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Friday podcast - 26 Sep 08: HR's gender pay gap; the Heyday retirement age challenge; and religious equality
26 Sep 2008 @ 09:25 am

HR news and analysis including:

a survey of 5,000 HR professional shows men earn 20% more than their female colleagues
we look at what the European Court of Justice advocate general's decision means for the Heyday legal challenge to the UK's mandatory retirement age
and Muslim MP Sadiq Khan calls for "Islamophobia in the workplace" to be tackled.

Guy Logan is joined by Rob Moss, Greg Pitcher and John Charlton.

Friday podcast 19 Sep 08 - Jackie Orme impresses Harrogate delegates
24 Sep 2008 @ 11:58 am

This week's regular podcast is a special programme on the CIPD's annual conference in Harrogate. Technical difficulties with Pod-o-matic meant that the programme could not uploaded until now - apologies. Louisa Peacock is joined by Guy Logan and Greg Pitcher.

Friday podcast - 12 September 2008: Unions warn HR to 'prepare for war'; prison staff details go missing; and an age discrimination tribunal
12 Sep 2008 @ 10:41 am

HR news and analysis including:

union boss Derek Simpson warns HR should "prepare for war" as strike action continues because of pay cuts;
prison staff details go missing in the latest data loss saga,
and we debate a strange tribunal case involving a 16-year-old boy and age discrimination: he alleged he was not given a job because the employer told him he was too young to operate a floor buffer.

Presenter Louisa Peacock is joined by Greg Pitcher, Guy Logan and John Charlton. Produced by Louisa Peacock. Co-edited by Louisa Peacock and Guy Logan.

Friday Podcast - 5 September 2008
5 Sep 2008 @ 08:48 am

HR news and analysis including:

what HR directors said about a new health programme by Weight Watchers is assessed by HR directors, and
a proposal by a former union general secretary to change the TUC's name, and merge it with the CBI

Presenter Guy Logan is joined by Louisa Peacock and Mike Berry.

Friday podcast - 29 August 2008: Jeremy Paxman and BBC discrimination; is CIPD failing modern HR leaders; and Unison union boss Dave Prentis talks to Personnel Today
29 Aug 2008 @ 09:10 am

HR news and analysis including:

two thirds of respondents to an online Personnel Today poll think the CIPD is no longer relevant to HR leaders;
we delve into the mind of one of the biggest union leaders Dave Prentis to find out what makes him tick and his thoughts on current employment law for HR professionals;
and we discuss whether middle-class white men are being discriminated against at the BBC as newsreader Jeremy Paxman claimed.

Presenter Louisa Peacock is joined by Greg Pitcher, Guy Logan and Rob Moss. Produced by Louisa Peacock. Co-edited by Louisa Peacock, Guy Logan and Rob Moss. Email any comments or feedback about the Personnel Today podcast to louisa.peacock@rbi.co.uk

Friday podcast - 22 August 2008: BP axes nine-day fortnight rule - is it the end of flexible working?; Tesco employee prepares to sue a customer; and why HR should prepare for Generation Y
22 Aug 2008 @ 08:50 am

HR news and analysis including:

whether flexible working will become a casualty of the credit crunch after BP announced it would axe its nine-day fortnight
a Tesco employee is due to sue a customer after injuring himself delivering groceries – but are there legal implications for employers? and
HR director at catering giant Elior, Paul Reynolds, tells Personnel Today how he has upped his game in catering for Generation Y- those aged typically between 16 and 24.

Presenter Louisa Peacock is joined by Mike Berry and John Charlton. Produced by Louisa Peacock. Co-edited by Guy Logan and Louisa Peacock.

Friday podcast - 15 Aug 08: equal pay claims and TUPE, CIPD, BBC HR and social care HR
15 Aug 2008 @ 10:28 am

HR news and analysis including:

employment lawyers warn firms could risk equal pay claims after a TUPE merger
a CIPD figure has called for a radical overhaul of the professional HR body
BBC HR director Stephen Kelly provides interesting insight into what it's like to work at the broadcasting giant, and
Social care HR director Moira Brown, at care services provider Care South, warns the government needs to cough up more cash to allow care workers to train further and reach their fullest potential.

Presenter Louisa Peacock is joined by Rob Moss, Mike Berry and Greg Pitcher. Produced by Louisa Peacock. Co-edited by Guy Logan and Louisa Peacock.

Friday podcast - 8 Aug 08: Police and McDonald's recruitment, and UBS poaching case
8 Aug 2008 @ 12:20 pm

HR news and analysis including:

chief people officer Angela O'Connor tells Personnel Today how the Police Service should copy the Armed Forces in advertising better for the range of career paths it has on offer, to attract the best graduates
we debate the news that McDonalds will hire thousands more people to cope with demand
and we discuss the court case that ruled in favour of Swiss bank UBS, when it complained former staff had left the company to set up a direct rival and were still poaching UBS employees.

Presenter Louisa Peacock is joined by Greg Pitcher and John Charlton. Produced by Louisa Peacock, edited by Louisa Peacock and Rob Moss.

Friday podcast - 1 Aug 2008: unions warn against redundancies, future Labour policies emerge, and workplace health scheme stalls
1 Aug 2008 @ 07:36 am

HR news and analysis including:

Unions legal experts warn organisations not to use the economic downturn as a justification for redundancies
We hear about potential new plans to emerge from Labour's National Policy Forum
And an update on a £300m workplace health strategy announced by the Government in January.

Presented by Rob Moss with Guy Logan, Greg Pitcher and Louisa Peacock. Produced by Rob Moss and Guy Logan.

Friday Podcast - 25 July: Councils steal rival execs, employer rewarded for delaying proceedings, and a website to rate your boss
25 Jul 2008 @ 06:34 am

HR News and analysis including:

news that councils are increasingly poaching chief executives from rival local authorities, avoiding having to promote from within or train private sector converts
how an employer was found not to breach unfair dismissal rules simply because he delayed proceedings by months
and we bring you business reaction to news that employees can now rate how good their employer is on a website.

Presenter Louisa Peacock is joined by Greg Pitcher, John Charlton and Guy Logan Produced by Lauren Mills, Louisa Peacock and Guy Logan.