UK Human Resource Articles
Recent human resource articles
September 2 2010 - 10 per cent of the UK working population (the equivalent of 3.5 million) have no plans to retire and 42 per cent are unable to say at what
age they plan to stop working.
August 30 2010 - Businesses are being warned to ensure they have guidelines in place for misuse of technology in the workplace
after reports that people are spending more than half the day using technology.
August 26 2010 - 65 per cent of graduate recruiters are wary of using social media and one in seven perceives it as
'dangerous'.
August 26 2010 - More than half of British workers access social media websites while at work.
August 26 2010 - Age UK welcomed the Government's decision to consult on abolishing the
default retirement age (DRA) from October 2011.
August 19 2010 - 40 years after the 1970 Equal Pay Act, male and female salaries are converging so slowly in the UK that it will take more than another
five decades to reach equality, according to a report from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and XpertHR.
August 18 2010 - Employers are failing to provide enough places on schemes that provide on-the-job training, according to the TUC.
August 11 2010 - The unemployment rate stands at 7.8% - down 0.2% over the quarter and unchanged over the year.
29.02 million people were in work in the period April to June according to the labour force survey (LFS).
August 1 2010 - Research from the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University found that safety
in the workplace has been adversely affected by policy changes relating to health and safety over the last ten years, with reduced levels of
enforcement by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE).
July 16 2010 - Research led by University College, London and published in the
European Heart Journal found that working overtime is bad for the heart.
Junly 16 2010 - Skilled nurses in regions where private sector pay is better
tend to leave NHS hospitals to work in unregulated sectors such as nursing homes.
June 11 2010 - Language skills definitely improve chances of employment according to a survey by specialist
language recruiter, Euro London Appointments.
June 10 2010 - CIPD forecasts unemployment will peak at close to 3 million by 2012 as a result of the coalition government's deficit reduction measures.
June 9 2010 - UK unions are supporting economic recovery by helping to reduce stress and lack of motivation in the workplace according to a
recent report from the TUC.
May 19 2010 - Small businesses employing less than 100 workers account for 65 per cent of
new British jobs created in an average year.
May 19 2010 - Attitudes and motivations expressed by new recruits to the probation service were inconsistent with the
UK government's current emphasis on probation as 'punishment in the community' and protection of the public rather
than rehabilitation for the individual offender.
* Whistleblowing - Protection Extends to Future Employment
* Whistleblowing - Employee who Leaked Information to the Press had not made a Protected Disclosure
* Grievances raised during disciplinary proceedings
* Employment Tribunal Survey
* Employment Law Update Briefing
* Minimum Wage
April 1 2010 - Members of Britain's ethnic minority communities, whether born abroad or in the UK, tend to be better
educated than their white British-born peers but are less likely to be employed.
March 31 2010 - According to CEDEFOP (The European Centre for the Development of Vocational
Training) most of the projected 8.5 new jobs created in Europe over the next ten years will be in knowledge- and
skill-intensive occupations, including high level management and technical jobs.
March 26 2010 - A study by Allianz shows that in 2010 people between 60 and 65 will outnumber those between 15 and 20 in the
European Union.
March 26 2010 - The adult minimum wage rate will increase from £5.80 to £5.93 an
hour on October 1 2010.
March 25 2010 - Almost five million people participated in a Learning and Skills Council
funded Further Education course in 2008/09 according to figures released by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
(BIS).
February 5 2010 - With ICT being one of the most successful business sectors in Northern Ireland,
new sources of information will help people with computing ambitions
find out more about career paths.
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