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UK government struggles with Y2K timetable
News In a letter to MPs, Paddy Tipping, parliamentary secretary to the Privy Council Office, warned that Companies House, the Employment Tribunal Service and the Northern Ireland Office will not be ready until September or... [23 Aug 1999]
IR35 migrants warned on risks of running
News Contractors moving to Germany are being warned that German regulations concerning self-employment are well established and that every year tax inspectors catch many of the people who try to evade them. [01 Jun 2001]
'No link' between IT job losses and offshore outsourcing
News The comprehensive OECD research, The share of employment potentially affected by offshoring - an empirical investigation, found that one in five jobs could be hit by the continued growth of offshore outsourcing,... [03 Mar 2006]
IT skills shortage hits 10-year high
News Perceived shortages in the industry jumped from 4.2 per cent last year to 6.8 per cent this year, the national survey of IT salaries and employment trends found. The annual poll of 244 organisations, which provides... [11 Feb 2008]
Named and shamed: the IT companies which fail the business ethics test
News The companies, including Autonomy, Guardian IT, Innovation, ITnet and Psion, have all been excluded from a high-profile index of ethical businesses for failing to demonstrate they have proper employment policies in place. [10 Jul 2001]
Oracle facing £370,000 sex discrimination claim
News Karen Carlucci, an IT sales account manager at the company's Reading-based UK headquarters for 10 years, won the sex discrimination case at an employment tribunal earlier this year after exposing a "boys club" culture in... [29 Oct 2004]
Lloyds TSB banks on £170m Fujitsu outsourcing deal
News As part of the deal, 300 of the bank's IT staff will transfer to Fujitsu under TUPE employment regulations, with another 180 temporary Manpower contractors transferring to employment agency Adecco.... [15 Apr 2005]
The UK: There's no better place to work...
News According to Des Browne, minister for work, the UK is enjoying the highest levels of employment and lowest rates of unemployment, as well as boasting employment levels across all regions which exceed the... [17 Mar 2004]
UK SMEs benefit from online legal advice
News About 30 documents will be available at launch, including employment and intellectual property documents. Richard Cohen, legal director at Epoch and a solicitor, says the service can cut the cost of drafting a standard... [26 Apr 1999]
IT saleswoman wins £100,000 sex discrimination payout
News US-born Karen Carlucci, an IT sales account manager at the company's Reading-based UK headquarters for 10 years, won the sex discrimination case at an employment tribunal earlier this year after she was subjected to... [23 Dec 2004]
Contractors at loggerheads with recruiters over 'false' IR35 claims
News It contains the words "legislative changes in Employment Law and The Finance Act" and contains a paragraph about the Inland Revenue, but stops short of specifically mentioning either the European Working Time Directive... [19 Feb 2001]
Hewitt wants to stamp out 'old boys network'
News According to DTI figures there is a 19.5 per cent gender pay-gap within society which is largely attributed to men and women falling into employment in starkly differing sectors. Hewitt said in a statement: "It's not... [26 Oct 2004]
Prison Service ponders UK-wide intranet
News However, officials last week met with Juergen Hillmer, who is piloting a similar scheme in Germany, with funding from EU employment committee, Integra. Hillmer's Telis scheme links local prisons to the University of... [02 Mar 2000]
Act now: bosses urged to meet Human Rights deadline
News Ian Kirby, partner at legal firm Arnold & Porter, said: "Contracts and terms of employment should be altered to take into account the Human Rights Act, but on a case by case basis. Linky Trott, assistant in... [29 Sep 2000]
Oracle dispatches PeopleSoft bombshells
News Those spared pink slips will get packages too - containing new Oracle employment contracts. It's not to their benefit to come in and intimidate and antagonise the new work force," said John Challenger, chief executive of... [14 Jan 2005]
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