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Friday podcast - 23 May: agency workers' rights, HR in the police, sex dicrimination and flexible working
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May 23, 2008 07:22 AM PDT
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HR news and analysis including:

  • The agency workers deal which will give temporary and agency workers equal rights to permanent staff from just 12 weeks of employment;
  • Home secretary Jacqui Smith says she does not fear police officers will ever strike as a result of her “betraying” the Police Service out of their full pay deal, and Police Federation chair Jan Berry attacks HR’s ability to deal with officers’ demotivation during the pay deal saga
  • A woman that had to wear an "I’m simple" badge won her employment tribunal case under the Sex Discrimination Act
  • Equalities figures voice their concerns over the flexible working debate which centres on women, not men.

    Presenter Louisa Peacock is joined by Greg Pitcher, John Charlton and Rob Moss.