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Interview with David Smith, HR director at LV=

When David Smith joined LV= as HR director, he knew it would be a challenge. There was no HR to speak of and the mutual assurance company was struggling to fill vacancies. Now with an impressive...

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Denise Collis is the new HR director at Bupa

Collis joined Bupa's senior leadership team on 1 June and reports to chief executive Ray King. She replaces Bob Watson, who is retiring from Bupa after 15 years as group HR director. Collis leads the...

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More than two-thirds of employees plan to work beyond the current retirement age

More than 33 million or 68% of UK adults intend to work beyond their current standard retirement age, according to Aviva's latest Real Retirement Report.

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See the best: ex-forces staff defy popular belief and find civilian jobs within weeks

More than half of ex-military personnel are finding work in less than two months after leaving the services, new research reveals.

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Updated: Metropolitan Police computerised HR system is running late and over-budget

A computerised HR system designed to save funds for the Metropolitan Police is six months late and 10 million over-budget.

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Under-35s are group most likely to criticise their bosses on social networking sites

As social networking sites grow in prevalence in the workplace, under-35s are more likely to use them to post derogatory comments about their employers than their older colleagues.

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How performance of employee-owned firms compares with FTSE All-Share companies

Employee-owned companies underperformed in the first quarter of 2010 when compared to the FTSE All-Share index, according to the UK Employee Ownership Index (EOI), published by law firm Field Fisher...

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Sainsbury's to increase payments to its defined-benefit pension scheme

Sainsbury's is to increase the annual payments into its defined-benefit pension by 11 million per year for the next 10 years.

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Court decision on BA strike suggests there is no effect right to strike in today's Britain, says Brendan Barber

The High Court outlawed the back-to-back strikes by British Airways cabin crew that threatened to cripple the airline's services for the next four weeks.

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Recruitment and Employment Confederation calls for flexible staffing in public sector as alternative to job cuts

The new Government has confirmed plans to cut 6 billion from the public-sector budget in the coming year by arguing for sustainable reform rather than indiscriminate cuts to staffing and agency...

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The Metropolitan police commissioner believes bonus payments in policing is "divisive"

Bonus payments for all police officers should be scrapped, according to the Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson.

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New hybrid vehicle manufacturing training programme is launched for Toyota staff

Toyota has introduced a new training programme to accompany the production of the Toyota Auris Hybrid.

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