Tom Newcombe

Employers that have unconscious bias training have higher ethnic minority recruitment rates, says BITC report

Over half of organisations with higher ethnic minority rates are tackling unconscious bias in their recruitment process, according a report published today by Business in the Community (BITC) in...

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Staff vacancies rise at sharpest rate for 19 months, says KPMG report

November saw the second successive monthly rise in permanent staff placements, with the rate of growth picking up to the fastest for 19 months, according to a report on jobs by the Recruitment and...

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Workplaces not doing enough to support employees with musculoskeletal disorders, says Work Foundation

A lack of workplace support for musculoskeletal disorders is leaving many UK employees facing lost income, job insecurity and early retirement according to a report published today by The Work...

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Rising City profits "has cost workers £7,000 a year", says TUC

Rising financial profits have reduced workers' wages and squeezed profits in non-financial firms across the rest of the economy, according to a Trades Union Congress (TUC) report published today.

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Government must tackle Whitehall red tape culture, says CBI

Economic growth faces being held back because of millions of pounds in extra business red tape coming from the UK Government and Europe, a Confederation of British Industry (CBI) report has warned.

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Court of appeal set to rule whether employers can be held liable for employee spats

This week the Court of Appeal will hear the case of Warby v Wunda Group, in a case UK law firm Eversheds has said could prove significant for employers and mean that they could soon be held...

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Vince Cable launches schemes to boost skills and improve college facilities

Business secretary Vince Cable (pictured) yesterday launched two schemes to improve educational facilities and create sustainable employment, following announcements in Wednesday's Autumn...

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Employers must rethink benefits package in unstable times, says HRD

Employees have become ‘increasingly risk-aware’ since the economic crisis hit. They are concerned their financial worries will continue for the long term and believe there is ‘no end in sight’,...

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Autumn Statement 'pretty feeble', says IEA boss

The chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne's Autumn Statement was last night slammed by the director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs, Mark Littlewood, as "pretty feeble". Littlewood...

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Remploy job losses 'cruel, callous and calculated', says Unite

Following plans to close 15 factories at disabled employer Remploy, with potential redundancies of 900, the Government announced yesterday it proposes to accelerate the process.

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Inappropriate online photos reduce chances of finding employment, survey finds

Graduates who display drunken photos on their social media profiles reduce their chance of gaining an interview by 70%, according to a US/UK study published today by security software firm, AVG...

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'Shares for rights' scheme gets the green light

The Government will press ahead with plans for an employee shareholder scheme that allows companies to offer a minimum of £2,000 of shares in exchange for staff giving up some employment rights. One...

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