Up Front: Bizarre HR - Too many cooks do not necessarily spoil the broth

Employees attending team-building cookery classes find bonding over the bolognaise comes naturally.

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Unpaid overtime amounts to thousands of pounds a year

The TUC has named tomorrow (Friday 22) as Work Your Proper Hours Day as evidence emerges that some UK employees are losing thousands of pounds a year in unpaid overtime.

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Campaign to encourage more eco-friendly car fleets

The Energy Savings Trust (EST) is launching a 250,000 campaign to make companies more aware of the environmental impact their fleets have.

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New funding for ACAS to simplify disputes

ACAS will receive up to an extra 37 million of funding from government in an effort to simplify the dispute resolution system, minister for employment relations Pat McFadden has announced.

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MPs agree to below-inflation pay rise

MPs have today accepted a below-inflation pay increase of 1.9%.

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In demand HR directors can earn 140,000-plus

HR professionals salaries are exceeding 140,000, according to a new FSS salary survey.

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Norovirus sends sickness statistics through the roof

UK workers are taking to their sick beds in record numbers this week as this winters Norovirus bug takes hold.

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Substance abuse: Health and wellbeing - Fix the addiction

The estimated cost of drug and alcohol abuse to British industry is about 3 billion a year. How should HR be tackling the problem? Suzy Bashford reports.

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Uncommon sense: Work drives us to distraction

Concentration on the job is being undermined by technology designed to improve efficiency.

Buyer's guide: Corporate eyecare - Those offering eyecare will beseen as employers of choice

Last September's Eye Test Action Day, organised by RNIB, revealed depressing statistics that proved what many have long thought: that despite the priority most would say they would give to their...

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Benefits case study: Clifford Chance - Maternity plan delivers the

To improve the experience of staff returning from maternity leave, law firm Clifford Chance devised a comprehensive maternity strategy. The results have been impressive, reports Nicola Harrison.

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Up front: Work stats - The gender gap is wide in HR pay

The HR function does not seem to be practising what it is preaching.

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