David Woods

Withdrawal of child benefit from high rate taxpayers could encourage them to increase their pension contributions

The Chancellor's announcement that child benefit will be withdrawn from families where at least one parent pays 40% tax could create strong incentives for people earning just above the higher rate tax...

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Face-to-face communication of benefits packages works best

Nine out of 10 companies with a highly engaged workforce employ face-to-face communications as the best method of putting across the value of employee benefit packages, new research reveals.

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NHS staff fear for their jobs in drive to make 20 billion efficiency savings

More than eight out of 10 of staff working in strategic health authorities and primary care trusts in England expect to lose their jobs or are uncertain about the future.

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Better leadership and people management skills needed to make UK more competitive

Efforts to close the UK's productivity gap with its major international competitors are being fatally undermined by a leadership and people management skills deficit in the UK, according to the CIPD.

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New bank Aldermore hires HR director to manage its expansion

Aldermore, a new British bank, has recruited its first ever HR director to help manage the rapid expansion of the bank's team. Ali Humphries joins Aldermore from the Nationwide Building Society where...

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender study launched to investigate workplace discrimination

The world's biggest ever lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) study has been launched to highlight the true scale of workplace discrimination and reveal if diversity and inclusion programmes...

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Education, training and skills are essential for economic recovery, says Unite

Unite has called on the Labour party to put education, training and skills at the heart of its strategy for securing the recovery.

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Key changes under the new Equality Act explained in series of podcasts by Acas

Acas, the employment relations service, has launched the first in a series of new podcasts explaining key changes under the new Equality Act that come into effect tomorrow (1 October).

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World of Learning Conference: Use of social media as a training tool sparks off lively debate

Industry leaders remain in disagreement over the use of social media for staff learning and development.

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World of Learning Conference: Training at Tui has to have a clear purpose

Following the merger in 2008 of Thomson and First Choice to form Tui UK and Ireland, and its change management programme the subsequent year, the company has been using learning and development to...

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Financial services sector growth for the past three months is the fastest since June 2007

Activity in the UK financial services sector grew in the past three months at the fastest rate since June 2007, although this growth was much slower than was expected, a new survey reveals.

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Google retains its position as world's most attractive employer

Google remains the world's most attractive employer, according to a global survey of 130,000 jobseekers.

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