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Geoff Armstrong wins PPMA award for services to HR
Date: 01/05/2008
Outgoing CIPD director-general Geoff Armstrong has been presented with the 2008 Public Sector People Manager's Association (PPMA) award for outstanding contribution to people management.
Skills and temp rights are main cause for concern so far in 2008
Date: 30/04/2008
We may be just four months in to 2008, but already there have been plenty of flashpoints for the HR profession. Whether it be skills, diversity, flexible working, temp rights or the interminable debate over HR's relevance to profit and loss accounts, the debates rage on.
Most business travellers are not prepared for trouble
Date: 23/04/2008
Three out of five business travellers in the UK and US would not expect assistance from their employers if caught up in local violence or a natural disaster while working abroad, research has indicated.
Talent management is most critical HR challenge worldwide
Date: 14/04/2008
Talent management is the most critical HR challenge worldwide and is set to remain at the top of executive agendas for the foreseeable future, according to a global study by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the World Federation of Personnel Management Associations.
Flexible working report comes under fire
Date: 14/04/2008
Employers' groups have attacked a "one-sided" report that suggests flexible working legislation has proved ineffectual for many employees since its introduction five years ago.
HR chastened by bosses’ poor perception of profession
Date: 28/03/2008
HR chiefs told last week of their "disappointment" in the profession's inability to convince chief executives of the value the function adds to businesses, after a damning report from consultancy Pricewaterhouse Coopers, (PwC).
British Chambers of Commerce sign Leitch skills pledge
Date: 27/03/2008
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has agreed to support the government's skills pledge, despite its recent criticism of the closing of its main skills funding vehicle, the Learning and Skills Council.
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