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HR must train managers to ease burden
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 18/11/2008
The economic crisis threatens to overload already stretched HR departments if they don’t train line managers to ease the burden, an expert has warned.

Policing for diversity
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 17/11/2008
Kent Police has built an inclusive workforce to meet the diverse needs of the communities it polices.

Improving health and attendance at Somerset County Council
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 17/11/2008
Somerset County Council’s wide-ranging efforts to reduce employees’ attendance and work-related stress have almost halved stress-related absences, saving it £0.5 million a year, and boosted employee motivation; it is now focusing on promoting employees’ health and wellbeing.

Survey: Employers' use of online and offline psychometric testing
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 17/11/2008
The internet is now heavily used by employers to administer psychometric testing, this IRS study finds, and although only basic safeguards against fraud are usually in place, many employers still believe that it compares favourably with other testing methods.

Employability scheme in Leeds fills NHS jobs and improves diversity
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 17/11/2008
An employability training scheme to help marginalised groups in Leeds has seen 70% of participants find work in the NHS, helping to reduce recruitment difficulties and improve diversity, particularly of ethnic minorities.

Wychavon District Council: staff engagement proved vital to success
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 17/11/2008
Having won top place in the Times "Best Councils to Work For" 2008 awards, it is clear that Wychavon District Council has succeeded in winning staff loyalty; we investigate how this was achieved.

Making redundancies may not always be the solution
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 11/11/2008
HR departments need to remember there may be legal consequences when cutting staff costs, says David Israel, partner, Wedlake Bell.

How to manage redundancies effectively
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 04/11/2008
Personnel Today looks at the steps to take when seeking to maintain business performance during a period of job cuts.

Survey: Getting the most out of age discrimination and equalities law
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 03/11/2008
Two years on, IRS surveys the impact of the age discrimination Regulations on recruitment, retention and related practices, and suggests how employers can get the most out of these and other changes to equal opportunities legislation.

The caring ethos at the heart of John Lewis's absence policy
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 03/11/2008
John Lewis has an absence rate that is considerably lower than average for the retail sector, thanks to its astute absence management practices and long-term focus on keeping staff fit and well.

Recognising and supporting staff with mental ill health
Source: Occupational Health
Date: 01/11/2008
An Australian pilot programme aims to help UK managers to recognise and support staff who are suffering mental ill health. Nic Paton investigates.

Redefining the length of sickness absence
Source: Occupational Health
Date: 01/11/2008
Redefining the length of time employees are off work sick is at the heart of new thinking on absence. Nic Paton reports on proposals to improve intervention.

The role of occupational therapists
Source: Occupational Health
Date: 01/11/2008
Claire Doherty looks at the role of occupational physiotherapists.

Survey: Industrial unrest
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 28/10/2008
Will there be a union-led winter of discontent? Mike Berry outlines the main findings of our exclusive survey on the threat of industrial unrest.

Performance pay budgets increase by 3.75% in 2007/08
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 24/10/2008
One in six employees has at least part of their annual pay increase determined by performance, according to the IRS analysis of 2007/08 pay awards.

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