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TUC's Carl Roper: Ignoring unions is not a strategic approach
Reader responseI’m sure mine weren't the only eyebrows to be raised by Chris Syder’s article ‘Taking a strategic approach to union recognition’ on HR-inform and published on the People Management...
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Are ‘returnships’ key to inclusivity?
Companies ease employees back to ‘tap new talent pool’Helping employees back into the workforce after an extended career break has always been a tricky conundrum for managers and HR professionals. But...
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The dangers of not renewing fixed term contracts
Expiry of a fixed term contract counts as dismissal and must be fairFixed term contracts (FTCs) have been in the news lately, with business secretary Vince Cable suggesting last month that anyone on a...
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Unions prepare for ‘biggest strike’ under coalition
Hundreds of thousands of council workers balloted over ‘meagre’ one per cent pay offerSome of the country’s largest unions, Unison, GMB and Unite will ballot council employees in England and Wales this...
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Job prospects for low-skilled young people still deteriorating, warns TUC
Report finds only inner London has returned to pre-recession job creation levels A report examining employment rates for different groups, including young people, disabled workers, and black and Asian...
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Opinion: Did promises of modest exec bonuses aid demand for TSB shares?
Duncan Brown asks if the bank’s new ‘clean image’ on reward marks a turning point in the senior pay debateInvestors in TSB, the new challenger bank which is being spun out from Lloyds, are much richer...
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Care worker entitled to minimum wage for sleepover shifts
Backdated claims of this type could have significant cost implications for employers In the recent case of J Esparon t/a Middle West Residential Care Home v Slavikovska, the Employment Appeal Tribunal...
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UK medium-sized employers to lead Europe on jobs growth, says report
But skills shortages and talent attraction and retention present a big challengeMedium-sized business in the UK are set to create more jobs than their European competitors as growth prompts employers...
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Current apprentice wage too complicated, says Cable
Low Pay Commission gets revised remit from ministersThe government has called for a simplified process for paying apprentices the minimum wage in its revised remit for the Low Pay Commission...
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Living Wage Commission urges voluntary take up of higher pay rate
Government could pay its workers the living wage, says SentamuThe Living Wage Commission has urged the government to set a target to reduce the number of low paid workers by one million by 2020, in its...
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Government shares patient safety data to prevent another Mid Staffs
A fifth of acute trusts fail to honestly report safety mistakesOne in five NHS acute trusts have been rated “poor” for honest reporting on patient safety suggesting potentially dangerous mistakes are...
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Employers ‘biased against the disabled’
Experts warn of rise in unconscious discrimination – and urge industry to act The memories of the London 2012 Paralympic Games are still fresh for many – but it seems high-profile sporting success has...
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Why HR professionals are going back to school
Inspiring The Future gets CIPD members back to school The sea of expectant faces, the restless shifting in seats, the endless barrage of odd questions… no, it’s not an off-site with the finance...
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PMAs 2014: shortlist unveiled
CIPD People Management Awards 2014 shortlist unveiledThey’re the most prestigious baubles in the HR calendar – and a record number of entries shows the UK’s appetite for the CIPD People Management...
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Case Study: Greater Manchester Commissioning Support Unit
An innovative approach to a complex reorganisation places HR professionals at the heart of Manchester’s NHS When Andrea Anderson explains how her team works in partnership with 12 different clinical...
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Inside the neuroscience of bias
Unless we tackle bias, we’ll never have true inclusion. But you might be surprised at what’s keeping your brain shackled…Before she begins training a group of executives on unconscious bias, Dr Tara...
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Could a MOOC help you learn smarter?
Open study is getting a modern shake-up, as a fresh generation of online courses tempt corporate learnersEvery new technology has its moment in the headlines, and for MOOCs (or Massive Open Online...
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Tom Davenport on metrics: "Let's give the machines a chance"
Big data guru Tom Davenport predicts we’ll learn to love the numbers With the recent proliferation of metrics into mainstream media, it sometimes feels like you can’t get two businesspeople together...
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What You Can Learn From… GKN
Multinational engineering giant GKN has big plans – and that means it needs a leaner, upskilled HR team Getting lost, it seems, isn’t an uncommon occurrence for visitors to GKN. Its freshly refurbished...
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How to Work For… Lucie Crouch
People and development manager, Logistik GroupI owe a lot of my career to Morrisons: the people there trained and developed me, and exposed me to a whole new side of HR. When the Safeway acquisition...
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