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Title/Summary | Date Published |
| HR 'not yet a strategic business partner', say HR directors Only a small proportion of activities carried out by HR departments are related to business strategy, according to research released this week. A survey published by consultants Mercer, which polled 500 HR directors across | 21/01/2011 |
| Pay settlements rise as employers reward staff loyalty Pay awards concluded in January 2011 are worth more than those for the same period in 2010, according to research published today. According to data from | 21/01/2011 |
| Equality Act 2010: Government implements positive action provisions The Government has confirmed that provisions on positive action will be implemented on 6 April, under the Equality Act 2010. A commencement order published this week permits employers faced with two or more candidates of e | 20/01/2011 |
| Freelancers key to SME growth More than half (52%) of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) believe that freelancers are key to their stability and growth. This is according to a survey of 2,500 SMEs, published by freelance website | 20/01/2011 |
| Bribery Act 2010 to be reviewed The Government has confirmed that the Bribery Act 2010, set to come into force this April, will be reviewed. The Ministry of Justice will reassess the Act as part of the Growth Review, which will look at the how the Govern | 20/01/2011 |
| UK unemployment rises to 2.5 million Unemployment in the UK rose to 2.5 million in the three months to the end of November 2010, according to figures released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figures show that the employment rate in that | 19/01/2011 |
| Graduate recruiters demand candidates with work experience Graduates applying for jobs will find the task far more difficult if they have no previous work experience, with two-thirds of employers saying candidates with no experience are "unlikely to be successful" during the selection process and | 18/01/2011 |
| KPMG to pay school leavers' tuition fees in job scheme School leavers will be given the chance to study accountancy at university without paying tuition fees, in a new scheme offered by professional services firm KPMG. In September 2011, around 75 students will be given the ch | 18/01/2011 |
| Health and safety not detrimental to business Health and safety red tape is not having a detrimental impact on business, with many employers saying that no more work needs to be done to lessen the administrative burden. This is according to a survey by legal firm Nort | 17/01/2011 |
| Maternity leave overhaul receives cautious welcome The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has extended a "cautious welcome" to the Government's proposals to overhaul the maternity leave system. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today outlined the plans, | 17/01/2011 |
| Government's first priority to protect public sector jobs, says David Cameron David Cameron said his first priority is to "protect frontline services and jobs", as the Government takes "radical" action to deal with the budget deficit. In a speech on public sector reforms, the Prime Minister today ad | 17/01/2011 |
| Pensions Bill 'good news for businesses', says CBI The Pensions Bill, which will introduce auto-enrolment and bring forward a rise in state pension age, has been described as "good news for businesses" by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). Employers will be | 13/01/2011 |
| Employers who flout minimum wage law to be named and shamed Employers who deliberately flout the national minimum wage law will be named and shamed in press notices, as well as being prosecuted. The Government announced the scheme in October and it came into effect alongside | 13/01/2011 |
| Government confirms abolition of Default Retirement Age | 13/01/2011 |
| Government issues guidance on Equality Act positive action provisions The Government has published guidance for employers on how to deal with the Equality Act's positive action provisions, and has urged employers to ignore scare stories about the Act's implications for business. Equalities M | 13/01/2011 |
| HR teams struggling to keep up with equality legislation Despite the majority of employers providing diversity training for some members of their HR team, four out of 10 employers are not confident that their HR teams are kept sufficiently up-to-date on equality legislation to perform their | 12/01/2011 |
| Former BBC presenter wins ageism claim Former BBC Countryfile presenter Miriam O'Reilly has won her employment tribunal against the BBC on the grounds of ageism and victimisation but lost her case for sexism. O'Reilly, 53, was one of four women aged in their 40 | 12/01/2011 |
| Workers' abuse of tribunal system a 'myth', says TUC The TUC has hit back at claims by business groups that the tribunal system is in "dire need of reform" | 11/01/2011 |
| Government welcomes private sector pledge to create jobs Prime Minister David Cameron held talks with 19 major employers today (Monday), including Microsoft, McDonalds and Tesco, to discuss what the Government can do to help organisations get people into jobs. Downing Stree | 10/01/2011 |
| One-third of employers use interviews as sole selection technique More than one-third (37.5%) of employers rely on interviews as the sole selection tool during recruitment, according to research by XpertHR. Selection interviews were rated as effective by two-thirds (66.1%) of employers&n | 10/01/2011 |