International Workplace has this week become accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) to deliver approved training at Levels 3 and 5. The new courses add to an existing portfolio of CIPD approved certificate qualifications and a raft of in house and public courses taught in the classroom, by blended learning and by eLearning. The first ILM courses start on 14 September, held at the International Workplace Executive Centre in central London. Further courses will be added to the programme: international locations, to in... Continue reading

The NHS Sexual Health Clinic in Soho that sent out a newsletter on Tuesday disclosing the names and email addresses of about 780 people has apologised and pledged to investigate how the breach occurred. This newsletter was for people using its sexual health services and included details of treatments and support, and instead of hiding the personal details of those on its recipient list it included their full names and email addresses. This privacy breach is thought to be one of the biggest of its kind and in response the Care Quality Commissio... Continue reading

Low-skill, low pay, on-the-job training schemes are being used to meet “mad” Government targets on apprenticeships, new research has revealed. Figures reveal that 60% of all new apprentices are studying for qualifications worth no more than the equivalent of five GCSEs, and less than 3% were equivalent to a foundation degree. The Government has committed to creating three million apprenticeships by 2020 – yet many of the roles being offered on the Government’s website appear to be clerical, retail, cleaning and labouring work, rebranded... Continue reading

UNISON's case against the Government's introduction of Employment Tribunal fees could be heading for the UK's highest court after the Court of Appeal rejected the union's legal challenge to the policy. Lord Justice Underhill said that in order to be successful, UNISON had to be able to provide concrete evidence that the level of the fees had actually prevented some people from bringing cases against their employers or former employers to the Employment Tribunal. A case based on the mere fact that claims had declined since the introduction of t... Continue reading

Following on from the last Bank Holiday of the year, there will be those who will have perhaps decided to extend the weekend by an extra day, using a variety of different excuses to do so. But it appears bosses in the UK are getting wiser to the usual round of supposed illnesses and accidents, with recent research demonstrating that only one in five bosses consider a migraine a good excuse for a day off – with good reason, it appears, as 12% have used this excuse to pull a sickie. Surveying 1,000 business owners, AXA PPP Healthcare has disc... Continue reading