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This week in HR
A round-up of the top HR and management stories
Week ending 13 May 2011
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Tupe to be reviewed as
part of law shake-up LINKS
Read the full stoRy at bit.ly/kZwLQt Good planning holds the key to successful Tupe transfers
The government has announced plans to People Management bit.ly/kfu5SZ
review Tupe regulations, as well as
collective redundancy and discrimination
compensation, as part of its efforts to
reduce the burden of red tape. The three
newly-targeted areas were highlighted by
Ed Davey (pictured), minister for
employment relations, in a speech to the
Institute for Economic Affairs. Davey said
that Tupe (Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment) regulations, which
protect employees’ pay and conditions when an organisation is transferred from
one owner to another, were being reviewed because some businesses think these
rights are “goldplated” and overly bureaucratic.
Government accepts Wolf Review recommendations Wolf review: on course
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The government has announced an overhaul of vocational education that will
remove funding incentives which favour easier courses. It will require 16-18
year old students to continue studying English and maths until they achieve a
qualification in those subjects. In the official response to the Wolf Review,
ministers accepted all of the recommendations of Professor Alison Wolf and
gave her a formal role in government to help implement them.
BA reaches agreement with union Unite union
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The British Airways cabin crew dispute looks to have been finally settled after talks
between management and union leaders concluded with an agreement. BA has
agreed to reinstate the staff travel perks that became a bitter issue in the long-
running dispute, and to pay top-up payments to some low-paid staff. The dispute,
which was initially about cost-cutting measures and staffing on long-haul flights, led
to 22 days of strike action in 18 months and is estimated to have cost BA around
£150 million.
Comment: Was that a gasp or a sneeze? Hillary Clinton explains Osama Bin Laden raid photo
Read the full stoRy at bit.ly/kUgbdL ABC news blog abcn.ws/m9eu3d
The body language shown by White House officials during the killing of Osama
Bin Laden is revealing, but could also be misleading, writes Peter Honey.
Comment: From kitchen porter to president
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If Ho Chi Minh can make it from kitchen porter to being the first president of
Vietnam, writes Iain Mackinnon, shouldn’t we also try to be aware of how much
talent lies overlooked in basic grade staff?
Report urges US approach to welfare Welfare to Work in the 21st Century
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The government should adapt its welfare-to-work provider programme to
take in more elements of the American model, a new report has urged.
Job-seeking assistance should be offered as soon as workers are put at risk of
redundancy and such providers should also have access to job centres,
according to the Welfare to Work in the 21st Century report, co-authored by
the University of Portsmouth and accountancy firm PKF. ☛ MORE NEWS ON NEXT PAGE