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Job Cuts Will Trigger Major NHS Crisis, Warns RCN
Nursing leaders have warned of a major crisis as 56,058 NHS jobs across the UK are due to be cut.
In England, the post cuts have increased by 50 percent with 48, 029 NHS posts set to be axed or already lost since the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) began tracking post losses in April 2010. The figure was 30,873 seven months ago.
An RCN analysis of 41 trusts in England revealed that clinical posts make up almost half of the total workforce cuts with nursing posts accounting for more than a third of the posts earmarked to be cut.
“Cutting staff numbers by up to a quarter and axing a third of nursing posts will undoubtedly have a deep and potentially dangerous impact on patient care.
How to Become a Lab Technician 3 Steps
The medical field has been expanding for many years now. Millions of people have been pushing the boundaries, and have been involved with medical positions small and large. These areas of expertise require a person to go to college, earn certification a degree and experience working with very specific micro content. Understanding what you need to do to become a lab technician is not something difficult, its just a matter of comprehending the duties required, and looking into information related to the career. Career paths of the medical kind are in high demand, and millions of people have noticed that this world is a necessary piece of every major metropolitan area.
If youre looking at possibly chasing a career in medicine, and youd like to be a lab technician, consider the following 3 steps:
Salary Before you jump in head first, understand the salary that the standard technician receives.
Indiana Unions Help Families Heat Homes
Judy Parkins, AFL-CIO director of Community Services, sends us this report.
The North Central Indiana AFL-CIO Council and United Way in South Bend are giving community members the opportunity to Adopt a Family and heat a home. Dawn Chapla, AFL-CIO Community Services liaison, wrote the grant that will match donated dollars for heating, provide free budget counseling and provide a case coordinator to develop and work on a plan of action.
The labor council works to build and identify tools like the Team HEAT grant, free tax assistance and financial education for members and their families. Union leaders know that the more members work with local case coordinators, the better their outcomes are. Says Chapla:
The Team HEAT program helps to let people know they are pulling their share and not just getting a hand out. It i
Government confirms plans for ‘protected conversations’
Prime Minster David Cameron outlined the proposals, under which employers will be able to hold conversations with underperforming colleagues, but those conversations will be inadmissible in employment tribunal proceedings.
The purpose of the proposals is that employers can tackle performance management issues directly with employees in the knowledge that the content of these interactions cannot be used by the employee to form the basis for an employment tribunal.
Perverts, women don’t get sexual harassment
If you had the displeasure of watching Fox’ Hannity show last night you would have heard something disgusting that goes to the heart of why sexual harassment exists.
Dick Morris, a former Clinton adviser who has since done everything in his power to dog his former boss, was commenting on the newest Herman Cain sexual harassment revelation involving Sharon Bialek, who used to work for the National Restaurant Association’s education foundation when Cain was there.
She now claims Cain, the head of the NRA at the time and presumably in a position of power over many other women, put his hand under her skirt and also pushed her head towards his genitals. She
4C Security appoints permanent CEO
Security technology company 4C Security Solutions (ASX:FCS) has appointed interim chief Geoffrey Cleaves as its new permanent CEO.
The company, which develops smart card access systems and electromechanical locking products, has revealed it will pay Cleaves a base salary of $200,000 as well as offering performance bonuses.
Cleaves took the position of interim CEO in October last year, following the resignation of former boss Anastasios Angeloglou.
4C Security chairman Robert Broomfield said during his short tenure, Cleaves has “successfully implemented a number of strategic changes to the business a maiden profit.”
The company had reported a swing to a $45,000 profit in FY11 after eight years in the red. But
Avoiding Bullies in the Executive Talent Acquisition Process
There’ve been comments about how the role of the HR professional is to protect the organization, not the individual. Whether the complaint is regarding budgets, restructuring, or harassment, HR staff members are typically charged with being the facilitator who shields the organization through tumultuous times. Aligning with the mission of serve and protect the organization, recruiters can be a front line which can prevent the bully from invading a workplace environment.
Different workplace arenas tend to attract different personality types. W