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Industry News October 2011

- A new report has revealed that remote working does not mean working from home but has instead spawned a 'rising tide of work in 'third places'', HR Magazine reports
- Stress has become the most common reason for employees taking long-term sick leave, reports suggest 
- Human resources professionals are increasingly finding themselves at the forefront of executive level issues, according to HR Recruitment News Bureau
- Nick Clegg has claimed that firms should be free to have "frank discussions" with staff over retirement plans
- Businesses could reap many benefits by outsourcing their pension process, an industry expert claims and many are already considering doing so
- Research shows that British companies are not recognising their own employees' varied skills, Fresh Business Thinking reports
- A correlation has been noted between the number of workplace absences recorded and the available alcohol consumption hours
- British jobseekers have become willing to negotiate their salaries in order to find employment
- Insufficient technology can lead to shortfalls in learning and development strategy, an expert claims, but planning can bring a 238 per cent return on investment
- Excellent pension benefits alone are enough to dissuade individuals from leaving their current job, according to The Financial Times
- New research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) has indicated that the ability to manage staff stress levels could make a significant difference to long-term absence figures
- Businesses throughout the UK could lost some £3.4 billion this winter due to employee sickness, research from Viking has found
- Francis Maude has questioned why certain trade union representatives are on the public payroll for the work they do at their unions, People Management reports
- A former school inspector is calling for the school leaving age to be dropped to just 14, according to the Press Association
- The national minimum wage has increased by 15 pence, reports BBC News
- Employees signed up to 'cycle-to-work' schemes on or before 27 July 2011 "will not have to pay VAT on the remainder of their salary sacrifice payments", reports HR Magazine
 
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