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Jobseekers' perceptions of lower pay in SMEs, makes it harder for smaller employers to find talent, according to Hays

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Small businesses may be losing out on the most talented employees due to concerns among jobseekers around pay and benefits, according to a report firm recruitment firm Hays.

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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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Government warned cutting legal aid will increase numbers of employment tribunal claims

Abolishing legal aid for employment advice will have the “perverse effect” of increasing the number of cases that end up at an employment tribunal, national charity Citizens Advice warned today.

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.

Home Office ‘blame game’ is a reminder to employers not to cut corners when dealing with workplace discipline, according to employment lawyers

The fallout from the Home Office blame game involving home secretary, Theresa May (pictured), and UK Border Force chief, Brodie Clark, is a reminder to employers not to cut corners when it comes to...

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Government launches consultation into allowing employers to have 'frank conversations' with staff, without fear of being sued

The Government is to launch a consultation on the introduction of protected conversations, ‘so a boss and an employee feel able to sit down together and have a frank conversation – at either’s...

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Hot topic: women on the board

It has been six months since the publication of Lord Davies’ report on women’s representation on FTSE 100 Boards, and the progress report published by Cranfield School of Management reported slow but...

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...

The Equality Act: one year on

In October 2010, the implementation of the Equality Act 2010 (EqA) marked the arrival of the most important piece of anti-discrimination legislation in forty years.

Shadow health secretary hits out at Government proposals around public sector pensions

The shadow health secretary Andy Burnham (pictured) has hit out at the Government’s proposed changes to move public sector workers into an average salary pension scheme, rather than final salary...

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...