David Woods

Government to broaden share ownership schemes to increase staff retention and boost business performance

The Government is to reform the tax system to encourage employee share ownership.

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Employers look to enhance flexible benefits provision in difficult times, finds CIPP

Flexible benefit schemes are growing in popularity, as employers explore ways to keep staff engagement levels up in ‘difficult times’, according to a report by the Chartered Institute of Payroll...

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Demand for HR staff set to increase in the technology and international arenas, says Badenoch & Clark

Consumer convenience and entertainment set to boost HR in the technology sector and senior HR candidates will be needed for companies with international remit, according to this month’s Talent...

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Age discrimination and stereotyping remain 'rooted' in UK workplaces, finds DWP

Research published today by the Department for Work and Pensions shows that age-related discrimination and stereotyping remain rooted in British society.

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Office Angels predicts a 'less enjoyable future' at work with engagement levels set to drop

Today has been named as ‘Blue Monday’, the most depressing day of the year, but research from recruitment agency Office Angels suggests that the worst is yet to come, predicting a “less enjoyable”...

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Employers fail to build talent pipelines for critical roles, survey of 500 HR directors reveals

Employers in the UK are failing to identify and fill the job roles essential to expanding their business, according to research from Taleo Corporation.

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Graduate recruitment set to increase but only for those with work experience, according to High Fliers

Employers expect to hire 6.4% more graduates in 2012 than they did in 2011 but graduates who have no work experience at all whilst at university stand little or no chance of getting a job offer from...

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BITC and Mitie urge employers to develop diversity and inclusion policies for their supply chains

Business in the Community (BITC) and Mitie have joined forces to urge business to work only with suppliers with diversity and equality policies.

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Pay inequality blamed for 'lacklustre' take up of extended paternity rights

Pay inequality is preventing new fathers from taking up extended paternity leave, according to law firm Pannone.

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How customer-centric is your organisation?

Here’s a theory that’s going to have the letters flooding in: the rate of change in society is moving at such a lick that the pace of development in human learning can’t keep up.

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Stonewall names Ernst & Young as top employer for gay and bisexual staff

Ernst & Young has topped the list of Stonewall’s Top 100 Employers 2012 for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) staff

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Interview with Helene Speight, group head of talent at Endava

If you put the name ‘Helene Speight’ into Google, you’ll be met with a barrage of news about Lord Alan Sugar’s television show, The Apprentice, where she came runner-up to the ‘reverse pterodactyl’...

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