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Tweak to tax law could tighten up employee status
Courts and governments are catching up with contractual arrangements that bend the rulesBudget airline Ryanair was recently fined €200,000 and ordered to pay €8.1m in damages by a French court when it...
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Private sector drives jobs growth this quarter, finds CIPD
Labour Market Outlook shows hiring at a seven year highEmployment is expected to grow strongly in the final quarter of this year, according to the CIPD’s latest Labour Market Outlook survey.However,...
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HR has a role to play in correcting UK’s labour market, experts say
UKCES warns that jobs market has become ‘dumbbell’ shapedThe HR profession is crucial to redressing the UK’s unbalanced workforce, an expert panel told the audience at the CIPD’s Annual Conference and...
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CBI calls for more free childcare and National Insurance cuts
But business body warns pay interventions won’t solve long-term problemsBusiness group the CBI has urged the government to extend free childcare and reduce employee national insurance in a bid to raise...
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Big Data… Big Deal? – Download the free whitepaper today!
It seems you can’t open a newspaper or journal these days, without reading about the topic of ‘big data’.But does big data present a raft of opportunities for HR and payroll professionals, or are they...
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Strike laws and party politics
How changes to trade union balloting and membership records are linked to next year’s electionIn a speech to his party conference last month, David Cameron declared that the Conservative Party is a...
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Half of current occupations won’t exist by 2025, finds report
Workplace ‘revolution’ sees employees strive for happiness, not wealthRevolutionary shifts in the way workplaces operate and what employees want from their job are predicted to have a “dramatic” effect...
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Double-digit pay rise for professionals ‘masked’ by low wage growth
But 60 per cent of employers plan pay increases in next 12 months Research from recruitment firm Hays UK has found that average UK wage increases of 1.8 per cent actually hide pay rises of 10 per cent...
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Office politics are 'biggest drain on employee resilience'
Employers urged to boost relationship-building and networking skillsDifficult relationships at work and office politics are the biggest energy drain for three quarters of employees, a study has...
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Wage growth outstrips inflation in September, ONS data shows
Record level of female employment and more full-time work contributes to labour market growthA record-breaking 30.79 million people are now in employment in the UK, official figures show.Office for...
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Six psychological tricks that make learning stick
In the world of learning there are two common questions that come up again and again: how do you get participants to engage in learning, and how do you get them to apply new found skills back at...
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Choosing the right referencing period for holiday pay calculations
Employers need to decide how they will apply the Bear v Fulton judgmentAs the dust begins to settle following the judgment of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the case Bear Scotland v Fulton, one key...
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Opportunity Now warns inclusive leadership skills still ‘rare’
Management culture change needed for 21st century, says reportVertical, siloed business-hierarchies are being replaced with increasingly flat and modular structures, making a different type of leader...
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Role of vocational education and training ‘under-recognised’ in Europe
UKCES welcomes OECD call to close the gap between working and learningPost-secondary vocational education and training is an “under-recognised, hidden world” in countries' skill systems across Europe,...
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CIPD joins forces with FAHR to shape future of HR in UAE
Collaboration will bring ‘powerful Middle Eastern perspective’ to HRThe CIPD and the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR), have announced an agreement to work together developing HR...
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Banning exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts
Employment lawyers think current proposals will not workThe subject of zero hours contracts sprang into the headlines last year when the Office for National Statistics’ figures on the numbers of UK...
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The real cost of a bad hiring decision
When it comes to hiring time, more and more organisations are bolstering their recruitment processes with a thorough programme of interviews, relevant workplace tests and internal vetting procedures in...
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Job for life ‘thing of the past’, says pension firm
Employees today work longer than grandparents and earn less than parentsThe typical worker entering the UK labour market today will have on average nine jobs and one complete career change, across 48...
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Deputy Prime Minister names social mobility employment ‘champions’
High-profile organisations charged with driving new benchmark for changeThe government hailed 12 UK companies for leading the way in helping young people find jobs.These firms are credited with setting...
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Awards recognise key role of apprenticeships in talent development
Winners unveiled at Skills Funding Agency National Apprenticeship Awards 2014A range of employers from across the UK collected top prizes at last night’s glitzy Skills Funding Agency National...
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