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Flexible working arrangements under threat as BP scraps nine-day fortnight

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:30:00 GMT

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

Staff retention and productivity boosted in hospitality industry by 66% of employers investing in training

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:30:00 GMT

Employers in the UK hospitality industry provide more training than any other sector, and it has helped their retention, research has shown. The National Employe

Staff motivation in outsourcing deals vital to success says Capgemini HR chief

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT

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 ar

Redundancy pay cut by 25% as Marks & Spencer denies cutting costs

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:10:00 GMT

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

Recruitment freeze at Merrill Lynch to cut headcount worldwide

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:00:00 GMT

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 comp

Small business owners work 50-hour weeks

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMT

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 o

MI5 recruits gay lobbyist Stonewall to target homosexual candidates for spying roles

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:30:00 GMT

Intelligence service MI5 has teamed up with a gay lobby group to actively recruit more homosexual staff, it has emerged. The UK security servic

BBC HR outsourcing deal still experiencing problems

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT

BBC people director Stephen Kelly has admitted that the corporation's flagship £100m HR outsourcing deal is still experiencing pr

Seasoned HR directors become prime head hunting targets

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT

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

Friday podcast: equal pay and TUPE, the CIPD, the BBC, and social care

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:44:00 GMT

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

Elior to increase HR team despite economic downturn

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:35:00 GMT

A major catering company is to increase its HR team by almost a third next month, after its HR chief stressed the department's importance during the economic downturn. Elior, which employs 12,000 peopl

McDonald's HR department takes credit for chain's success

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:09:00 GMT

McDonald's HR chief David Fairhurst

IT outsourcing the way forward to cut costs

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:00 GMT

IT outsourcing will grow if the UK enters a recession, according to the HR chief at a provider that has boosted its takings this year. Barry Hoffman, HR director at Computacenter, said employers would increasing

Unions warn against job cuts in troubled banks

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:34:00 GMT

Unions have urged financial institutions not to make knee-jerk job cuts as mid-year results show a loss in trading. On Friday the RBS banking grou

Job prospects weaken as employers plan to cut head-count

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:59:00 GMT

Job prospects are the weakest they have been since the Labour Market Outlook survey began in 2004, the latest report shows. The survey of 1,221 employers by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and p

Friday podcast - 8 Aug 08: McDonald's and police recruitment, and UBS poaching

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:25:00 GMT

Our weekly HR news and analysis audio programme includes: chief people officer Angela O’Connor tells Personnel Today how the Police Service should copy the Armed Forces in advertising better for the range of ca

Innovative graduate recruitment vital to future social care workforce

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:00:00 GMT

The chief of HR at a social care charity has voiced serious concerns about the lack of people choosing to work in the sector now, which could cause major staffing problems in 20 years' time.