Migrant women most likely to be denied minimum wage

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:57:00 GMT

Migrant women are the most likely workers to be denied the minimum wage, research has revealed. A stu

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

Six-figure pay gaps exist between boards of listed and non-listed firms

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:34:00 GMT

Companies wishing to float on the Stock Exchange should first be prepared to pay an extra £100,000 per year to each member of their boards, according to research. A report by remuneration specialist Hewitt New Bridge Street

Tube Lines launches competition for staff with money-saving ideas

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:02:00 GMT

Tube Lines has called on its employees to help improve the way it operates after one idea stands to save the company £1.3m. Tube Lines – responsible for the maintenance and upgrade of the London Underground infrastruc

TUC calls for apprentice entitlement to national minimum wage

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:11:00 GMT

Trade union leaders have called for all apprentices to be legally entitled to the national minimum wage. The TUC said too many people were dropping out of vocational training courses because they coul

UK managers still check e-mails despite being on holiday

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:57:00 GMT

Line managers spend almost an entire working day of their holiday checking e-mails, according to a poll. The survey of 1,415 bosses, by employment law firm Peninsula, found they spend an average of six hours and 40 minutes

Pension schemes drop more than £50bn in value over the past year

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:31:00 GMT

FTSE 100 companies' pension schemes dropped more than £50bn in value over the past 12 months, a study has revealed. The 15th annual Accounting for Pensions

Prospect union urges Treasury to honour pay settlement dates

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:45:00 GMT

Civil service pay is "broken" with staff morale plummeting, a leading trade union has warned. Prospect, which represents 34,000 of the government's most qualified staff, has called on the Treasury and government

Friday podcast: unions warn against redundancies, future Labour policies emerge, and workplace health scheme stalls

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:56:00 GMT

Our weekly HR news podcast this week includes: Unions legal experts warn organisations not to use the economic downturn as a justification for redundancies We hear about potential new plans to emerge

London Living Wage no risk to economy, says mayor

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:12:00 GMT

London mayor Boris Johnson has insisted that employers in the capital would not be putting jobs or the economy at risk by bumping up low earners' salaries. Joh

Credit crunch pressures employers to award higher pay rises

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:30:00 GMT

Employers are feeling pressured to give large pay rises to help staff cope with rising costs caused by the credit crunch, a survey has found. A report by

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