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Jenny  Gulliford

Welcoming the alterations to the Access to Work scheme

Posted By Jenny Gulliford

21 November 2012

On Monday this week, Esther McVey, the Minister for Disabled People, announced a number of changes to the Access to Work scheme. These changes should be welcomed, as they help to relieve the cost burden of the scheme on small businesses.

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Ksenia Zheltoukhova

Why companies need to know when to stop pressurising their staff

Posted By Ksenia Zheltoukhova

20 November 2012

In its Global Workforce Study, Towers Watson found that more than one in three employees are affected by excessive pressure in their job. Where is this pressure coming from?

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Ksenia Zheltoukhova

Do values still matter in the workplace?

Posted By Ksenia Zheltoukhova

08 November 2012

Recent research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) found that 'Two-fifths of employees do not believe business values are worth the paper they are written on'. Despite the recession, it's increasingly important for organisations to consider how their values are perceived – internally, as well as externally.

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Ksenia Zheltoukhova

Deals under fire

Posted By Ksenia Zheltoukhova

05 April 2011

Employers would be wrong to assume that once they have found and recruited talented workers, the deal is sealed and set in stone....

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Ksenia Zheltoukhova

What comes after Generation Y?

Posted By Ksenia Zheltoukhova

14 February 2011

As Generation Y, or Millennials, continue to enter the workforce, there is a growing concern that generations will go to war over access to pay, benefits and career opportunities....

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The Work Foundation

Understanding the Deal

Posted By Paul R Sparrow, Director, Centre for Performance-led HR

17 November 2010

I was very fortunate recently to be able to say a few words at the Work Foundation’s partnership workshop on 'Understanding the deal – a framework for a healthy employment relationship'. My congratulations to the researchers. There was some useful feedback, and it made me reflect about the issues.

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The Work Foundation

Time for HR to pull up its socks

Posted By Jane Sullivan

21 October 2010

The BBC’s decision to remove human resources (HR) chief Lucy Adams from the board has rekindled the debate over whether HR deserves a place at the top table. It also sends out the wrong signals that the role of senior HR is being downgraded.

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The Work Foundation

What’s on the horizon? Implications for people management

Posted By Dean Morley, Deputy HR Director, Pensions, Disability and Carers Service, Dep for Work and Pensions

14 July 2010

On Tuesday 13 June, The Work Foundation held a workshop for their network of partners looking at the drivers shaping the employment relationship over the next ten years, following the launch of the third report, The Deal in 2020.....

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On Tuesday night The Work Foundation launched a major new report examining the future of people management employment relationship, as part of its on-going, two-year Future of HR programme.

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