THE Equality Bill is top of the agenda at this year’s Employment Law Breakfast Briefing. Also under the spotlight at the event, hosted by Anne Corder Recruitment and Hegarty LLP Solicitors, will be the newly announced phasing out of the default retirement age – and how that will translate into the business arena.
BUSINESSES need to take a more targeted approach to e-learning, according to an industry round table. As the e-learning market becomes saturated with mobile applications, businesses need to provide employees with more focused learning opportunities to see greater benefits.
Businesses in the East of England believe the recruitment of more staff will be key to driving future commercial growth, according to the latest research from Clydesdale Bank. More than 40% of businesses identified an enlarged workforce as the top priority, given a more flexible approach from their lender, followed by acquisitions and mergers, and [...]
THIS summer office workers have spent more than eight hours researching and booking holidays at their desks – costing UK businesses up to £3billion. A new study by employment law specialists ELAS revealed that the average British worker spends as much as 8hrs 24mins at their office computer researching and booking their next holiday.
PETERBOROUGH employers are being given the opportunity to find out just how a sweeping law change will affect them at a special Employment Law Briefing. City-based agency Anne Corder Recruitment (ACR) has worked closely with industry body the Recruitment and Employment Confederation since the Agency Workers Regulations were first discussed. They are now on the [...]
A JOINT venture between two Peterborough companies is offering specialist support to businesses in the area. HR experts Personnel Matters has teamed up with management consultants Bradbury Associates (Peterborough) Ltd to provide “an experienced consultancy service focusing on human resources and organisational redevelopment”. David Dixon (above), one of the consultancy’s principals, described the joint venture [...]
THE GROWING role HR and finance departments have in transport issues is being recognised in a major new piece of research from Peterborough-based analysts Sewells. HR and finance departments which have responsibility for company cars will be asked to give their verdict on the performance of car manufacturers and their dealers. The results of the [...]
A NEW professional development tool for HR practitioners has been launched by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). My HR Map is an online self-assessment tool to allow CIPD members, free of charge, to assess themselves against the activities, knowledge and behaviours set out in the CIPD HR Profession Map. The My HR Map [...]
PETERBOROUGH chartered accountants Rawlinsons has launched Rawlinsons Payroll and HR Limited, a joint venture company with Peterborough-based software provider Cirrus in order to offer an integrated one-stop shop combining HR and Payroll software together with practical advice and service solutions. Rawlinsons director Ken Craig said, “We have identified a market need for cost effective payroll [...]
PETERBOROUGH-based training provider Toojays has published a paper looking at relationship awareness. Relationship awareness is a theory developed in the 1970s by psychologist Elias Porter and, according to Toojays, its relevance is as great today as it was 30 years ago. Lee Martin, managing director of Toojays Training and HR consultancy said, “Understanding your customer [...]
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