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Half of SMEs cancel Christmas party - regardless of damaging staff morale

Almost half of small or medium employers are not planning a Christmas party this year and 91% of the businesses that are, will spend the same or less than last year, according to a survey by Pitney...

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Employers cut numbers of temporary staff following AWR, according to CBI/Harvey Nash report

Employers are scaling back on temporary staff following the introduction of new agency workers rules, according to a survey by the CBI and recruiter Harvey Nash.

Employers freeze plans both to hire and make redundancies in light of continuing economic uncertainty, CIPD reports

UK employers are scaling back on all employment-related operations, with fewer organisations planning to offshore jobs abroad and recruit overseas workers against a backdrop of less recruitment and...

ONS data reports a 42% drop in people voluntarily leaving their job, since 1998

The number of people leaving their main job between April and June 2011 was 674,000, a drop of 42% on the 1998 peak of 1.17 million, analysis from the Office for National Statistics reveals.

Staff engage in behaviour to make sure they are paid for time not worked, global Kronos survey shows

Employees in Australia, Canada, China, France, India, Mexico, the UK and the US, admit to engaging in behaviour to receive more pay for time not worked from their employers, according to The Workplace...

CIPD Conference: Toyota GB dismantles business silos to drive through recession

Toyota GB has "consistently increased" customer retention since the downturn of 2008, without forced redundancies, by breaking down the silos in its business to increase staff performance, delegates...

CIPD Conference: HR has to react to remain 'business relevant', says CIPD president

CIPD president Gill Rider (pictured) has issued a challenge to HR directors, to develop business-savvy and organisational insight and to make sure they bring the “brightest and the best” new recruits...

Younger employees most satisfied with work, but also most likely to leave, says Mercer survey

Young workers worldwide present an unusual paradox for employers: they are more likely than the overall workforce to be satisfied with the organisations for which they work, yet also more likely to be...

Meet the HR magazine team at the CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition

The entire HR magazine team is downing tools this afternoon to head to Manchester for the CIPD Conference and Exhibition 2011.

Employers warned to prepare for winter following findings showing one in 10 were 'seriously' impacted by bad weather last year

Employers have been warned to get their house in order and ensure their workplace is “winter proof” before the predicted snow and frosts hit the UK later this month.

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Grimsby and Doncaster identified as major 'black spots' for high levels of NEETS, by The Work Foundation

A report published this morning by The Work Foundation and Private Equity Foundation has uncovered 10 black spots for youth disengagement - cities where between one in five and one in four young...

University of Warwick: lack of part time opportunities means mothers forced to return to work full time

Women in the UK are being forced to go back to work full-time or abandon their careers after having a child because of a lack of part-time work, particularly those in senior or highly-paid roles,...

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