David Woods

Cost-conscious multinationals are reviewing their company car benefit policies

Multinational employers have been forced to cut back on their company car perks to contain costs.

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Team bonding outings to the pub may have an adverse effect on staff health

By encouraging workers to bond over drinks on a Friday night, well-meaning employers are contributing to health problems for their workforce, according to new research from Aviva.

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Government invites view of employers and training bodies on delivery of future skills strategy

Skills minister John Hayes has invited employers, individuals, colleges and training organisations to share their ideas on how they would like skills policy to be set out in the future - but the CMI...

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Employees remain disengaged as pay and conditions fail to improve with move out of recession

Employee engagement has reached an all-time low as the effect of UK's move out of recession has failed to filter down to the workplace.

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Employers should be getting ready now for the changes to the pension tax regime in April 2011

One of the UK's biggest HR consultancies has urged employers to start planning for the major changes to the pension tax regime, due to be implemented in April 2011.

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Half of all jobseekers have been unemployed for more than six months

The jobseekers of today are overqualified and undervalued by employers, new research shows.

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30 million hours a week wasted by use of different programmes and applications in the workplace

Inefficient storage and working practices are costing UK plc up to 900 million a week.

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More strikes possible at British Airways as staff reject latest pay and conditions offer

British Airways staff have rejected the airline's latest pay and working conditions offer, leading union Unite to consider a ballot for more strikes, which could start as early as September.

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The more friends jobseekers have in employment, the more likely they are to get a job themselves

Research from Edinburgh Napier University's Employment Research Institute has proved the age-old theory that it is 'who you know' that is important for job hunters.

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Training of offenders to be reviewed to make them more employable on release from prison

The Government has announced a review of training for prison inmates, to help them find work and reduce the chances of them re-offending

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Waitrose's graduate programme online sifting tool aims to eliminate unsuitable candidates at an early stage

Waitrose has reduced the time taken to assess graduate applications thanks to an online sifting tool.

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There will be more vacancies than suitable candidates in London in the third quarter 2010

London will officially experience a shortage of job candidates in the third quarter of this year, new research reveals.

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