief superintendent Wendy Benson scooped the Champion Award at the Opportunit More About: Chief , Police , Opportunity
Skills and temp rights are main cause for concern so far in 2008
2008-04-30 16:27:00 We may be just four months in to 2008 , but already there have been plenty of flashpoints for the HR profession. Whether it be skills, diversity, flexible working, temp rights or the interminable debate over HR's relevance to profit and los More About: Rights , Main , Skills , Temp
HR is vital to reduce health and safety disasters warns work and pensions s
2008-04-30 14:30:00 Work and pensions secretary James Purnell has warned chief executives that good people management is vital to avoid disasters such as the Buncefield oil explosion. Purne More About: Health , Safety , Disasters , Work , Reduce
Bank of England governor criticises City bonus culture
More articles from this author:2008-04-30 10:00:00 Bank of England governor Mervyn King has warned that the high bonuses awarded to staff in the finance industry was draining talent More About: Culture , Governor , Bonus , City 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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