UK graduates have the best employment prospects in Europe
According to a Telegraph report today, UK graduates have the best employment prospects of all European countries.According to the report 83% of UK graduates have found a job within 3 years of graduating compared to 77% for the rest of Europe. However the statistics hide more disturbing news in that graduate employment appears to be […]
Health and Safety centre is set to cut red tape
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) – in partnership with local authorities – launched a new incident-reporting service on Sunday, which covers all employers and businesses in the UK. Currently around 210,000 health and safety incidents are reported every year.The service will operate from a new contact centre, which will:provide employers with an integrated ‘one-stop […]
Government pins hopes on new names giving services a lift
Dedicated help for job hunters and pensioners moved a step closer today as Education and Employment Secretary David Blunkett and Social Security Secretary Alistair Darling announced new names to lead the roll-out of new ‘high street’ services.‘Jobcentre Plus’ will unite the Employment Service with the Benefits Agency’s services for people of working age. As such, […]
Alistair Darling: New measures to help jobless
A new work incentive designed to help job hunters by cutting the red tape and barriers they face is to be brought forward announced Alistair Darling, Secretary of State for Social Security today.‘Rapid Reclaim’ is designed to tackle one of the most common complaints from those wanting to take up temporary work – the fear […]
CPD RECORDING SOFTWARE
Please could anymore give me details of where I can found out about Dovetail Software and Rebus Software.Any recommendations greatly received. Tracy Meredith
United we fall!
In their latest feature for HR Zone, FTdynamo asks whether shareholding employees really do feel that being ‘owners’ of the business affects their work patterns and status.This is the latest in a series of columns written for HR Zone from management education portal FTdynamo.com.Business gurus and journalists have this at least in common: both are […]
Acas helplines get the thumbs up!
Results from a survey of people using Acas‘s telephone helplines last year showed that 95 per cent of respondents were either very satisfied or satisfied with the service. The survey results, published yesterday, also revealed that nearly all callers – 98 per cent – said they would use the service again.Acas staff answer over 750,000 […]
Recruitment Exercises
Has anyone got any information about prioritising exercises that can be used a s part of the recruitment process? Sarah Williams
Financial Services Authority shows the friendly face of regulation in new web pages
Many people reach for the headache pills when they start thinking about planning their finances. Now you can forget the aspirin. New web pages to help consumers take control of their money are now available from the financial watchdog, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on the following web address http://www.fsa.gov.uk/consumerSo whether you want to sort […]
EMPLOYEE PAY COSTS
We are setting up a retail company with a foreign parent company. We need to be able to demonstrate that in the UK, France and Germany there are additional costs OTHER than the hourly wage. Is there an average “rule of thumb” that we can apply to show this or does anyone know the costs […]
Half a million illegal child workers in the UK
Nearly half a million (485,000) schoolchildren are working illegally, according to a new TUC/MORI survey out on Wednesday. And over 100,000 schoolchildren admit to playing truant in order to do paid work.Class struggles, a survey of 2,500 schoolchildren in England and Wales, reveals nearly half a million children are working illegally. It is against the […]
Blair calls for stronger public sector leadership
The Prime Minister today called for action to strengthen and support leadership across the whole public sector.Welcoming the publication of a research paper from the Performance and Innovation Unit (PIU), Tony Blair said:“Leadership is a key factor in any large organisation. This is especially true in the public sector – where leaders are being asked […]
‘We’ll keep you on file’
Am writing an article on whether being kept on file ever leads to anything, opinions and experiences welcomed – deadline Friday 30 March. Is it more likely to lead to a job when said after interview or with growth of online recruitment is it a reality for those who use employers online application facilities.One company […]
Workshop report: Bullying in the Workplace
Jon Seaton Hi Catherine!Catherine Hi Jon,are we it then? Jon Seaton Yes, so far! There’s normally a small time lag! Let’s wait a few minutes!Catherine Ok. Thanks. I’m very pleased to see this topic being coveredJon Seaton Perhaps while we wait, you’d maybe like to outline your interest?Catherine Of course. I work in a Company […]
Today is ……
The following e-mail was received from a person in our office this morning!National Joe Day‘Do you hate your name? Everyone who hates their name has a right on this day to have everyone they know call them Joe.’Not sure what we call Joe today but ‘Jarvis’ springs to mind for some reason. (referring to LawZONE […]
British Chamber sets business manifesto for the next government
The British Chambers of Commerce yesterday set out Britain’s business priorities for the next government, in a comprehensive manifesto launched at their National Conference in London.The manifesto, “Empowering Business”, follows months of extensive consultation amongst the Chambers’ 135,000 business members and challenges all political parties to meet 14 key business priorities focused on creating in […]
CBI: Parental part-time work rights are impractical and damaging
CBI chief Digby Jones today (Tuesday) intends step up pressure on the government over plans to give new parents a right to work part-time and to impose extra local business rates. Speaking at the British Chambers of Commerce Annual Conference in London, he will describe the right to return to work part-time as “impractical and […]
Minister: New Deal extension will mean more employment
The New Deal will significantly boost the take-up of jobs by the older long-term unemployed when it is extended and intensified next month, Employment Minister Tessa Jowell said as she commented on new research published yesterday.The research, by the Policy Studies Institute and titled New Deal for the Long-term Unemployed: a comparison of provision in […]
Has anyone made a price survey of HRM software?
I’m trying to draw up a table comparing prices of HRM software – essentially workforce databases. Does anyone have a list of prices? Thanks. Craig Lightbody
Launch of first ever national asbestos register
Asbestos may have been banned in the UK, but the fatal fibre still lurks in hundreds of thousands of buildings. To try to prevent any further deaths from unnecessary asbestos exposure, this coming Friday (30th March) sees the launch, at the TUC, of the first-ever national asbestos register of UK buildings. The information contained on […]
