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UK's employment outlook keeps head above water despite recession fears, reports Manpower

The UK’s employment outlook has continued to keep its head above water, according to Manpower Group, which this morning unveiled its quarterly Employment Outlook Survey.

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Government plans allowing employers to offer 'settlement agreements' before formal tribunal disputes, welcomed by CIPD

The Government has unveiled plans for “greater business flexibility and quicker resolution for workplace disputes”.

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Government launches review into future of apprenticeships

Entrepreneur and founder of School for Startups, Doug Richard, has been asked to lead an independent review into the future of apprenticeships for the Government.

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CIPD says "watering down" employment regulations is damaging for staff relations and won't help growth

Responding to the consultation on the controversial Beecroft Report on unfair dismissal, the CIPD has urged the Government to recognise watering down employment regulation is not only damaging for...

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Armed forces invest in numeracy and literacy skills for new recruits

The Royal Navy (RN), Army and Royal Air Force (RAF) have put numeracy and literacy skills at the heart of their development programme for new recruits, according to a Government report.

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Employee engagement levels improve around the world, finds Aon Hewitt study of 3,100 employers

After years of declining employee engagement levels around the world, an analysis from by Aon Hewitt, showed a positive global shift in engagement— or emotional and intellectual involvement in the...

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Performance management focus shifts from ‘high fliers’ to ‘average people’, according to five-year study

Many widely adopted approaches to improving corporate performance are time consuming, expensive and disruptive according to Colin Coulson-Thomas author of a new report Talent Management 2 on better...

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Bosch seeks to big up UK engineering, says its global HR director

Bosch’s most senior human resources director said the key to the German firm’s growth is engaging young people with science and technology skills as early as kindergarten, in the week the UK’s GDP...

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Replace NHS with pay as you go, urges IEA head

The NHS needs a “radical” reform, where employees have personal pots into which savings can be made for healthcare and transferred into pensions funding upon retirement, according to Mark Littlewood...

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HR needs to pounce to serve the businesses of the future, says Logica’s head of people strategy

If employers are not thinking multinationally to find where talent will thrive, they will have to do so – and hope it is not too late, delegates at the HR Forum on board the cruise ship Aurora...

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Lack of clarity still evident around Agency Workers Regulations, finds TEAM and BIS

Despite years of discussion and the eventual implementation of the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR), increased employment costs and a reduction in the use of agency workers, almost 60% of temporary...

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London’s employers urged to check staff are acting on Olympic Games-time travel plans

Employers have been urged to check that their staff are receiving information and advice so they can plan their Games-time travel.

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