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  • BA's Willie Walsh rounds on union as losses mount - Telegraph.co.uk July 30, 2010
    Daily MailBA's Willie Walsh rounds on union as losses mountTelegraph.co.ukBritish Airways chief executive Willie Walsh accused the Unite union of talking "nonsense" as the £150m costs of cabin crew strikes and a £100m hit from volcanic ash chaos sent the airline to its seventh consecutive quarterly loss. ...Strikes push BA £164m into the red T […]
  • Strikes and ash extend BA losses July 30, 2010
    British Airways has revealed a loss for the April-to-June quarter after being hit by cabin crew strikes and disruption caused by the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland. […]
  • Puerto Rico struggles in the downturn July 29, 2010
    With nearly one in five people unemployed, the economic future looks bleak in Puerto Rico. […]

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  • HR news round-up: HR stories in the headlines 30 July 2010 July 30, 2010
    A round-up of HR-related stories in today's newspapers. Jobless people who choose to come off benefits and go to work will no longer lose out financially under the biggest shake-up of the welfare system for decades, […]
  • Business groups react with fury to DRA timescale July 30, 2010
    Business groups have reacted furiously to government plans to phase out the default retirement age (DRA) from April next year, arguing that employers will be left with insufficient time to prepare. Currently employers can […]
  • HR news round-up: HR stories in the headlines 29 July 2010 July 29, 2010
    A round-up of HR-related stories in today's newspapers. Pay deals in the car manufacturing industry are lagging behind the rest of the private sector despite strong overseas demand for British vehicles, […]
  • HR people moves: Catherine Cashin, Katie Ivie, Mark Gilbertson July 29, 2010
    A round-up of the latest people moves in the HR sector. Catherine Cashin has taken up the permanent role of head of HR and organisational development at Stevenage Borough Council. She initially joined the authority on a two […]
  • Default retirement age: Government announces date to scrap DRA July 29, 2010
    The default retirement age (DRA) will be scrapped on 1 October 2011 under proposals announced by the Government today (29 July). The new plans allow for a six-month transition from the existing Regulations, following the […]
  • Air travel no threat to cardiovascular health July 28, 2010
    Air travel poses no significant threat to cardiovascular health, according to guidance published by the British Cardiac Society. The guidance, published […]
  • Recruitment and health screening in the NHS July 28, 2010
    The NHS may welcome the demise of pre-employment health screening, but the OH facility must still assess employees' needs. Nic Paton reports. It's time-consuming, costs money that could probably be better spent elsewhere a […]
  • OH initiatives launched to promote collaboration July 28, 2010
    Two significant initiatives are under way to improve the evidence base and sharing of information in the occupational health profession. A database of nurses working in the sector is being collated by the […]
  • Sickness absence is falling but studies disagree on the reason July 28, 2010
    Depending on who you want to believe, sickness absence is either falling fast because of the recession, or the downturn has led to a glut of sick days with stressed-out workers across Europe concocting more and more excuses not to come in. […]
  • Pre-employment health screening is waste of time, says NHS report July 28, 2010
    Universal pre-employment health screening (PEHS) of all NHS staff is outdated and a waste of occupational health's time and resources, a hard-hitting report suggested. The […]