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Pension reforms prompt ‘huge changes’ to FTSE 100 schemes
Employers likely to pick up significant costs of financial reshuffle, says expert FTSE 100 companies paid almost £2bn less into employee pension schemes last year, according to a new report.This is...
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Escalating a final warning to dismissal when appealed
Employers need to specify right to increase disciplinary sanction on appealIn the case, McMillan v Airedale NHS Trust, the Court of Appeal had to decide whether an employer had the scope to issue a...
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Denis Barnard from HRcomparison invites you to a FREE masterclass in selecting the right HR software for you. Looking for new HR and Payroll software can be a difficult and lengthy task, so why not...
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Happy workers don’t always make better ‘agents of change,’ study reveals
Organisational shifts could be the key to motivating less proactive staff Highly satisfied employees will remain proactive at work for several years, while those who are unsatisfied quickly lose their...
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Co-operative announces governance reforms
Management overhaul and new employee powers to help ‘shape the Group’s future’The Co-operative Group has announced proposals to reform its governance structure, following Lord Myners’ review into...
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Independent review urges NHS whistleblowers to speak up
Employees to be offered greater protection and new jobsSir Robert Francis QC who is leading the inquiry into whistleblowing in the NHS, has urged employees to come forward with their experiences.The...
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Employment tribunal claims almost halved over the past year
Are fees the cause of the drop-off in employee law suits? The introduction of employment tribunal fees last July was a controversial measure and, at the moment, the statistics indicate that the fee...
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Nearly half of companies considering a dental plan according to research
Denplan’s newly renamed ‘Denplan Health and Wellbeing Survey 2014’ has evolved this year to reflect that fact that dental plans are rising in popularity as employee benefits. In fact, they are viewed...
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Five-week wait for benefits money ‘will undermine speedy return to work’
TUC says safety net delay creates financial anxiety, which distracts job huntersWelfare reforms that force newly unemployed people to wait five weeks for benefits will undermine their chances of a...
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North and Midlands lead the way in strong jobs growth, finds CIPD
But growing output fails to translate into wage increaseThe UK jobs market remains buoyant for the third quarter of 2014, with around two-thirds of employers planning to recruit employees in the next...
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Employers to offer childcare vouchers after launch of tax-free scheme
Value of staff benefit recognised by majority of firms post autumn 2015The majority of employers, 82 per cent, have said they will continue to offer childcare voucher schemes to staff after the...
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Moving towards greater equality, can we speed up equal pay?
Three-pronged approach may be effective in increasing women’s prominence in the workplaceAccording to a story in the Independent newspaper recently, it would take women more than 60 years to achieve...
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School leaver career options confusing for many parents, says research
Employment value of university alternatives underestimatedMany parents do not understand the range of different routes into a career that students can take after they leave school, research has...
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New mothers sidelined to 'mummy track' in their millions
Research shows women cut maternity leave short in fear of losing jobSix out of 10 mothers say their careers were “derailed” after becoming pregnant, and admitted they faced open discrimination in the...
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Workers believe bosses expect them to put job before family, finds survey
Staff voice serious concerns about their poor work-life balanceA third of employees said their bosses believe the most productive workers put their job before their family, according to a survey about...
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ONS figures reveal unemployment at six year low
Youth joblessness falls but remains above pre-recession levelsUnemployment fell to its lowest rate, 6.4 per cent, for six years dropping by 132,000 to 2.08 million for the second quarter of 2014,...
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How can a training programme win a Queen’s Award for Enterprise Innovation?
When HRH The Princess Royal presented The Training Foundation with a Queen’s Award for Innovation for the Training Accreditation Programme (TAP®), it was the first time that any training programme had...
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How can multinational companies implement global diversity policies...
Local attitudes and laws often at odds with UK’s anti-discrimination regimeMost HR practitioners are able to rattle off a complete list of the nine protected characteristics under UK equality law, and...
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Number of Romanian and Bulgarian workers below ‘scaremongering’ forecasts
Expert warnings that migration limits will reduce available talent still standThe number of Romanian and Bulgarian nationals working in Britain rose by eight per cent in the second quarter of this...
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Apprenticeships need UCAS-style options map, say employers
Benefits of vocational career routes ‘remain under-appreciated’Employers have called for a centralised point where all apprenticeships and other educational routes into work can be found, like the UCAS...
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