Peter Crush

Staff expense fiddling tops 3.5 billion

Fraudulent expense claims cost British businesses more than 3.5 billion, with currency exchange company FairFX estimating the average employee claims 462 worth of personal spend as a business expense.

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The workplace is a seething hotbed of promotion envy

A survey of more than 1,300 employees finds the office is dog-eat-dog after 34%, of employees in small businesses said that they would purposely sabotage a colleague's chances of a promotion, rising...

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June Book Reviews

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Interview with Tim Martin, founder of pub chain Wetherspoon

Clothes clearly aren't important to Tim Martin, founder of pub chain Wetherspoon. But how his staff look - everything from their rapport with customers to their pint-pulling expertise - is duly noted...

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Absence management - How sick is the public sector?

The TUC's findings on employee absence in the public sector may surprise you.

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Investors in People has introduced a new kite mark to recognise best practice in health and wellbeing

Ever since 2007, when it launched the 'Business Action on Health' campaign, Business in the Community (BITC) has campaigned hard to get health and wellbeing initiatives translated into balance...

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Outplacement services should be compulsory say public sector staff

As the public sector braces itself for across-the-board job cuts, of survey of public sector workers finds 85% of them want career transition services and CV/interview advice to be made compulsory.

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'Marathon job interviews' slammed

Job interviews lasting longer than it takes to run a marathon have been slammed by the Graduate Recruitment Bureau.

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Health and Wellbeing: Is 'health' about work or fitness?

I have a memory of some famous news footage where a rotund male police officer doesn't so much leap over a garden fence to catch the criminal he is pursuing, but practically topples over it, bringing...

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Interview with Brecon Jones, health and vitality manager at Unilever

Breckon Jones, employee health and vitality manager at Unilever, is adamant his Fit Business project results show the direct business benefits of health and wellbeing interventions. Others are harder...

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Baringa Partners tops the Best Place to Work list

A little-known consultancy in the energy, utilities and financial services sector has scooped the UK's Best Place to Work award by the Great Place to Work Institute.

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Coalition Government's five-year plan receives positive response from the HR sector

The HR community has broadly welcomed a raft new government initiatives outlined yesterday in the coalition's five-year plan document.

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