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The opinions of employers and training providers regarding the welfare reforms that aim to get long-term unemployed people off benefits and back to work are discussed. Reports show that several charitable organizations are worried about the demands that the UK government's reforms will make of them.

The effect of bulling on employees commitment, morale and productivity and the ways and measures to tackle the problem effectively is discussed.

The issue of tackling problems faced at workplace by cancer patients is discussed. Awareness among the employers and employees about care of cancer patients is discussed.

The impact of employer's behavior on the working life of an individual is presented.

Human resource professionals present their ideas on the problem of employee bullying in organizations for improving their productivity.

A description is presented of the techniques which should be used when negotiating with trade unions. The importance of building constructive working relationships with trade union representatives is discussed.

Issues are presented concerning the effect on employers of the provisions of the Human Rights Act of 1998. Cases of discrimination can now be heard in British courts and individuals will no longer have to go to Strasbourg.

A Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) poll indicated that 40% of employers trust their employees in using the Web, particularly in blogging and using online social networks. Only 19% of HR managers ban employees from taking part in these activities.

A survey conducted by Randstad, a staffing agency, shows that employers and employees have different views about life at work. Employee attitudes were different from the perceptions of their employers; most employees stated the frustration and mistrust that they experience within the workplace.

The expectations of British employers on the trends of human resource management in the United Kingdom, during the tenure of Gordon Brown as the British Prime Minister are discussed.

The importance of sharing negative information about the company's economic status, with employees by employers, is discussed.

Legalities of disputes, related to employees taking leave for in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment, are discussed. Approaches to be adopted by the employers, to deal with such issues are also detailed.

Discrimination on age ground on the part of employers in calculating the redundancy pay is discussed.

Employers in United Kingdom are in principle agreeable to the proposed compulsory transfer of 3 percent of employees' earnings into pension schemes of the organization as suggested in Lord Turner's final report for Pension Commission.

According to Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's (CIPD) Labor Market Outlook survey, most number of employers in the United Kingdom are not attracted towards the new NPSS (national pensions saving scheme) proposed by Pensions Commission. Complete details in this context are presented.

It is found that women are as likely as men to appoint a female to a risky high-profile jobs where the chance of failure is high. The trend is not influenced by sex variation. It is concluded that the intuitive and sensitive nature of women are desired over the aggressive nature of men when a company is in it's difficult times.

The importance of quality assessment by online tests in an industry is discussed. The techniques to make the online tests interesting are presented from the opinion of learners and the employers on the tests conducted by the Polymer National Training Organization.

Issues are presented concerning the benefits which can be gained from the recognition of trade unions and the development of constructive working relationships with trade union representatives.

The potential contribution of refugees to the UK economy and cultural life is discussed. The high level of expertise and qualifications of refugees, and their capacity to relieve key skills shortages in the UK, is highlighted.

Success on exams on the part of UK students aged 16-19 does not necessarily indicate they have skills employers are looking for. A-level results could be improved and theoretically targets achieved. However, a new key skills qualifications exam will be taken and a new vocational program will be added. A year between high school and university is considered desirable by employers, but the government is to introduce degree fees, and if students take a break they would lose money. Now the government has decided to let those with 1997 university admission delay entry until 1998 without paying the new fees. National training targets listed with updates and forecasts.

Major UK employers are asking for fundamental changes in higher education to restore confidence in UK graduates. Grades for competencies and achievements would be more available. Questions about whether all universities hold to the same standards have arisen, given the recent explosion in higher education.