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Webb: Business must tackle threat of ‘digital exclusion’

Businesses and government must be careful not to exclude older or less technologically-savvy workers, pensions minister Steve Webb has said.

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‘Sense of urgency’ around leadership development, says Harvard Business Publishing director

There is a growing “sense of urgency” around developing people for leadership positions earlier than in the past, according to Harvard Business Publishing senior director, global sales Nick Clayton.

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Sodexo's Natalie Bickford on diversity, engagement and mobility

At Sodexo people are the only asset. HR magazine met its European HR director Natalie Bickford to find out more

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ISS CEO: Firms should pay the living wage

Paying the living wage is “morally and ethically the right thing to do”, ISS Facilities Services UK & Ireland CEO Richard Sykes has told HR magazine.

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Adnams HRD on fair pay and 'doing the right thing'

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Sadie Lofthouse, head of HR at brewer and hotelier Adnams, on making low-paid work pay.

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Most UK businesses support strike law reform

The majority of UK businesses support reform to strike law, law firm Eversheds has found.

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Complexity deterring firms from engaging with youth employment policies

High levels of complexity are putting large employers off engaging with youth employment policy initiatives, according to a research project by the University of Leicester and Open University Business...

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The living wage pay debate

In the words of Rhys Moore, director of the Living Wage Foundation: “People who work hard shouldn’t have to struggle to afford the essentials in life.” Is paying the living wage the answer, and can...

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Cameron: Young unemployed must do community work for benefits

Young unemployed people would have to do community work in order to receive benefits under a Conservative government, prime minister David Cameron is due to announce.

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HR needs to think about what makes good quality work

According to the latest ONS figures, unemployment has fallen to a six-and-a-half year low (5.8%). Cause for celebration, surely – but do these statistics tell the whole story?

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Job quality in an hourglass labour market

As mid-level jobs are moved abroad or automated, the UK is left with an increasingly hourglass-shaped labour market, with little mobility. How did we get here, and who's going to fix it?

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It’s time to ‘revolutionise retirement’, says older workers champion

Business and policy leaders need to “revolutionise retirement” in the UK to encourage older people to work longer, the government’s older workers champion Ros Altmann has said.

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