David Woods

B&Q launches environmental perks for staff as part of CSR campaign

B&Q is to help 30,000 employees to reduce their energy bills and their carbon footprint with a programme of eco-incentives that could save up to an estimated 4.2 million in cash and over 19 million kg...

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Employee trust decimated in organisations with redundancy rounds

Employees whose organisations have been particularly hard hit by the recession have extremely low levels of trust in their CEOs and blame these troubles on poor management.

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Too many employers are not measuring the impact of their coaching programmes, research reveals

While multi-millions of pounds are spent on coaching across the UK, almost one in seven employers (15%) admit they have absolutely no measurements in place to assess the impact of their programmes.

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Private sector employers urged to brace themselves for discrimination claims following Equality Act in October

Employers in the private sector have been warned to brace themselves for a wave of discriminations claims as 'equal pay firms' seek to cash in on the abolition of pay secrecy clauses, according to...

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Managers of volunteers are poorly trained

Despite the fact volunteers are 'crucial' to the Government's Big Society, almost half the employees tasked with managing volunteers have no received any training that can help them in their work.

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Employers forced to reduce employee benefits in preparation for pensions auto-enrolment

The country's largest employer are considering 'levelling down' their pension contributions to help bear the cost of auto-enrolment coming into effect in 2012.

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Rok research claims an apprenticeship makes for a better employee than a university degree

Completing an apprenticeship can be better preparation for the world of work than gaining a university qualification, new research reveals.

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Public sector workers prepare for the worst

Public sector jobseekers have resigned themselves to the fact they will have to take a pay cut, travel further to work or even relocate.

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CIPD believes points-based migration system is working

The sharp fall in the number of work-related visas in the past year offers further evidence that the current points-based system is working, according to the CIPD.

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Sleep deprived staff offered a siesta session by Travelodge

Travelodge is offering a free live classical music siesta service in a bid to help some of the 22 million sleep deprived British workers get some extra shut eye during their working day.

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Pay day - but employees struggle financially if their pay cheque is not paid on time

Staff are living "pay cheque to pay cheque" and are unable to cope financially if their salary is not paid on time, new research finds.

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Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation launches e-learning initiative

Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation has launched an e-learning platform for its 3,000 employees.

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