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WINNER 2008: Asda

Asda won the award for most compelling incentives scheme in the HR Excellence Awards 2008.

WINNER 2008: Aegon

Aegon won the award for most effective recruitment and retention in the HR Excellence Awards 2008

Half of emails a waste of time

Employees spend up to half their working day chained to emails.

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Avril Gill is business manager for HR people development at Dunfermline Building Society

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Employment Tribunals - A Practical Guide

Fewer Christmas jobs in retail this year

More than a third of retailers (37%) plan to hire fewer Christmas staff this year than in 2007, with a further 26% offering overtime to cover busier periods.

HR Excellence Awards 2009: HR's finest hour

Winning an award can be a great morale booster for staff - which is why it is important to enter the HR Excellence Awards 2009 and gain recognition for the work you and your team are doing.

HR is not commercially minded enough, say CEOs

This book is good in parts, says Phil Barr, head of HR, Yell. But it does provide some useful information on what makes CEOs tick and what they expect from HR - vital knowledge for any HR...

Employers fail to cater for needs of multilingual staff

Employers risk losing staff because they are failing to communicate effectively with a multilingual workforce.

Graduates are pessimistic about job prospects

Three quarters of students are less optimistic about securing a job than they were prior to the downturn and as a result a third are more likely to take a gap year than continue job hunting.

Redundancy fears growing fast

Eight out of 10 workers (82%) fear they will lose their jobs as recession looms although 70% already struggle to make ends meet while in employment.

Employers prefer to hire from their own sector

Employees struggle to move between the public and private sector.