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With obesity rates making headlines across the US, 22% of organizations offer weight management programs.
Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 467,000 in June and the unemployment rate rose by 0.1% to 9.5%.
Labels: Unemployment, USA
With a heatwave warning in place this week for parts of the UK, and temperatures predicted to soar as high as 32oC, the TUC is today (Wednesday) calling on employers to relax office dress codes and cool down their overheating offices and their wilting employees.
Labels: Employee Relations, News, TUC, UK
Many of the 2,000 people who die every year as a result of skin cancer will have suffered harmful exposure to the sun whilst at work, says the TUC as it urges employers to do more to protect their staff who have to work outside.
The unemployment rate rose to 7.2% - up 0.7% over the quarter and 1.9% on last year.
Labels: Job Market, UK, Unemployment
Seasonally adjusted, unemployment rose by 0.1% to 5.5% and the number of people in employment fell by 1,700 to 10,793,100.
Labels: Australia, Unemployment
Statistics Canada reports that unemployment rose by 0.4% to 8.4% in May, the highest in 11 years. This reflected an increase in unemployment of 42,000 - with manufacturing in Ontario hardest hit. 363,000 jobs have been lost since the peak in the job market last October. However, Manitoba, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan had job increases over the month.
Labels: Canada, Job Market, Unemployment
Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 26/5/2009
Labels: Employment Law, UK
Following the departure of belligerent Telstra chief executive Sol Trujillo, the new CEO, David Thodey, apparently signalled a more concilatory approach to employee relations in an email sent to members of Telstra staff.
Labels: Australia, Employee Relations
Not just for outplacement, EmploymentTalk used by job boards and recruitment firms boost Insala's sales. (News Release)
Specialist recruitment firm ATA Selection has helped to get the production of parts off the ground for the world’s largest passenger plane. (News Release)
Labels: News, Recruitment, UK
The recruitment division of the RTC Group Plc, which comprises ATA Recruitment and the on-track labour supply business Ganymede Solutions, has announced an impressive set of annual results to the year ended December 31, 2008 , further reinforcing its position in the marketplace. (News Release)
Labels: News, Recruitment, UK
Over half of UK businesses making cutbacks this year say that bosses’ bonuses will be the first to go before health and safety management, according to a new survey from the British Safety Council (BSC). (News Release)
A joint statement setting out the positive contribution that modern union reps can make to the workplace has been launched by the Department for Business, the TUC and the CBI.
Labels: Employee Relations, UK
Managers have hard jobs, but that doesn't mean they're doing them especially well, according to a recent study on perceptions about managers. The study, conducted by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), found that, overall, 6 of 10 study respondents acknowledge that managers in their organizations have "tough but fulfilling" jobs. However, the majority of respondents lack confidence in management's effectiveness, with a little over half (53%) reporting that they rate overall management in their companies as "so-so" or worse. (News Release)
Labels: Performance, USA
Injured employees and the community are carrying the majority of the costs of work-related injury and disease in Australia, says the report released last month by the Australian Safety & Compensation Council. This report puts the costs of work-related injury and disease at $A57.5 billion, or 5.9% of the country’s gross domestic product, with the burden on workers at 49% and the community at 33%.
The economic meltdown has introduced new factors to consider when we contemplate corporate restructuring - particularly when mergers or acquisitions are involved.
Labels: Mergers, Organization Behaviour
Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 14/4/2009
Labels: Employment Law, UK
Australian Bureau of Statistics results, just released, show that in August 2008, 19.1% of Australian employees earned $1400 or more per week.
The latest report from Hudson, a worldwide staffing company, shows continued lack of confidence among New Zealand employers.
Labels: Job Market, New Zealand
Global warming. Water shortages. Terrorism. Failing health care system. Wars around the globe. Gas prices. Severe economic downturn. Look at the headlines and it's enough to make you stay in bed.
Labels: Performance, USA
The Hard Evidence for Contractor Screening and Employment Background Check Searches
Labels: Recruitment, USA
Management is responsible for creating the conditions at work that will facilitate employee engagement, but management behavior may do the opposite.
Labels: Commitment, Engagement, USA
How good team work can increase positivity, performance and productivity.
Labels: Performance, UK
Whenever we begin to design an employee communication strategy that is focussed on change the most important thing to consider is that the strategies implemented must engage employees, not simply inform. In other words will the employee communication strategy you are implementing cause a change in attitude and therefore behaviour or is it simply information?
Labels: Australia, Change, Commitment, Communication
In the economic downturn, advertising budgets are being cut, marketing departments pruned, but organisations still need to be raising their profile, attracting new customers, and differentiating themselves from their competitors. CSR in the form of Employee Supported Volunteering (ESV) can help.
Labels: Employer Branding, UK
(News Release) CPEhr, a Los Angeles-based Human Resources Outsourcing firm, recently announced the release of a new "Stimulus Program" aimed to boost productivity and cut costs for small private employers. The program is based on CPEhr’s successful HR Outsourcing model, which has helped hundreds of clients reduce employment expenses over the past two decades.
The International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM) named Jonathan Hunt as its 2009 Excellence Award winner. The IHRIM Excellence Award is presented to IHRIM members who have made significant contributions to the advancement of IHRIM's mission and goals. It recognizes them for their exemplary association volunteer service and for their leadership of a project that has positively impacted the association.
Labels: Human Resource Information Systems, News, USA
(News Release) Following the successful launch of a new career and financial mentoring service designed to help assist Singapore-based employees affected by pay cuts and layoffs, TMS Asia-Pacific is actively considering implementing a similar system in its Australian operation.
ACTU President Sharan Burrow says that Australian women are risking loss of pay, skills and access to decent work because of the Global Financial Crisis. Sharan Burrow says that employers should do more to protect jobs and Government should fund a paid maternity leave scheme.
Labels: Australia, Equal Pay, international, Rewards
What's the best way to deal with stress in the workplace? Prevent it from ever occurring!
(News Release) Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) clearly show that, contrary to recent common assertion, women are definitely not suffering more than men from job cuts and rising unemployment in the current recession.
Labels: CIPD, News, UK, Unemployment, Women
Directors should be aware that any prosecutions under the new health and safety legislation could find the courts examining the entire safety culture of a business, and not just the systems and management processes in place. That was the stark warning from leading health and safety law specialist and barrister with Henderson Chambers, Oliver Campbell and GMB National Health and Safety officer Dan Shears at the British Safety Council’s recent Director’s Duties Conference in London.
Labels: Culture, Employment Law, Health, UK
The Human Resources Institute of New Zealand (HRINZ) has announced the winners of the 2008/09 HRINZ HR Awards.
Labels: New Zealand
Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 23/2/2009
Labels: Employment Law, UK
Cytiva, developers of talent management solutions, SonicRecruit, SonicPerform and SonicOnboard, announced today the launch of a series of free webcasts designed to help today's practitioners deal with current topics in recruiting and performance management.
Labels: Performance, Recruitment, USA
A report from Strategic Connections Inc. highlights the negative impact on employee morale and engagement associated with the current economic downturn and suggests strategies to help organizations retain the integrity of their workforce in preparation for improved conditions.
Labels: Canada, Commitment, Job Satisfaction
Two recent reports offer guidance on motivating and developing talented employees in the current global economic downturn.
Labels: Commitment, Talent Management, USA
A survey by Booz & Company of 828 senior managers from 65 countries explored corporate responses to the global economic crisis and the impact on social responsibility agendas. Respondents came from a variety of major industries.
Labels: international, Strategy
More women fill top executive jobs in Canada's largest publicly-traded businesses than ever before - but this still amounts to a mere 7.2%, according to a report from executive search firm Rosenzweig & Company.
Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 21/1/2009
Labels: Employment Law, UK
Eileen McDargh offers alternative action to the top five mistakes leaders made during difficult times.
Labels: Leadership, USA
Today, the Kansas Career Pipeline announced how its tools can help the thousands of workers in Kansas who are being affected by current and pending lay-offs. This situation is giving laid-off workers a chance to open doors to new and exciting careers that they might not otherwise know about. (News Release)
Labels: Career, Job Market, USA
Scania is planning to invest in boosting the proficiency of its production employees instead of issuing lay-off notices due to low demand. (News Release)
The state of Oklahoma offers careers in almost every occupation with excellent pay and benefits, but best of all, they offer the ability to apply online any time, day or night at http://www.OK.gov. (News Release)
Labels: Job Market, News, Recruitment, USA
As part of its growing Internet presence at www.employersgroup.com, where sophisticated human resources services are provided to California businesses by the state’s chief employer expert and advocate, Employers Group has introduced a greatly expanded 2009 online training program - at up to 50% lower prices than last year, a positive impact for today’s employers. (News Releases)
The 2008 Federal Human Capital Survey, conducted last fall, gave the U.S. Small Business Administration the highest overall improvement among agencies in two categories: Leadership and Knowledge Management, and Talent Management. The agency also had the second largest gain in Job Satisfaction, and the sixth largest gain for establishing a Results-Oriented Performance Culture. (News Release)
Labels: Job Satisfaction, News, Small Business, USA
The Health Service Executive aims to eliminate double-digit absenteeism over the next year.
Labels: Absenteeism, Commitment, Ireland
A reputable brand can act like a magnet, drawing top talent to an organisation (updated).
Labels: Commitment, Employer Branding, UK
Consultants and professional services firms are reliant on their people. They are the core of their business, which is why many firms are keen to keep hold of their skilled staff. For many other businesses redundancies are an obvious way to cut costs, but for project based companies it has to be the last resort.
Full text of TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber's New Year message to trade union members.
Labels: Employee Relations, TUC, UK
The CIPD's annual Barometer Report forecasts that 2009 is likely to be the worst year for jobs in two decades. The report predicts a total of 600,000 job losses in 2009 and highlights the poor pay expectations of British employees for the year ahead.
Labels: Job Market, Rewards, UK
"Hilary Humphrey has been appointed Regional Labour Market Project Leader to address workforce issues and skilled labour shortages faced by Manawatu organisations.
Labels: Job Market, New Zealand, News
In 2007, males earned a higher income than females, and left study the previous year with a higher average student loan leaving debt, Statistics New Zealand said today.
Labels: New Zealand, News, Rewards
Institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs) are taking a positive view of the Government's 'Restart' package through the provision of training for workers who have recently lost their jobs and other people affected by the recession.
Labels: Job Market, New Zealand, News, Unemployment
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU) said that the Government's 'ReStart' package is welcome but is no substitute for a real redundancy package.
Labels: Job Market, New Zealand, Redundancy
As 21st century leaders, you know that building, guiding, and sustaining truly diverse communities is tremendously difficult work.
Labels: Diversity, Leadership, USA
A recent survey conducted by TUC workplace safety reports found that bullying was a concern at work for one in five safety reps (20%) - up significantly since the 2006 survey (16%). In 2004, only 12% of safety reps had reported bullying as a concern at work.
Labels: Employee Relations, UK
A new University of Melbourne study has shown that nearly one third of registered aged care nurses are thinking about leaving their jobs in the next year because of stress.
Nearly one third of employers feel that phased retirement programs are an important element of their HR strategies over the next five years.
Labels: Canada, Job Market, Retirement, Skills
More than 90% of the province's workers believe that the economic crisis will have a negative impact on employment in Quebec workers according to a recent CROP survey conducted for the Ordre des conseillers en resources humaines agrees (CRHA).
Labels: Canada, Job Market
From plastic pizzas to cases of tuna, an amusing survey of marketing and advertising executives indicates a generous but 'innovative' attitude to gift-giving in the office during the festive season.
TMS Asia-Pacific has advised those industry employers placing a moratorium on staff hire that now is in fact the perfect time for companies to be stocking up on quality staff in anticipation of the global business upturn predicted next year. (News Release)
Labels: Asia, News, Recruitment, Talent Management
Business Controls, Inc., a leading provider of ethics hotlines and risk mitigation services, announced today the launch of MySafeWorkplace Plus™ for clients to better manage, organize, and report on incidents submitted through their hotline system. (News Release)
Labels: Employee Relations, Human Resource Information Systems, USA
Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 10/11/2008
Labels: Employment Law, UK
MrTedTalentLink™ version 2.8 provides customers with improved forms, flexibility and technology to attract, recruit and retain top talent. (News Release)
Labels: News, Recruitment, Talent Management, USA
HR Services Inc. announces the debut of the next generation of the myStaffingPro applicant tracking system with version 9.0. (News Release)
Labels: Applications, Human Resource Information Systems, Recruitment, USA
More than half of employees (55% in the U.S. and 52% in the U.K.) are using Internet social networks at work according to Internet security company 8e6 Technologies.
Labels: Employee Relations, Internet, UK, USA
Kansas Career Pipeline (KCP), a nonprofit organization, announced that more than 56,000 Kansans have already accessed the Kansas Career Pipeline Career Planning Center, powered by Kuder®, to begin planning for future career success.
As the economy continues to spiral out of control and threats mount over a recession,
A recent report finds that UK businesses are being badly affected by poorly managed conflicts in the workplace. A timely new book may help.
Labels: Employee Relations
A recent report from Compdata Surveys shows that cell phones are the most popular executive perks in the United States.
The treatment of employees and the quality of products and services rate highest in job-searchers' perceptions of organizations they want to work for even though recent big-name collapses and layoffs might be attributable to financial health and market conditions.
Labels: Commitment, Employer Branding, USA
It is almost a decade since a Gallup study indicated that "actively disengaged" employees - workers who are fundamentally disconnected from their jobs - were costing the U.S. economy between $292 billion and $355 billion a year.
Labels: Commitment, USA
Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 29/9/2008
Labels: Employment Law, UK
Armed forces technicians are being helped to readjust to life on civvy street by the RTC Group plc, which owns ATA Rail, one of the UK's leading rail recruitment consultancies and Catalis Ltd, a leading rail training company.
Labels: Recruitment, Training
The epic saga of an Aberdeen firefighter sacked over claims he was overweight has provided employment experts with much to consider.
Labels: Diversity
Recent research examined recruitment trends, career aspirations and barriers faced by members of under-represented groups in the workplace.
Labels: Diversity, Recruitment
Mental health problems in childhood have a detrimental impact on subsequent working life with increased levels of depression and anxiety.
Labels: Stress, Work-life Balance
A recent survey showed that almost a fifth of Canadian women respondents (23%) believed that they were being paid less than their male counterparts.
A Conference Board study has identified an impending labour crisis in Canada's manufacturing sector.
Labels: Canada, Job Market, Skills
We all seem to be working longer hours but does that mean we are working hard? The 'Hardest Working Canadians Study' conducted for Workopolis has identified the top three factors that determine hard work.
Labels: Canada, Work-life Balance
The number of industries covered by the Manitoba Workers Compensation Board will be increased from January 1, 2009.
Labels: Canada, Employee Relations, Employment Law
A study by Age Lessons, a Chicago-based intergenerational consulting firm, has identified workplace '3 Rs' that are keeping older workers up at night:
Labels: Age Discrimination, Diversity, USA
A survey by global HR consulting and outsourcing company Hewitt Associates has shown that an increasing number of U.S. employers are considering implementing phased retirement programs to address an impending talent shortage as a quarter of the workforce nears retirement age.
Labels: Career, Retirement, USA
The Department for Business has released figures showing trade union membership in Wales grew by nearly 6,000 members (1.5%) in 2007. This is greater than any other UK nation and reflects similar growth in the previous year.
Labels: Employee Relations, TUC, UK
A new cable TV channel launched in the Chicago area during July aims to reinvent job searching. Job Search Television Network (JSTN) is claimed to take want ads and on-line job boards to a new level by featuring the ‘company-behind-the-job’, offering more insight about companies and their available job openings. JSTN is also preparing expansion and plans to become a national network on Comcast.
Labels: Recruitment, USA
7.7 million Americans were unemployed at the end of 2007, according to the Department of Labor. Out of these 7.7 million people, and with a questionable economic forecast, how are you going to make yourself stand out and get the job? With a few tips, you may find yourself with more options that you think.
Labels: Career, Job Market, USA
The TUC has produced 'Working feet and footwear', a new guide for footwear at work. The authors found that several large city institutions and upmarket retailers include slip-on shoes or high heels in their dress codes for female staff dealing with the public. These types of footwear can be uncomfortable and lead to long-term foot problems - especially when staff have to stand for prolonged periods.
An innovative new website has been launched that can help firms save money, when it comes to hiring staff. Ajobcy.com is an all in one system for businesses looking to communicate to the recruitment world, the best part of it all is that it is free to use. (News Release)
Labels: Recruitment, UK
Pink Elephant today announced the launch of the Support Services division in the UK , which sees a return to the conceptual roots of the original company. Over 20 years ago in the Netherlands the Pink Elephant brand was conceived based upon the premise of providing intelligent, motivated, service-oriented individuals who could deliver outstanding levels of IT support to the client base. Since that time there have been continued and frenetic technological advances with products and formalisation of the roles within the IT Services environment, but we still see that many large organisations outsource HR and recruitment of IT to agencies. (News Release)
Social media has changed the game in recruiting. Organizations need to be creative and compelling in their communications to attract the best job candidates, and support it with an interactive career site. (News Release)
Labels: Recruitment, USA
Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 5/8/2008
Labels: Employment Law, UK
The Israeli national trade union centre Histadrut and the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU), both of which are affiliated to the ITUC, have reached a landmark agreement to protect the rights of Palestinian workers employed by Israeli employers, and to base future relations on negotiations, dialogue and joint initiatives to advance fraternity and coexistence between the two peoples. (News Release)
Labels: Employee Relations, international, News
Advance your career with a little help from your friends
Engaging ideas today opens for business, and announces the launch of its core product - the Engaging ideas card pack.
Labels: Commitment, News, UK
Helping hundreds of families requires a great deal of hard work, a large part of which involves efficiently managing staff so they can concentrate on providing victims with the highest levels of support. (News Release)
Labels: Human Resource Information Systems, News, UK
Resource Edge, LLC, creators of TalentHook, a cutting-edge resume spidering technology solution, have recently introduced new searching and candidate management features along with an impressive new face with the release of its latest version of their software called, TalentHook Sphere. (News Release)
Labels: News, Recruitment, USA
Employment and Immigration Law Legal Updates 22/7/2008
Labels: Employment Law, UK
Researchers from the University of Missouri studied the demographics and personality types of adult distance learners and concluded that this increasingly popular option may not be suitable for everyone.
Recent research finds differences in attitudes to men and women who lose their temper in the workplace. While such outbursts tend to be accepted or even rewarded in men, women are judged less competent as a result.
Labels: Commitment, Diversity, Employee Relations, USA
A survey of full-time employees across 29 industry sectors by Brisbane-based HR and Change Management consultants Astor Levin found that almost a half (49%) would favour flexible working arrangements.
Labels: Australia, Flexibility
Flex Planner, a new web based product from a Yorkshire based software development house, was launched on 1 July 2008. Flex Planner is a web based time recording and flexi time system for use by computer based staff. It is being launched within a variety of organisations from both the public and private sector, including local
Labels: Flexibility, UK
Growing numbers of employees want to work more flexibly in order to achieve a better balance between their jobs and the rest of their lives. But while growing numbers of organisations are trying to accommodate their employees' requests, they are doing it not out of altruism but for good business reasons. Benefits range from increased motivation, productivity and retention, to better customer service and considerable reductions in both costs and CO2.
Labels: Flexibility, UK
"The UK's No. 1 IT and Technical recruitment site - Technojobs is pleased to announce the launch of its new online managed technical recruitment service, TechnoRecruit."
Labels: News, Recruitment, UK
A recent survey by Opinion Research Corporation found that many US businesses are missing out on vital feedback and ideas from their own workforces.
Labels: Change, Communication, USA
Employees in small and medium sized businesses in Europe average almost two hours a day on the Internet, with half an hour on non-work-related sites.
Labels: Communication, Employee Relations, UK
Employment and Immigration Law Legal Update 25.06.2008
Labels: Employment Law, UK
Research from the TUC, the End Child Poverty coalition and the Fawcett Society has concluded that UK women's low pay is not just a cause of poverty, but also has major consequences on their children's living standards.
Jacob Fleming, leading B2B meeting organisers will host their latest conference 'The Future of Management Development', to take place on the 25th & 26th September 2008 in Amsterdam. This event has been designed to respond to the need of the HR Industry to successfully apply the next generation of leaders.
New Brunswick's Provincial Government is claiming significant progress in reducing the wage gap between men and women despite a 'slight' increase from 12% in 2006 to 12.6% in 2007.
A study concludes that migration from Eastern Europe has not had any statistically significant impact on claimant unemployment, the young, the unskilled, wages.
Labels: Job Market, UK, Unemployment
Employment and Immigration Law Legal Update 9/06/08
Labels: Employment Law, UK
Youmanage, the creator of the innovative online HR toolkit, has added Sheffield-based fixed wireless access specialists On-Communications to its fast-expanding list of clients.
CPEhr, a leading California human resources outsourcing firm, announced today that they have been selected by the California Chamber of Commerce (CalChamber) to join their exclusive HRConsultant Network, a partnership to provide CalChamber clients with high-quality, hands-on, strategic HR services.
British businesses still find it difficult to fill job vacancies despite the slowdown in economic growth. According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s (CIPD) annual Recruitment, Retention and Turnover Survey no fewer than 86% of organizations are experiencing recruitment difficulties with the majority placing the blame on a national skills deficit.
Labels: Job Market, Recruitment, UK
Recruitment specialist TMS Asia-Pacific recently reminded employers in the tourism and hospitality and tourism sectors of the valuable role psychometric profiles can have in recruitment.
Labels: Australia, New Zealand, Recruitment
Employment and Immigration Law Legal Update 23/05/08
Labels: Employment Law, UK
The CIPD will be relocating its Annual Conference and Exhibition to Manchester Central Convention Complex from 2009. The conference will also be moving from its current September slot to a new slot in November to coincide with the move to Manchester. The dates for the 2009 Annual Conference and Exhibition will be Tuesday 17 November to Thursday 19 November 2009.
During a period when companies are cutting jobs by the thousands may not seem like the best time to launch a new human resources product suite, but FlexPaths, LLC, a provider of Web-based workplace flexibility solutions, has never been more optimistic. After all, IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft started their technology companies during recessions. Bad economic times may scare companies and freeze budgets, but companies still need to hold on to their best people and get the work done. That’s why this women-owned dot-com isn’t letting a possible recession deter their entrée into the marketplace.
Labels: Flexibility, News, USA
Employment Law Legal Update 12/05/2008
Labels: Employment Law, UK
It seems that finally senior managers - some of them, at least - are willing to give HR managers a significant role in strategic decisions. But how many human resource managers know how to fulfill that role? (Updated May 1 2008)
Labels: Strategy
With the economy threatening recession, a new survey suggests that cursing and cussing in the workplace are not likely to help your career. The survey shows that 36% of bosses in the U.S. have issued a formal warning, and 6% have actually fired an employee for swearing.
Labels: Communication, USA
Employment Law Legal Update 28/04/2008 from Steeles Law
Labels: Employment Law, UK
The Background Screening division of Kroll, a leading risk consulting firm, has released its annual Hit Ratio Report revealing that employment screening criminal record convictions are continuing on an upward trend:
Labels: Recruitment, USA
Research studies by the CIPD, Shaw Trust and Future Foundation show that managers typically underestimate the extent that colleagues and employees suffer from stress, anxiety and depression. In fact, nearly 30% of workers experience a mental health problem in any one year.
COA Solutions (formerly CedarOpenAccounts) has won a £750,000 contract to supply Virgin Trains with an integrated financial management system comprising a comprehensive portfolio of financial, procurement, forecasting and document management solutions. In time, Virgin Trains will look at adding HR and recruitment functionality COA Solutions’ system, which will be made available to 250 Virgin Trains staff across the UK, is expected to go-live in September 2008. (News Release)
Labels: Human Resource Information Systems, News, UK
With the government offering former midwives a "golden hello" package worth £3,000 to encourage them back into the profession the issue of recruiting and retaining employees is a topical subject.
Labels: Recruitment, UK
Good employees are the greatest asset for any organisation and to invest in them provides a definite return on investment, adding value to the company as a whole. Sarah Alsop head of operations at leading global recruiters Source People discusses how companies like McDonald's are 'supersizing' their workforce through professional development.
April 8 2008 Employment Law Enews
Labels: Employment Law, UK
Research has shed new light on "gut feelings" arguing that they are real psychological phenomena that should be taken seriously.
Labels: Skills
Following recent criticism of the lack of diversity in the Fire and Rescue Service (FRS), Parmjit Dhanda, Fire Minister for England, has committed £3million towards increasing diversity, including plans for a national graduate entry scheme.
The Film Industry Training Board has been set up to enhance skills development in the UK film industry. This is the first industrial training board to be launched in two decades. ITBs are statutory bodies set up under the industrial Training Act 1982. The FITB will oversee delivery and operation of the Skills Investment Fund (SIF), currently a voluntary training levy for the film production industry which will become mandatory towards the end of 2008.
The latest survey of sick days in the U.S. found that time off policies are continuing to evolve with a number of states and cities exploring mandatory paid sick leave.
Labels: Absenteeism, Health, USA
Export Development Canada (EDC) was today named one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers by Maclean's Magazine. EDC is the only Crown Corporation to have won the award. (News Release)
On Monday, March 31 2008 Ontario's minimum wage rises to CDN$8.75.
Labels: Canada, Minimum Wage, Rewards
Employment law experts Empire HR have launched a new initiative to allow employers and HR teams to keep up-to-date more easily with the latest in employment law. (News Release)
Labels: Employment Law, News, UK
(News Release) Over 25 years of their combined expertise will greatly benefit their current customers with ease of use and customization capability of both products as well as responsive and friendly customer support.
British Columbia Economic Development Minister Colin Hansen has announced CDN$1 million in funding to improve international credential recognition programs in the province.
Labels: Canada, Job Market
A survey by the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO) found that almost a third of small-business owners are creating 'knowledge transfer' plans - transferring key knowledge from older to younger workers - as a means of
March 25 2008 Employment Law Enews
Labels: Employment Law, UK
Time management is an ongoing favorite in the corporate trainer's armory of courses while training in delegation skills appears to be neglected.
Labels: Performance, Training, USA
Unions have welcomed the ban on new AWAs following the passage of The Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Bill through Parliament.
Labels: Australia, Employee Relations
Wile the hospitality and travel sectors are continuing to experience difficulties in recruiting skilled staff, the solution may lie with mature-age workers - the over 50's - according to TMS Asia-Pacific.
Labels: Australia, Diversity, Job Market, Recruitment
New Zealand's businesses are dominated by male senior managers, according to a survey conducted by Hays, the specialist recruitment company.
Labels: Career, Diversity, New Zealand
Still Waiting For Justice: Provincial policies and gender equality in BC 2001-2008', a report released by the B.C. Federation of Labour concludes that the Gordon Campbell government's policies have unfairly impacted women.
How work stress can lead to coronary heart disease.
Labels: Health, Stress, UK, Work-life Balance
The UK Government has announced that the adult minimum wage rate will rise from £5.52 to £5.73 an hour in October.
Labels: Minimum Wage, Rewards, UK
Two-thirds of HR professionals in North America (USA - 66%, Canada - 65%) believe that tougher national immigration policies force their organizations to devote more resources to recruiting and retaining local talent.
Labels: Canada, Recruitment, Talent Management, USA