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Annual Sheffield Occupational Health and Safety Association Conference

HSE — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:30:49 +0000

This year, the Annual Sheffield Occupational Health and Safety Association (SOHSA) Conference will explore, through a variety of presentations and exhibits, the lessons learned following a local workplace death, and how brought about change in management and safety culture within the workplace.

SOHSA Conference 2010 further information and booking details

Doctors’ workload blamed for high dropout rates

Latest news from People Management — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:22:00 +0000

Nearly a quarter of junior doctors drop out of their NHS training in England after two years, according to data from the Medical Programme Board (MPB), which oversees training.

Long hours raise heart risk for unfit men

Latest news from People Management — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:58:00 +0000

Men in their forties who work long hours and are unfit are at double the risk of dying prematurely from heart disease as their colleagues who work fewer hours, new medical research has found.

NICs holiday starts for new employers

Latest news from People Management — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:09:00 +0000

Business start-ups outside the south-east will now benefit from a national insurance holiday worth up to GBP50,000 when they recruit their first members of staff.

‘Work Opportunity Scheme’ raises union hackles

Latest news from People Management — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:18:00 +0000

Unions in Ireland have sought an urgent meeting with the minister for social protection, Ã‰amon Ã“ CÃºiv, over plans to offer people on unemployment benefit the opportunity to work on community and environmental projects

Dangerously faulty play equipment leads to prosecution

HSE — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:00:50 +0000

A Prestatyn man has been given an 18 week suspended prison sentence and 60 hours of community service after ignoring a legal order preventing him from issuing safety certificates for inflatable amusements.

HSE served a prohibition notice on Peter John Morrell (also known as Peter Michael Coltilda) of Aberconwy Road in November 2008 after an investigation revealed he had passed inflatables as safe to use when they were not.

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Public-sector recruitment is growing, statistics show

Latest news from People Management — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:46:00 +0000

Employment in the NHS increased across the UK in the first quarter of 2010, new figures on public-sector employment reveal, from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Recruitment rise for accountancy and manufacturing sectors

Latest news from People Management — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:15:00 +0000

Both the accountancy and manufacturing sectors have witnessed hikes in recruitment over the summer as the economy recovers, according to figures out today.

Extra transport for London as Tube strike looms

Latest news from People Management — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:15:00 +0000

A host of contingency transport measures will be deployed in London today, in a bid to prevent this evening's 24-hour tube strike from bringing the capital to a standstill.

‘Guaranteed’ bank bonuses in decline, finds research

Latest news from People Management — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:05:00 +0000

Banks have drastically cut their use of guaranteed and multi-year bonuses for employees, a new industry report has found.