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Emap brings in Aon Hewitt for consulting around health and risk benefits

Publishing firm Emap International has appointed Aon Hewitt to provide risk benefits, private medical insurance consulting and broking services for its employees.

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Talent management firm Discovery acquires StrategA

Midlands-based Discovery, a graduate talent management company, has bought performance improvement consultancy StrategA as the first of several planned acquisitions for 2011/12.

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Temporary staff agreement will make recruitment more cost effective for local authorities

Local authorities will be able to raise standards and reduce costs in recruiting temporary staff following a landmark national agreement with recruiters.

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Accor Hotel Group employees gear up for global environmental initiative

Accor Hotel Group is to launch its annual CSR scheme on Friday involving staff in 90 countries taking part in environmental activities.

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Black and Asian workers are almost twice as likely to be unemployed as white workers, according to the TUC

Black and Asian workers are almost twice as likely to be out of work as white workers, and public sector spending cuts could see thousands more employees from ethnic minority backgrounds losing their...

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Pensions auto-enrolment could encourage employers to increase their group risk provision, research suggests

Pensions auto-enrolment coming into effect next year is designed to encourage greater saving towards a pension by UK employees but new employer research conducted by Group Risk Development (GRiD)...

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First aid awareness week: Employers under pressure to boost first aid equipment

One in five employees have witnessed a colleague suffer a heart attack at work, according to research from St John Ambulance to coincide with First Aid Awareness week, this week (11-15 April).

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Formula 1 team Mercedes GP Petronas appoints Daniels Fitness Group for onsite wellbeing programme

Formula 1 team, Mercedes GP Petronas has appointed Daniels Fitness Group (DFG) as its partner for all its fitness, health and well-being programmes at its Milton Keynes headquarters.

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Institute of Directors is sceptical about 'bonfire of regulations'

The Government's announcement last week to give employers the opportunity to 'rip up' 21,000 rules and regulations that it says are preventing growth, has met with scepticism from the Institute of...

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SME employers willing to hire, but not from the public sector, research shows

Small businesses are set to hire new staff in 2011, but are unwilling to hire ex-public sector workers.

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HMRC warns employers of PAYE changes coming into effect

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has issued an alert to employers about key PAYE changes coming this spring.

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Concerns over DRA removal 'unfounded', research suggests

Concerns over the raising of the retirement age could be unfounded given the number of senior business positions currently held by those aged over 65, research suggests.

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