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11 March 2010
Holiday pay owed to employee on sick leave for year, tribunal rules
Employers must pay staff their full holiday entitlements if they are off sick
11 March 2010
Morrisons to create 20,000 new jobs over the next three years
Morrisons will create 20,000 new jobs over the next three years, Personnel Today has learned.
Norman Pickavance, group HR director, told the magazine the jobs would be created as Morrison's looks to open up to 60
11 March 2010
Morrisons to open more small stores as profits soar
Morrisons has pledged to open more small stores.
The supermarket giant reported a 30% rise in full year pre-tax profits to £858m as turnover rose by 6% to £15.4bn.
Morrisons, which is Britain's fourth-biggest sup
11 March 2010
JD Wetherspoon on track to open 50 more pubs
JD Wetherspoon looks set to continue its programme of expansion after reporting first half-profits of £36.2m.
The pubs operator announced it would restore the dividend payments that it suspended one year ago after the rec
11 March 2010
BA strikes loom as negotiations break down
Talks between British Airways and the Union Unite aimed at averting a strike have collapsed without agreement.
Union leaders representing British Airways cabin crew will meet later to decide whether to call industrial act
11 March 2010
Northern Rock bonus payouts welcomed by Unite
Unite has welcomed Northern Rock's decision to pay out staff bonuses despite the fact that the mortgage lender failed to make a profit last year.
The bank's chief executive Gary Hoffman defended paying out rewards to 32 st
11 March 2010
Toyota redundancies: call for 150 volunteers at Deeside plant
Toyota is to scrap 150 jobs at one of its engine plants, but all redundancies will be voluntary.
The car giant will make the cuts at its site in Deeside, near Chester and expects to begin taking applications for severance
11 March 2010
McDonald's in GCSE in 10 days for work experience teenagers plan
McDonald's is to offer 10-days work experience as part of a GCSE-equivalent qualification for the first time ever, the fast food giant will reveal today.
Teenagers will have to apply online and attend a formal intervi
10 March 2010
Pay freeze for senior civil servants and public sector staff until 2012
Senior civil servants and public sector workers will have their pay frozen for the next financial year, the government has announced.
Prime minister Gordon Brown said today senior civil servants, seni
10 March 2010
Tax breaks needed to encourage employers to hire non-graduates
Tax breaks should be given to employers to encourage the hiring of young non-graduates and help tackle unemployment, industry experts have argued.
It follows a call by the http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/2
10 March 2010
Skills shortage vacancies almost halved since 2007
The number of skills shortage vacancies has fallen dramatically in the past two years, new research shows.
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills' (UKCES) annual survey of 80,000 employers found
10 March 2010
Social care jobs interest reaches record high, government claims
A record numbers of candidates have considered a career in social care over the past month, the government has claimed.
More than 28,000 people have expressed an interest in working in the sector, whi
10 March 2010
Network Rail strike threat looms threatening travel chaos
The first national rail strike in 16 years drew a step closer yesterday as Network Rail revealed it had considered contingency plans to handle thousands of workers walking out.
Strike ballot results are expected tomorrow b
10 March 2010
Tesco director blames failing school system for producing pupils 'with attitude problems'
A Tesco board director will today criticise the education system for churning out pupils with poor literacy and numeracy skills and an "attitude problem", making them harder to recruit.
Lucy Neville-Rolfe, executive directo
10 March 2010
Non-striking civil servants 'pretended to be answering machines' to handle volume of calls
Civil service strike-breakers pretended to be answering machines to cope with a high volume of calls during Monday's industrial action, it has been claimed.
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) civil servants in Carlisle
10 March 2010
Equality Bill guidance on protected beliefs 'confusing' for employers
Employers are likely to be left confused as to what counts and does not count as a protected belief under the Equality Bill, employers groups have warned.
It follows the publication of a http://www.equalityhuman
10 March 2010
Pensions most popular employee benefit but workers worried funds won't be enough
Pensions remain the most important employee benefit on top of salary that an employer can offer, a study has found.
This is despite more than one-third of workers (38%) worrying their own pension funds would be inadequate
09 March 2010
Christian registrar Ladele loses right to appeal in Supreme Court in gay weddings case
Lillian Ladele, the Christian registrar who lost her job after refusing to conduct civil ceremonies, has been refused the right to appeal her case at the Supreme Court.
The UK's highest court said Lad
09 March 2010
Serial litigant's age discrimination case thrown out of appeals court
Serial litigants have been dealt a blow after a tribunal ruled job applications must be genuine before a claimant can suffer statutory discrimination.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled in the
09 March 2010
Morrisons targets school pupils in bid to promote retail careers
EXCLUSIVE
Morrisons will advertise careers available at the supermarket to school pupils for the first time to crush the myth that retail jobs are just about shelf-stacking, Personnel Toda