http://www.complinet.com Complinet HR RSS feed en complinet.com http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=126331 If there is a unifying theme to my pick of the week it is a mystifying collective suspension of common sense. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:04:22 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=126336 Companies across the UK must do more to tackle workplace stress and promote mental wellbeing, according to a new report from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=126322 New data issued by Mercer suggests that the trend for companies to freeze pay is unlikely to continue in 2010 as optimism about the economic recovery gathers pace. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:00:54 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=126321 Despite a projected return to modest growth of just under one per cent next year, UK unemployment could still rise to around three million by the end of 2010, according to new analysis by economists at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:00:19 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=126320 The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has today issued guidance for employers on promoting mental wellbeing at work through productive and healthy working conditions. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:00:04 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=126292 Up to 25,000 jobs are at risk in the financial services industry because of the government's plan to break-up the Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group, Britain's largest trade union has warned. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=126323 Employers may count the cost of failing to help workers strike the right work life balance as they hunt out more family friendly jobs, according to new research. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=126234 Are you surplus to requirements in the financial services sector once you've reached the great age of 40? That was the claim of Trevor Phillips, head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, in his testimony to the Treasury Select Committee last month. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:22:22 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=126273 Defra will launch a new campaign today at the WRAP annual conference. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:00:44 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=126268 Productivity across UK plc is being significantly undermined by people coming to work with poor mental health as a result of stress and conditions such as anxiety and depression, a survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development reveals. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:00:40 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=126270 The Report on Jobs published today by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation and KPMG signals sharper rises in both permanent and temporary staff appointments during the past month. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:00:36 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=126248 Europe's biggest lender, HSBC, is to cut 1,700 jobs from its UK retail banking division. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:00:27 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=126269 An environmentalist has won his fight to take his former Newcastle-based employer to tribunal on the grounds he was dismissed for his green views. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=126241 Two female City high-flyers who claim they were hounded out of their jobs by sexist Japanese bosses are each suing a leading investment bank for £1. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:00:50 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=126207 Some 85 per cent of the British public support the introduction of a new legal requirement for employers to conduct equal pay audits to stamp out disparities in pay for men and women, according to a new survey. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:00:45 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=126239 Unite national officer Rob MacGregor said: "For RBS to announce the cut of 3,700 frontline bank staff from their high street branches across the UK is absolute madness. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:00:22 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=126240 TORONTO, Nov. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:00:15 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=126195 Unite, the UK's largest trade union has today written to the management of AXA UK to express alarm that staff could face a pay freeze, while some senior managers will have their bonus payments boosted. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:00:50 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=126198 The Advanced Apprenticeship scheme developed by BNY Mellon and the National Skills Academy for Financial Services offers a fast track to career success and job satisfaction, with 75 per cent of apprentices securing more senior roles after taking part in the scheme. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:00:04 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=126196 Non-executive directors, who are often critical in holding companies to account and ensuring they have effective corporate governance structures in place, are disappearing from boardrooms of FTSE 100 firms, new research has found. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:00:01 +0000