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Should there be an overall cap on the level of immigration in response to rising levels of UK unemployment?

The Tories have called for an annual quota to run alongside the new points-based immigration system to ensure that businesses train the unemployed UK population. Do you agree? Vote now in our online poll.

Yes
80%

No
20%

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26 November 2009
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29 October 2009
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15 October 2009
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01 October 2009
Should the mandatory retirement age of 65 now be scrapped?
18 September 2009
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04 September 2009
Should the NHS cut jobs to make savings?
21 August 2009
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07 August 2009
Must all roles be advertised externally?
24 July 2009
Should employees have the option to self-certify on swine flu for two weeks?
10 July 2009
Should public-sector pay be frozen?
26 June 2009
Are psychometric tests a fair way of rooting out prejudice in the workplace?
12 June 2009
Should HR departments be outsourcing more to save costs?
29 May 2009
Would you take a pay cut to save your colleagues?
15 May 2009
Are absence levels relevant when selecting for redundancy?
01 May 2009
Is your organisation prepared for a flu pandemic?
17 April 2009
Are you considering cutting pension benefits for staff?
03 April 2009
Do you think paternity leave for new fathers should be increased to two months?
20 March 2009
Should new equality legislation be postponed until after the recession?
06 March 2009
Will the latest welfare reforms make you more likely to hire long-term unemployed people?
19 February 2009
Should front-line bank staff be paid a bonus?
06 February 2009
Will your firm be freezing pay in 2009?
23 January 2009
Should staff on long-term sick leave accrue holiday pay?
09 January 2009
Will your firm be implementing a recruitment freeze in 2009?
19 December 2008
Will your employer be paying staff a bonus in 2009?
05 December 2008
Is your organisation holding a Christmas party this year?
21 November 2008
Do you agree that membership of the BNP should be a disciplinary issue for employers?
07 November 2008
Do you agree the UK should have the right to keep the opt-out of the 48-hour week in the working time directive?
10 October 2008
Will reforming the sick note succeed in reducing long term employee absence?
26 September 2008
Should the mandatory retirement age of 65 be scrapped?
12 September 2008
Who has the more effective leadership style, David Cameron or Gordon Brown?
28 August 2008
Should the points system for migrant workers be relaxed to avoid skills shortages?
15 August 2008
Are you feeling the effects of the economic slowdown?
31 July 2008
Is trade union power diminishing?
17 July 2008
Do family-friendly laws put employers off hiring women of childbearing age?
07 July 2008
Should firms be compelled to publish diversity data?
27 June 2008
Should staff have a legal right to request training?
05 June 2008
Should private-sector companies be brought in to manage failing NHS trusts?
22 May 2008
Is the government right to restrict public-sector pay rises to 2 per cent?
08 May 2008
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23 April 2008
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01 April 2008
Should the right to request flexible working be extended to all employees?

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The UK may draw comfort from having lower measured unemployment than the EU average but in truth we are no better than a mid-table performer

John Philpott, CIPD’s chief economic adviser