Peter Crush

One in five Tesco workers are over 50

Tesco, the UKs number one food retailer, now employs nearly 55,000 workers over the age of 50.

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HR magazine's Leaders Club gets off to an impressive start

Different workplace generations "have to learn how they are alike, as much as how they are different", if business prosperity is to continue, according to W Stanton Smith, national director of Next...

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Executives - Trouble at the top

Incredibly HR is not always involved when hiring top senior executives, say some specialists. Are troubled times a good opportunity for HRDs to regain this lost ground?

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The Next Steps: Engagement - Views on engagement

Whether staff are engaged or not depends on a variety of factors, such as age, sex, education, status and ethnicity. So what does HR need to do to keep its talent? asks Peter Crush.

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Rolls' class act

After 30 years at Rolls-Royce, Margaret Gildea has seen a few changes at the company. Peter Crush talks to the HR chief about the aero-engine maker's apprentice training and new diploma.

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Why it pays to have gay-friendly policies

Research shows gay staff tend to stay with companies that have strong diversity policies rather than risk harassment in less progressive workplaces.

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Google admits 'unrealistic expectations'

Google's HR and staffing director, Liane Hornsey admitted she may be doing her Irish employees a dis-service, after revealing she still had not found a head of HR for Ireland after 18 months' of...

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CIPD's Orme on the offensive

CIPD chief executive Jackie Orme has announced a raft of new projects aimed at making the institute more relevant to members.

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Rising health costs put staff at risk

Cash-strapped workers are risking their health because they cannot afford the rising price of medical check-ups.

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Remote workers fear isolation amid bad management

Nearly half (47%) of employees who want to work flexibly fear being left isolated, and out of touch with office camaraderie, according to research by BT Business.

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Employee benefits: Share ownership schemes - Should you CoCo?

Government wants more co-ownership - whereby staff own a minor, but significant, stake in their companies. But is such high level of share ownership a good thing? Peter Crush investigates.

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Training tomorrow's HRDs: what the experts believe

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We asked an academic and a specialist HR recruitment boss to give their opinion of CIPD and broader HR training. Peter Crush reports their lukewarm responses to current programmes.

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