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Friday podcast - 4 July 2008: How employers can help tackle violent street crime including stabbing by preparing inner city youths for employment; a new HR tool to link illness at work with money lost; Boots HR director suggests tax breaks should be given
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July 04, 2008 06:39 AM PDT
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HR news and analysis including:

  • what employers can do to help tackle violent crime and street crime including stabbings and shootings - inclduing helping inner city youths find employment
  • how a new tool for HR directors can show how much money illness is costing the workplace
  • Boots HR director Alex Gourlay has suggested that employers should receive tax breaks for promoting diversity in the workplace, such as when they favour hiring under-represented groups of people equally qualified to over-represented groups, as suggested in the draft Equalities Bill in June.
  • why the latest training budget cuts made by companies across the UK will affect business in the long-term.


Presenter Louisa Peacock is joined by Greg Pitcher, Guy Logan and John Charlton. Co-produced by Louisa Peacock and Guy Logan.