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Nicholas Roi: Engaging a geographically dispersed workforce

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As remote working is on the rise, more businesses are forced to manage a geographically dispersed workforce. In order to effectively engage employees across a range of geographies there are…

Employees fear loss of status and unfair treatment at work

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According to a new study, employees in Britain are feeling more insecure and stressed at work than at any time in the past 20 years. The 2012 Skills and Employment…

Unfair long-hours culture tops list of concerns for British workers

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When it comes to concerns about fairness on the job, the majority of British workers are unhappy with late working and management pay, but are open minded on flexible working…

NHS Direct job cuts add to A&E pressures

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NHS Direct job losses have led to more hospital referrals and put severe pressure on accident and emergency (A&E) departments, it has been claimed. According to statistics, at the same…

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Supplier News

Youforce delivers award winning mobile HR solutions to UK market

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69% of HR directors cite improved efficiency as benefit of self-service HR while 46% cite staff empowerment Mobile enablement leads to 20% of HR activities done outside working hours London,…

Citrix adds Do-It-Yourself Webcasting to Video Lineup

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Citrix announced today the general availability of GoToWebcast in North America and Europe, providing users with a low-cost, self-service webcasting tool for up to 5,000 attendees. With the launch of…

TimeOFF – Employees’ Leave Request App for SharePoint

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Meet the first HR application in the Office 365 Marketplace, created by Fild.NET, a Poland-based company specializing in advanced Microsoft solutions TimeOff for SharePoint 2013, streamlining the process of submitting…

Cascade scores with promotion-chasing Brighton

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Premiership contenders Brighton & Hove Albion FC have brought independent HR software provider Cascade on side to help the club prepare for top flight football. In a growing portfolio of…

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Analysis

Ann Munro: Social Media in the Workplace

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Kent’s youth police and crime commissioner Paris Brown, 17, was recently scrutinised in the press for posting inappropriate tweets.  She subsequently resigned from her post, after just six days.  She…

Gemma Murphy: Watch what you ‘tweet’!

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There used to be a clearer line between an employee’s professional and personal life, but with the ever growing use of social networking sites for business and pleasure, the line…

Alex Kowalczyk: Reducing employee vacation scheduling dilemmas in 3 easy steps

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With the arrival of sunnier days there is one inevitable dilemma that all business owners will soon have to face – employee vacation scheduling. For most business owners and managers,…

Simon Dudley: Why you can’t wear slippers when working for Yahoo

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Shocker! The greatest discoveries in the history of humankind weren’t made in the comfort of a busy office. Take for example Archimedes. He made one of the most profound discoveries…

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Blogs

Seren Trewavas: A guide to identifying High Potentials

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As organisations battled through a tough economy of recent years, there was a growing trend in focusing on retaining and developing the top talent in the business. The strategy behind…

Jon Ingham: Social media – the opportunities for HR

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I’m going to start off my blogging at HR Review my commenting on another blog post – Social media – the challenges for HR I firstly want to correct a…

Tony Wilmot: Office romances – don’t let the heart rule the head

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There is often much hand-wringing by management when two members of staff decide to enter a relationship, but in my opinion, those in charge shouldn’t dawdle. Office romances can disrupt…

Yves Duhaldeborde: The UK’s workforce faces burn out if employers don’t act soon

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I’m sure no one will disagree with me if I say that it feels like we’ve been dealing with the effects of the economic crisis for a very long time….

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