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Birmingham Chamber of Commerce calls for workforce development
2008-04-29 14:17:00 Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged the government to develop the future and current workforce, instead of using 'quick fixes' such as immigrant employees to fill vacancies. The Chamber was resp More About: Development , Calls , Birmingham
Teachers and support staff up 20,100 on last year
2008-04-29 13:37:00 There are now 20,100 more teachers and support staff in schools than 12 months ago, official figures have revealed. According to government More About: Support , Staff , Year , Teachers
Lord Leitch defends his skills report
2008-04-29 13:07:00 Lord Leitch was forced to defend his critical report into improving the nation's skills yesterday in parliament. The author of the More About: Report , Lord , Skills
Norfolk Constabulary launch leadership programme in £1m shake up
2008-04-29 11:39:00 Police officers at Norfolk Constabulary will begin a two-year leadership development programme this year, as part of a £1m force shake up. A total of 225 sergeants and inspectors will undergo classroom training More About: Leadership , Launch , Programme
FirstGroup appoints John Evans as new group HR director
2008-04-29 10:02:00 Transport giant FirstGroup has appointed of John Evans in the new role of gro More About: Director
TUC calls for better occupational health assistance from employers
2008-04-28 17:15:00 The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on UK employers to provide better occupational health assistance, after it found that 175 million working days were lost as a result of sickness absence in 2006. The union has publ More About: Health , Calls , Employers
Skills Pledge sign-up low as only 13% of UK employers take an interest
2008-04-28 16:27:00 Only 13% of UK employers have signed the Skills Pledge more than More About: Interest , Sign , Employers
Oil workers at Ineos? Grangemouth refinery start 48-hour strike
2008-04-28 13:10:00 Hundreds of oil workers at Ineos' Grangemouth refinery began a 48-hour strike yesterday, following a dispute More About: Workers , Start , Strike , Hour
Automated facial recognition in airports could mean passport officer job lo
2008-04-28 12:48:00 The trial of automated facial recognition technology in airports in the summer has raised concern for passport officer job losses. A More About: Airports , Recognition , Facial , Officer , Passport
Late-night drinking stretches police resources to limit
2008-04-28 10:45:00 Unruly drunks are straining police resources more than ever since the alcohol licensing laws changed three years ago, a senior More About: Resources , Police , Night , Drinking , Late
HR Hornets Nest 2008: The winners announced
2008-04-28 08:00:00 Joanne Brown and Carol Mingova from the Orders of S More About: Winners , Nest , 2008
UK vascular screening scheme
2008-04-25 19:39:00 The government is to set up a national programme to screen everyone between the ages of 40 and 74 for vascular diseases. More About: Vascular , Screening
Black report recommendations concern OHNs
2008-04-25 18:10:00 The great and the good of the healthcare world may by and large have welcomed Dame Carol Black 's review on the health of the working-age population, but individual occupational health nurses are concerned that it could lead to a More About: Report
Health and safety news in brief
2008-04-25 18:07:00 Slips, trips and falls Health insurance firm Norwich Union has warned that 38% of all major workplace accidents involve slips, trips and falls, amounting to nearly 11,000 serious injuries each year. I More About: News , Safety
Corporate Manslaughter Act comes into force
2008-04-25 18:02:00 The government's long-awaited Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act came into force last month, amid cont More About: Force
Friday Podcast: PwC report questions HR's future, police workloads increase
2008-04-25 17:27:00 HR news and analysis including: PwC report threatens future of HR - we bring you HR's reaction Senior police figures warn officers' workload has increased since alcohol licensing laws came into effect, becaus More About: Questions , Future , Police , Podcast , Report
Bullying and harassment investigators hired by Suffolk County Council
2008-04-25 13:50:00 Suffolk County Council has defended its decision to hire £350-a-day 'harassment and bullying invest More About: Bullying , Suffolk County , Harassment
Home Retail Group HR boss predicts hard times for Homebase
2008-04-25 13:06:00 A senior HR figure at Home base's parent company has admitted that the DIY giant faces a "difficult year". Jane Watkinson, head of HR at Home Retail More About: Boss , Hard , Times
Supermarket worker forced to leave after giving away dead flowers
2008-04-25 12:27:00 A supermarket supervisor has been told by an HR department to 'jump or be pushed' after giving away a bunch of out-of-date, 75p flowers to a regular customer. Mary Whitner, 59, who was days away from More About: Flowers , Forced , Leave , Dead , Giving
Online recruitment is right fit for Boots
2008-04-25 10:30:00 High street health and beauty retailer Boots will und More About: Online , Recruitment
Disabled jobs boost as Remploy places record number in mainstream roles
2008-04-24 13:55:00 A record number of disabled people found work through using Remploy's services last year. The specialist provider said in the 12 months to the end of March 2008, it found 6,600 jobs in mainstream employment for people with More About: Jobs , Places , Disabled , Record , Boost
Productivity suffers as UK?s workaholics admit to timewasting
2008-04-24 12:25:00 A culture of 'presenteeism' among UK employees is having a negati More About: Productivity
Teacher strike could hit employers as staff are forced to take time off
2008-04-24 12:07:00 Employers across the UK could be hit today as staff take time off as a result of the nationwide strike by teachers. Tens of thousands of pupils w More About: Time , Forced , Teacher , Strike , Staff
Police force mergers back on MPs? agenda
2008-04-23 17:51:00 Police HR professionals face a daunting few months as controversial plans to merge forces in England and Wales are set to resurface, a chief constable told MPs yesterday. The head of the Association of Chief Police Officers More About: Police , Force , Back , Agenda , Mergers
Unfair dismissal tribunal hears claims of ?boys? club? ethos at bank
2008-04-23 14:56:00 A financial adviser at a high street bank has told a tribunal that she was forced out of her job because she did not fit into the company's "boys' club" ethos. According to the Daily M More About: Club , Bank , Claims , Unfair , Boys
E-mail and text widely used to duck awkward work confrontations
2008-04-23 13:32:00 UK workers are hiding behind text messages and e-mail technology to avoid 'sticky situations' research has revealed. A survey of more than 2,100 people, commissioned by the Post Office, found that 73% of respondents admitte More About: Mail , Work , E-Mail , Text , Duck
Most business travellers are not prepared for trouble
2008-04-23 13:15:00 Three out of five business travellers in the UK and US would not expect assistance from their employers if caught up in local violence or a natural disaster while working abroad, research has indicated. A survey by travel s More About: Business
Call for health specialists to put forward united Black response
2008-04-23 13:07:00 EXCLUSIVE Workplace health specialists are being urged by private sector OH providers to come together to formulate a united response to Dame Carol Black 's review of workplace health and thras More About: Health , United , Call , Forward
Logica to shed 1,300 jobs, including 500 in UK
2008-04-23 13:00:00 Outsourcing firm LogicaCMG will shed 1,300 jobs, including 500 of its UK workforce, in an effort to cut administrative costs. Logica said some of its 30 UK offices would close with many back-office functions, including HR a More About: Jobs
Racist roadworkers jailed for bullying Muslim colleague
More articles from this author:2008-04-18 19:11:00 Three employees who subjected a Muslim workmate to a 10-month campaign of rac More About: Bullying , Racist 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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