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Managers miss out on holidays due to recession

Four out of 10 British managers have not yet booked a summer holiday due to excessive workload, job insecurity and financial uncertainly.

Most employees don't trust managers to tell them the truth

Only 15% of employees totally trust their manager meaning 85% are in doubt about some information they receive from higher up the organisation.

HR Excellence Awards 2009: Best Use of CSR in HR - The Midcounties Co-operative

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) plays an important role in the business of community-based retailer Midcounties Co-operative.

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HR Excellence Awards 2009: Best Third Sector Strategy or Initiative - Broadway

London-based homelessness charity Broadway is moving into the second stage of its HR strategy, which is aligned to its corporate mission of meeting the needs of homeless people through quality,...

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HR Excellence Awards 2009: BT's Caroline Waters awarded HR director of the year

Caroline Waters, director of people and policy at BT was awarded HR director of the year in the HR excellence awards 2009.

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HR Excellence Awards 2009: Most Effective Use of Internal Communications - Northern Rail

In a particularly strong category, Northern Rail stood out for its comprehensive, practical and multi-dimensional approach to internal communications.

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HR Excellence Awards 2009: Best HR Strategy - fewer than 250 Employees - Broadway

Homelessness charity Broadway employs 180 staff and works with more than 4,000 socially excluded and vulnerable people every year.

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HR Excellence Awards 2009: Investing in people pays off more than ever when times are tough

In tough times even the most progressive companies can become blinkered. All too often they seek the quickest and easiest ways of 'improving efficiency', which by and large means knee-jerk job cuts...

Employees like bosses who offer wellbeing programmes

There is still some way to go before health and wellbeing policies are universally offered to staff, according to HR magazine/Harris Interactive's latest poll: 61% of 1,233 workers questioned said...

HR Excellence Awards 2009: Outstanding Employee Engagement Strategy - Birmingham City Council

Prior to new chief executive Stephen Hughes's arrival in 2006, Europe's largest council, Birmingham City Council, was ailing.

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HR Excellence Awards 2009:Birmingham City Council scoops Gold Award

Birmingham City Council was awarded the HR Excellence Gold Award by HR magazine for "doing something that makes a real difference to employees and their quality of service delivery."

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