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Employers must keep workplaces cool and let staff dress down, warns the TUC

With temperatures expected to reach 32C later in the week, employers have been urged to relax office dress codes and cool down offices for the sake of employee health.

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Best Companies is to survey staff engagement levels for Fitness First

Best Companies has been appointed by Fitness First to conduct the group's first global employee engagement survey.

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Met Police launches forum to help employers fight the rising tide of employee fraud

The Metropolitan Police Service and organisations from the screening and vetting industry are to launch a cross-sector forum to share information and advice and improve awareness of the role of...

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Huge public sector job cuts on the cards over the next five years, says the CIPD

The public-sector jobs market has yet to feel the full impact of the recession, but around 350,000 jobs could be slashed in the next five years, according to predictions by the Chartered Institute of...

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Muslim cocktail waitress wins compensation in tight-fitting red dress sex discrimination case

A Muslim cocktail waitress who refused to wear a tight-fitting red dress at work because it made her "feel like a prostitute" was awarded 3,000 compensation today.

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HR bosses are realising the value of online social networking

HR decision- makers are using online social networking more and more for business purposes.

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Stephen Moir promoted to newly created role at Cambridgeshire CC

Cambridgeshire County Council has promoted Stephen Moir, formerly director of people and policy, to the newly created role of corporate director - people, policy and law following a restructure of the...

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North Lincolnshire Council staff to get on their bikes

Employees at North Lincolnshire Council are being given the opportunity to take part in a Cycles2Work scheme.

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Cost-cutting on leadership development is counterproductive

There could be a leadership vacuum because many organisations are failing to develop the next generation of senior executives.

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