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Comprehensive Spending Review will put pressure on managers to bolster engagement and motivation, says CIPD

The unprecedented scale of change set out in the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) cannot be delivered without a concerted and committed focus on supporting, bolstering and improving...

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Business secretary creates group to ensure retention of skilled staff in the defence sector

A new industry-led group has been created to ensure that high value skills in the defence sector can be effectively redeployed where there are industrial changes as a result of the Strategic Defence...

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BP to link health and safety to reward following Macondo 'incident'

BP is to create a new safety division and has put plans in place to link staff safety to reward.

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EU proposes 20-week full maternity pay for new mothers

THE EU parliament has voted in favour of a number of measures designed to strengthen maternity protection.

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UK business leaders trail behind India, China, Russia, the US and Germany

The leaders of UK organisations are seen as less effective than their counterparts in India, China, Russia, the United States and Germany.

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Comprehensive Spending Review: Auto enrolment and NEST given the official go-ahead

Auto enrolment and NEST have been given the go-ahead in the Comprehensive Spending Review but this will bring yet more opportunities and challenges for employers and financial services services before...

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HR staff think the grass is greener for employee benefits at their competitors

Almost half of HR professionals working for large firms believe their competitors offer a superior benefits package.

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Employees claim female bosses are better than men

Nearly two fifths of Brits think that women make better bosses then men, with 26% of these saying women are more 'assertive' and 59% agreeing women are more 'understanding'.

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Eight million employees face being locked in defined-benefit pensions against their will

As many as million pension savers will be 'locked' into their final salary schemes for good from 2012 onwards if Department for Work and Pensions proposals go ahead as planned, according to Hargreaves...

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APSCo and Henley Business School launch first MBA in recruitment

The first ever MBA course specifically designed for recruitment executives will be launched by the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) in September 2011 at Henley Business School.

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Comprehensive Spending Review: Child benefit cuts could act as work disincentives

Working Families has condemned cuts in Comprehensive Spending Review which, it claims, act as work disincentives

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