http://www.personneltoday.com/en-gbWed, 20 Aug 2008 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/20/47155/staff-retention-and-productivity-boosted-in-hospitality-industry-by-66-of-employers-investing-in-training.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/20/47155/staff-retention-and-productivity-boosted-in-hospitality-industry-by-66-of-employers-investing-in-training.html Employers in the UK hospitality industry provide more training than any other sector, and it has helped their retention, research has shown. The National EmployeWed, 20 Aug 2008 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/20/47156/flexible-working-arrangements-under-threat-as-bp-scraps-nine-day-fortnight.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/20/47156/flexible-working-arrangements-under-threat-as-bp-scraps-nine-day-fortnight.html Flexible working could soon become a casualty of the credit crunch, an employment expert has warned. Julie Quinn, employment partner at law firm Nabarro, has predicted that employers will be unable to keep offering a range Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/20/47154/staff-motivation-in-outsourcing-deals-vital-to-success-says-capgemini-hr-chief.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/20/47154/staff-motivation-in-outsourcing-deals-vital-to-success-says-capgemini-hr-chief.html The HR chief of outsourcing giant Capgemini has spoken of the importance of working with transferred staff in making a deal work. HR director Robert Ingram said lots of effort was needed to get staff motivated after they arWed, 20 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/19/47153/redundancy-pay-cut-by-25-as-marks-spencer-denies-cutting-costs.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/19/47153/redundancy-pay-cut-by-25-as-marks-spencer-denies-cutting-costs.html Marks Spencer looks set to slash redundancy benefits for its 60,000 staff by up to 25% within the next two weeks. The high street retailer is proposing to reduce the maximum payout that employees can receive from 70 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:10:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/19/47152/recruitment-freeze-at-merrill-lynch-to-cut-headcount-worldwide.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/19/47152/recruitment-freeze-at-merrill-lynch-to-cut-headcount-worldwide.html Investment bank Merrill Lynch is continuing its cost-cutting programme with a freeze on staff recruitment that will cost further jobs in the UK. Up to 5,000 jobs worldwide will be cut, including 400 in the City, as the compTue, 19 Aug 2008 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/19/47150/dairy-industry-experts-to-tackle-staff-training-issues-at-summit.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/19/47150/dairy-industry-experts-to-tackle-staff-training-issues-at-summit.html Senior figures at the UK's larger dairy firms are to meet next month to tackle <A href="http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/2008/07/24/46846/skills-training-non-existent-in-75-of-north-east-food-and-drink-manufacturTue, 19 Aug 2008 14:30:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/19/47151/pay-rise-for-london-police-maintenance-staff-to-living-wage-of-7.45.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/19/47151/pay-rise-for-london-police-maintenance-staff-to-living-wage-of-7.45.html Maintenance staff working for the Metropolitan Police Authority are set to be paid the new London living wage after a deal was struck with contractors. The initiative will see the hourly rate of 744 cleaning and messenger sTue, 19 Aug 2008 14:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/19/47135/corporate-social-responsibility-ignored-as-private-sector-fails-to-deliver-100m-to-potential-olympics-athletes.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/19/47135/corporate-social-responsibility-ignored-as-private-sector-fails-to-deliver-100m-to-potential-olympics-athletes.html Britain's Olympics athletes face a £100m funding shortfall for the 2012 Games after government attempts to appeal to employers' sense of corporate social responsibility fell on deaf ears. Despite <A href="http://news.bbc.cTue, 19 Aug 2008 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/19/47134/health-and-safety-fine-of-22000-for-hospital-guilty-of-exposing-employee-to-hazardous-chemicals.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/19/47134/health-and-safety-fine-of-22000-for-hospital-guilty-of-exposing-employee-to-hazardous-chemicals.html A hospital trust has been fined £22,000 after it allowed an employee to become exposed to a dangerous chemical while cleaning - despite no immediate harTue, 19 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/19/47133/small-business-owners-work-50-hour-weeks.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/19/47133/small-business-owners-work-50-hour-weeks.html UK small business owners are clocking up 50 working hours every week, according to a survey by Bank of Scotland Business Banking. The study of 1,003 small business managers found the latest figure was an average increase oTue, 19 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/19/47129/non-executive-director-pay-rises-slow-down-for-third-consecutive-year.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/19/47129/non-executive-director-pay-rises-slow-down-for-third-consecutive-year.html Pay rises for non-executive directors (NEDs) have slowed for the third year in a row, a review has found. The annual Non-Executive Director Practice and Fees guide Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/19/47128/eurostar-staff-set-to-strike-over-pay.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/19/47128/eurostar-staff-set-to-strike-over-pay.html More than 100 Eurostar train cleaners are to strike on bank holiday monday in a bid to earn the London Living Wage. The RMT union members will stage a 24-hour walk out from 6am on 25 August after a 100% vote for industrialTue, 19 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/18/47127/hr-workload-and-happiness-levels-soar.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/18/47127/hr-workload-and-happiness-levels-soar.html HR professionals have seen their workload increase more than any other profession, along with their happiness, a survey has found. The Happiness at Work Index</AMon, 18 Aug 2008 14:32:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/18/47119/mi5-recruits-gay-lobbyist-stonewall-to-target-homosexual-candidates-for-spying-roles.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/18/47119/mi5-recruits-gay-lobbyist-stonewall-to-target-homosexual-candidates-for-spying-roles.html Intelligence service MI5 has teamed up with a gay lobby group to actively recruit more homosexual staff, it has emerged. The UK security servicMon, 18 Aug 2008 10:30:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/18/47118/bcc-paints-doom-and-gloom-for-uk-economy.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/18/47118/bcc-paints-doom-and-gloom-for-uk-economy.html The UK is staring down the barrel of a "serious and prolonged recession", according to a gloomy report by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) this morning. The employers' group predicted that up to 300,000 joMon, 18 Aug 2008 10:01:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/18/47114/seasoned-hr-directors-become-prime-head-hunting-targets.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/18/47114/seasoned-hr-directors-become-prime-head-hunting-targets.html HR directors who plied their trade through the recession of the early 1990s have become prime targets for headhunters as the economic climate worsens. National headhunting firms have reported a growing need for Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/18/47116/bbc-hr-outsourcing-deal-still-experiencing-problems.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/18/47116/bbc-hr-outsourcing-deal-still-experiencing-problems.html BBC people director Stephen Kelly has admitted that the corporation's flagship £100m HR outsourcing deal is still experiencing prMon, 18 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/18/47115/cipd-under-attack-from-within-in-run-up-to-harrogate.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/18/47115/cipd-under-attack-from-within-in-run-up-to-harrogate.html A senior figure at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has launched a pre-Harrogate attack on the way the body is run. The central London branch secretary called for an overhauMon, 18 Aug 2008 00:01:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/15/47117/tribunal-refuses-to-review-decision-on-switalski-19m-sex-discrimination-claim.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/15/47117/tribunal-refuses-to-review-decision-on-switalski-19m-sex-discrimination-claim.html An employment tribunal which found a London lawyer had suffered sex discrimination and harassment has refused to reconsider its decision. Gill Switalksi, former legal head of FC Asset Management, Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:36:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/15/46972/friday-podcast-equal-pay-and-tupe-the-cipd-the-bbc-and-social-care.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/08/15/46972/friday-podcast-equal-pay-and-tupe-the-cipd-the-bbc-and-social-care.html Our weekly HR news and analysis audio programme includes: employment lawyers warn firms could risk equal pay claims after a TUPE merger a CIPD figure has called for a radical overhaul of the professional Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:44:00 GMT