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Accenture hiring on 'learning agility', says CHRO

Increased demands on employees to adapt to new technologies has led to Accenture looking at learning agility, along with existing skills, in its recruitment process, according to chief HR officer...

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Civil servants to receive equal parental pay

Both male and female civil servants will be entitled to equal parental leave pay from April 2015, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg is expected to announce in a speech later this week.

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Living wage debate heats up

The living wage is a contentious issue in business and parliament. But why are SMEs reluctant to join the crowd?

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Rachel Stock joins Trinity Mirror as group HRD

Rachel Stock is to be the first group HR director at multimedia company Trinity Mirror.

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BT to create 500 engineering roles

BT has today announced it intends to create 500 more engineering roles as part of its Openreach arm.

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Momentum building towards April reform deadline, says Webb

Pensions minister Steve Webb has insisted the raft of pensions changes set for 6 April 2015 will be ready to be administered by that date.

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NAPF calls for independent retirement savings commission

NAPF chief executive Joanne Segars has called for an independent, non-political body to be set up to regulate retirement savings.

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Half of CEOs subjected to ‘fewer checks than graduates’

Almost half (45%) of HR directors admit they know of companies where potential CEOs go through fewer checks than graduate candidates during recruitment, according to research by HireRight.

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‘Lack of clarity’ stalling pensions reforms

A lack of information on proposed pensions reform is preventing providers from making changes in time for the implementation date of April 2015, according to NAPF chairman Ruston Smith.

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Pensions update: what's changed since the Budget?

Pension reforms set out in this year's Budget have caused both companies and staff to reassess workplace saving schemes.

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One-third of retirees who work need to ‘make ends meet’

Almost one-third (31%) of people who class themselves still retired but still work do so to make ends meet, according to research by the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).

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HR professionals value feedback more than other functions

Employees working within HR see workplace feedback as more valuable than professionals in any other function, according to research by professional recruiters Robert Walters.

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