http://www.complinet.com Complinet HR RSS feed en complinet.com http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=122438 This is the final part of Freshfields' three-part series on Japanese employment law. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:08:00 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=123013 New data from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development shows that the proportion of HR professionals seeking advice on how to make staff redundant barely changed between the first and second quarters of 2009. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:00:55 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=123014 Consumer optimism about the economy is improving, according to the latest Association of British Insurers' Quarterly Savings and Protection survey. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:00:50 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=122717 With the mass of ongoing redundancies, unemployment figures in this country have tipped the two million mark for the first time in almost 12 years. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:06:47 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=122987 The government has proposed a new law to protect people who experience discrimination because of a combination of two characteristics, such as black and minority ethnic women or religious men. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:00:02 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=122720 The long-awaited government review on employee engagement is due to be published this month. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:22:29 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=122947 Brendan Barber, TUC general secretary, yesterday urged pension scheme trustees and trade unionists to guard against employers using the recession as an excuse to take a slash and burn approach to occupational pensions. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:05:56 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=122948 That adversity drives creativity and innovative solutions in organisations is one of the main lessons from a hot topic report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:00:06 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=122718 Midsummer is one of those automatic review points and not just because the year is half way through. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:10:35 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=122907 The TUC has welcomed new guidance and a code of practice on pensions buy-outs issued by the Pensions Regulator. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:00:51 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=122908 The number of young people not in employment, education or training is set to break the million mark by the end of the summer, according to a new report published today. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:00:27 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=122886 Workplace fraud has become a "chronic problem" in Canada and is more widespread than bosses realise, an expert has revealed. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:00:17 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=122960 Herbert Smith summarises recent developments in employment law. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=122641 Mediation is a type of alternative dispute resolution, the aim being to achieve a private settlement of legal proceedings that would otherwise end up with a costly hearing in court. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:04:52 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=122872 Despite being half way through the year, research that the Chartered Management Institute has published today shows that four out of 10 British managers have not yet booked any summer holiday. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:00:32 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=122873 Many parts of the UK's financial services sector expect business volumes to rise in the next quarter after 21 months of falls, while optimism about the overall business situation has risen for the first time in two years. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:00:01 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=122722 This is the sixth article in a series of monthly features that focuses on how to drive employee engagement and retention during turbulent economic times featuring James, a young, talented (and fictitious) City worker at ABC Bank. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:45:30 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=122831 Unite, the UK's largest trade union, has today written to the Financial Services Authority to request it "lifts the veil of secrecy" around Barclays. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:03:07 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=122796 The number of people killed at work in Britain has fallen to a record low, new figures from the Health and Safety Executive have revealed. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:00:58 +0000 http://www.complinet.com/hr/dailynews/display.html?ref=122799 A landmark legal decision handed down yesterday means that some 12,000 men across the country will be able to take forward their equal pay discrimination cases. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:00:46 +0000