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High Court decision on what makes a DC pension throws up questions for employers

The first Supreme Court judgment on pension schemes was handed down yesterday, clarifying confusion around what is a defined contribution (DC) scheme, which can have a big impact on members’ rights....

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Cold hard cash is the biggest factor for graduate job seekers

Financial concerns are dominating the graduates of 2011’s career choice criteria but according to research from management consultancy, Hay Group, average graduate level salaries may be "considerably"...

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Employees call for social networking to be banned in the workplace

More than two-thirds of UK workers believe access to social networking sites should be banned in the workplace, according to new research from UK job site, reed.co.uk.

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Money more important than job satisfaction, CIPD research shows

A desire to ‘increase pay and benefits’ has become the number one reason why employees want to change jobs, overtaking ‘improving job satisfaction’ in the CIPD Employee Outlook survey, as the economic...

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Women and men disagree over fragility of glass ceiling, says Friends Life

The glass ceiling preventing women from climbing to the upper rungs of the corporate ladder will still be firmly in place at the end of this decade, according to a new report published today by...

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London 2012 can be a winner for business, says Acas

With a year to go until the Olympics, Acas has issued guidance to employers on getting the best from their staff and avoiding absence during the Games.

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Forum of Private Business lambastes Government over continuing bureaucratic entanglement

The cost of red tape to small business has reached £16.8 billion, despite government schemes to remedy the problem, argues a report from the Forum of Private Business.

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CBI backs code for companies to ‘comply or explain’ on diversity

The CBI yesterday called on the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to get on with making changes to the UK’s Corporate Governance Code to boost the number of women on boards.

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Happy talk: 34,000 Brits tell ONS national wellbeing should be measured

People in the UK believe that national well-being should be measured, stating health, friends and family, and job satisfaction as some of the key things that should feature in the measurements,...

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NorthgateArinso sells pensions arm to Capita to sharpen its HR focus

Pension provider Capita Hartshead has today acquired HR services provider NorthgateArinso's UK pension business for an undisclosed sum, allowing NorthgateArinso to focus on its HR practice.

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Network Rail apprentices hit ground running, after year with the Navy

Nearly 200 apprentices have started work at Network Rail depots across Britain after completing their first year at Europe’s largest engineering training facility at HMS Sultan in Hampshire.

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Angela O'Connor steps down from role of chief people officer at NPIA

Angela O'Connor, chief people officer at the National Policing Improvement Agency, has left the organisation to take up new opportunities in the HR field.

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