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Marriott Hotels in Scotland has become one of the first businesses in Scotland to join Women 1st. Women 1st is the part industry and Skills Development Scotland-funded initiative that provides training and mentoring for women...
Posted: 17 November 2011 | 10:01
No matter how hard women work, it always seems that we are having to play catch up with our fellow men. New research from the Chartered Management Institute...
Posted: 15 September 2011 | 15:44
Do hospitality's long and unsociable hours make it almost impossible for women to have children and reach the top of their chosen sector? Janet Harmer examines the issue and asks two high-achieving women to explain their career choices
Posted: 09 September 2011 | 11:09
Would you be within your rights to merge a management role with that of a junior member of staff to save on salary costs? Andrew Forrest reports
Posted: 01 July 2011 | 11:17
Employers will be banned from asking job applicants about their health after most provisions of the 2010 Equality Act take effect from today (1 October). Among other changes to the law is the introduction of...
Posted: 01 October 2010 | 11:09
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Richard Shepherd puts Langan’s Restaurants on the market; Premier Inn launches £199 wedding and honeymoon deal; GMB blames pub tie for decline of rural pubs and more...
Posted: 20 September 2010 | 11:06
If you want to change the terms and conditions of employment of your staff, perhaps as an alternative to redundancy, you'll need to gain their consent and give them a full consultation. Solicitor Sarah Gudgin outlines the legal implications.
Posted: 16 September 2010 | 15:05
Topics covered in our weekly Infozone briefing include: employers angered by speedy introduction of retirement change; poor skills in workforce "will harm UK economy"; and men are unhappier than women with their holiday entitlement
Posted: 06 August 2010 | 10:28
The headline news in our weekly Infozone briefing include: errors caused by rude behaviour; stressed out by financial debt; and tribunal claims continue to soar.
Posted: 16 July 2010 | 16:41
Nobody wants to discuss the pay rates and working hours, but we need to promote hospitality's opportunities, says Peter Hancock, chief executive of Pride of Britain Hotels
Posted: 09 July 2010 | 16:59
No one could ever claim that to choose a career in hospitality is to take an easy option. It's no secret that the hours can be long, the pressures great...
Posted: 09 July 2010 | 14:47
The fit note has now replaced the old sick note system, so an absent employee's GP will have to assess their ability to return to work, and in what capacity. Legal expert Melissa Paz explains what the new system means for employers...
Posted: 13 May 2010 | 10:57
Michelin-starred chef Jean Christophe Ansanay-Alex is due to appear before the London Central Employment Tribunal next week, claiming unfair dismissal from his position as head chef and general manager at L’Ambassade de l’Ile. The case comes after Ansanay-Alex was fired...
Posted: 19 April 2010 | 10:23
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: 10% of Scottish B&Bs in newspaper survey refused rooms to ‘gay’ guest; Shearings and Bay restaurant brands set for sale?; Pret a Manger plans record number of openings; Pebble Hotels owner to run former London Town pubs and more…
Posted: 12 April 2010 | 10:29
Topics covered in our weekly Infozone briefing include: No 'giveaway' in Budget, warns chancellor; interns being exploited, says TUC; and equality watchdog to investigate 'Polish-speaking' jobs.
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 17:30
Story of the week: England's visitor economy can grow from £97b in 2010 to £147b and create 225,000 more jobs over the next decade, according to VisitEngland.
John Footman is to become the new chef at the Goose in Britwell Salome, which was forced to close ...
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 16:36
The GMB union has welcomed this morning's Government announcement that it would push pub companies to relax the beer tie, but warned that it was keeping a "watching brief". The union has been on a tour of the country over the past several weeks to garner support for potential industrial action over the tie ...
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 12:07
The Government has told pub companies to relax the beer tie as part of a wide-ranging Government package to help struggling pubs. The move, which was welcomed by many campaign groups, came as part of a 12-point action plan unveiled by new pubs minister John Healey.
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 10:43
All three major political parties see the need to reform the beer tie, it emerged in a Parliamentary debate yesterday that was sponsored by Camra (the Campaign for Real Ale). The event, which was chaired by Lib Dem MP and chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Save the Pub Group...
Posted: 17 March 2010 | 12:40
Representatives from the GMB Pub Revolution branch are to meet new Pubs Minister John Healey in Westminster on Tuesday. The meeting, at 12.15pm, will come ahead of a meeting of up to 100 GMB parliamentary group members who will meet MPs to highlight their problems...
Posted: 12 March 2010 | 14:56
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