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Osborne confirms state pension reforms to be brought forward to 2016

Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed the introduction of a new-simplified state-pension will be brought forward to 2016.

Personal tax allowance raised to £10,000 by April 2014

British workers will not pay income tax on the first £10,000 of their salary from April 2014, chancellor George Osborne announced today.

Is it HR's role to engage employees?

Speaking last year at the official launch event of the Engage for Success taskforce, ITV chairman Archie Norman said employee engagement should not be an HR activity, it should be company-wide.

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Teachers to strike over pay, pensions and workload, unions announce

Teachers in England and Wales are planning a national walkout this autumn in a continuing row over pay, pensions and workload, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and NASUWT have announced.

Budget must stimulate growth or jobs miracle might be over, says REC

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) is calling on chancellor George Osborne to use tomorrow’s Budget to deliver practical measures in three areas to stimulate growth and jobs.

UK's changing recruitment practices fail young jobseekers, finds UKCES report

A radical shift is needed in the way young people are viewed by employers to create a culture where recruiting and developing them is part of standard business practice in the UK, the UK Commission...

UK's economic rebalancing is being thwarted by 40,000-a-year shortage of STEM sector graduates

The Government's aim to rebalance the economy away from financial services is "inconceivable" due to a 40,000-a-year shortage of UK graduates in the science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM)...

Time to get your HR Excellence Awards entries in: deadline extended

Due to unprecedented demand, the deadline for HR Excellence Awards 2013 has been extended until Friday 5 April. Use this time to put those finishing touches to your entries that will make them stand...

If engagement is left as a purely HR initiative, it will remain on the sidelines

Speaking last year at the official launch event of the Engage for Success taskforce, ITV chairman Archie Norman said employee engagement should not be an HR activity, it should be company-wide.

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Confidence in job security for older workers falls by 10%, figures reveal

Older workers' confidence in their job security dropped by as much as 10% in January 2013 compared with last quarter's findings, according to Legal and General's Job Security Index.

Government to simplify and improve employment tribunals

Rules aimed at streamlining the employment tribunals process have been announced by employment relations minister, Jo Swinson.

Government's return to work support services must do more for people with cancer, says The Work Foundation

The Government must seize the opportunity to significantly improve the lives of people with long-term conditions such as cancer by supporting those ready to return to work, according to The Work...