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Risk response
As a result of the recession two thirds (66 per cent) of companies have changed or improved their risk management processes, including improving existing procedures, identifying new risks and broadening the role and responsibilities for risk management.
Sweeping away unequal pay in the public sector
The recent equal pay decision against Birmingham City Council is remarkable for two reasons.
Firstly, the size of the award that, subject to appeal, will be payable to settle the case: Secondly, the lack of publicity that the case has attracted.
Problems at work...
At the end of 2009 I agreed to reduce my hours (and pay) as part of my employer's initiative to avoid redundancies during the downturn. Unfortunately, no specific time limit was put on this. What should I do?
*UK employees are leaving themselves unprotected financially in the event that something unpredictable happens, leaving them unable to work, according to new research from Unum, one of the UK’s leading financial protection providers.
*Desperately seeking Mondays
Monday is the most popular day to job search, but over 40 per cent of jobseekers spend their Saturdays sending out applications and over a third continue the search on Sundays.
Taking a broader view of disability
It is all too easy to stereotype disability but there is more managers can do to help those with ‘hidden’ disabilities to participate to the full.
Cutting Budgets
In executing some hefty budget cuts the UK government is leading where many managers may have to follow, learning to wield that costing cutting axe without killing the business.
Other topics covered this month:
* denotes articles which have not appeared in the print version of Professional Manager.
Profile: Jude Kelly | Succession planning | Self-management | Rigid structures | View from Westminster | The Economy | Book of the Month | My Working Life | *Sweated labour | *Desperately seeking Mondays | Top ten mistakes that make us blush | Fat is a management issue | *Confusion over quangos | Top tips on…managing with political awareness
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