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Staff cuts are the biggest worry for public-sector employers

With the public sector spending review fast approaching, nine out of 10 public-sector employers think staff reductions will be their biggest problem over the next 12 months.

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Young people would welcome more employer involvement in career advice provision

The 'dynamic' labour market and the vast range of career options available can leave young people feeling bewildered and uninformed, according to Deloitte and the Education and Employers Taskforce.

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New report highlights that investment in staff health and wellbeing is money well spent

HR managers have successfully saved their companies millions of pounds by investing in the health and wellbeing of their staff, according to a new report published today by the Chartered Society of...

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Barclays Corporate redesigns its graduate recruitment scheme

Barclays Corporate is to reshape its graduate recruitment programme and launch a new website dedicated to entry-level recruitment.

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Confusion exists over chancellor's proposal to link pension income rises to Consumer Price Index

Payments from public sector pensions, the State Second Pension and some private-sector defined-benefit pensions will rise by 3.1% instead of 4.6% next year, according to Towers Watson.

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Equalities and Human Rights Commission report identifies areas that need improvement for Britain to be a fairer place to live and work

Social inequalities remain in Britain and recession, public service reform and technological change could act as stumbling blocks to diversity, according to a new report from the Equalities and Human...

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Hutton promises a "transparent and simple" pensions system for the public sector

On the very afternoon Lord Hutton, chairman of the Government's Independent Public Service Commission, launched his interim report on public-sector pensions, he faced the pensions industry itself with...

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Public-sector employees will have to work longer to collect their pensions

Public-sector staff have been told they will have to work for longer and contribute more into their pension schemes, in order to secure an appropriate retirement income.

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Employees need to be incentivised to save for retirement

HR professionals have warned employers they must engage staff in saving for retirement so they don't have to work on into old age.

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See the best: job fair and networking event for ex-Forces personnel

A company specialising in helping ex-Forces personnel return to work has staged a major event to highlight some of the issues facing service leavers.

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New head of HR for Ocado

Julie Markey joins Ocado as head of HR and will sit on Ocado's management committee. She moves from Tesco where she was head of personnel for its property division.

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Employers are urged to use the 'club card' to convey the value of pensions

Employers could learn from the supermarket 'club card' model when trying to communicate pensions with staff, HR staff have been told.

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