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Generational diversity can allow organisations to benefit from a two-way exchange of technical knowledge and mentoring, heard a PM round-table, sponsored by Adobe. Anna Scott reports

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News

09 February 2010
Bus driver 'stopped bus to pray'
A bus driver in north London has attracted complaints after he stopped the vehicle to pray midway through a journey, it has been reported.
08 February 2010
Employers warned over serial ageism litigants
Employers have been warned not to co-operate with serial litigants who lodge multiple age discrimination claims on the...
05 February 2010
Ethnic minorities well-represented in UK universities
Ethnic minorities in Britain are now better represented in higher education than their share of the general population, according to a study...

Features and columnists

14 January 2010
A new era for age
Older workers have fared relatively well during this recession. That's just as well, because with dwindling pension pots...
05 November 2009
CIPD People Management Awards 2009: Talent Management category
Search for a star: Attracting and retaining talented employees is key to maintaining the foundations of a successful business. The four entries...

HR essentials

09 February 2010
How should HR deal with office romances?
Valentine's Day is just around the corner and HR is once again considering the challenges of office romances. Mixing business with pleasure often...
08 February 2010
Kucukdeveci v Swedex GmbH & Co
German employees' statutory notice entitlement is linked to their length of service, as in section 86 of the UK's Employment Rights Act 1996....

Careers

23 April 2009
Roy Martin
Chartered FCIPD, managing partner, Personnel Professional and Friendly Advice (PPFA)
27 November 2008
Val Garrett
I moved into HR by accident. I'd held a variety of roles in local government and when I moved to Burnley Council I spent some time filling in...

Your say

28 January 2010
Business case for age
As the JD Wetherspoon case study in your excellent article 'A new era for Age' (14 January) underlined, fundamental change on the part of employers...
28 January 2010
Testing the truth
The recent rule changes proposed on employing Tier 1 highly skilled migrants bring added anxiety to foreign staff and their UK employers.

Blogs

28 January 2010
Counting the cost of limited access to the professions
Iain Mackinnon thinks that reducing the often-prohibitive expense of professional education could provide a way in for less well-off students
20 January 2010
Unemployment figures hide less-than-glowing news for older workers
John Philpott says, despite the fall in UK unemployment, more over-50s are being forced into early retirement