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Cycle to Work Alliance and Brake urge employers to help staff cycle safely

The Cycle to Work Alliance has teamed up with Brake, the road safety charity, to increase awareness of the role employers can play in helping their staff to cycle to work safely.

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Business Environment awards staff £100 for quitting smoking

Serviced office provider Business Environment is offering employees a contribution of up to £100 per year to spend on stop-smoking aids such as nicotine substitutes and relevant books to help them...

IMF downgrades UK growth prediction to 0.2% this year

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), has slashed its growth forecast for the UK economy to 0.2% in 2012 (from 2.3% in its June 2011 forecast) and 1.4% in 2013.

Addison Lee allows office staff to babysit their children at their desks

In a TV documentary, Addison Lee, the minicab and chauffeur business, has trialled a revolutionary babies in the office scheme, allowing employees who would otherwise be on maternity leave to bring...

TUC claims long-term unemployment reaches crisis level, as the rest of the labour market improves

Long-term unemployment is at crisis levels and getting worse, even as the rest of the labour market improves, the TUC has warned.

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Post-recession authoritarian management style depresses job satisfaction, finds CMI/Simplyhealth study

The dominance of negative management styles in UK workplaces is having a serious impact on managers’ job satisfaction, wellbeing and working relationships, according to a report comparing the mental...

John Terry case shows how football differs from other employers in dealing with race equality, claims City law firm

The high profile racism case involving John Terry highlights how football can often operate very differently from the rest of society when it comes to dealing with issues of race discrimination in the...

Warehouse, Coast and Oasis launch vocational qualifications in retail management

Aurora Fashions, the parent company of Coast, Oasis and Warehouse has partnered with the University of Derby Corporate (UDC), to launch an academically-accredited retail talent programme for employees...

Growth in 'm-commerce' jobs in banking and retail sectors, puts pressure on IT pros to skill-up, finds CWJobs

The rise of ‘mobile-commerce’ is creating opportunities for IT professionals - as banks, retailers and telecoms companies start to make their moves in this growing market, but more than half will have...

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MoJ confirms fees for Employment Tribunals, in a bid to encourage mediation

The Ministry of Justice has confirmed it will introduce fees for users of the Employment Tribunal from the summer of 2013, in a bid to encourage employers and staff to mediate or settle disputes.

Olympics organisers bring in the military after security firm G4S fails to recruit enough staff

With less than two weeks to go, G4S, the company that was contracted to supply security services to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, has admitted it will not be able to recruit and retain...