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Predictions for 2008

Credit crunch to continue?, Hillary for President?, housing bubble burst? Pakistan in melt-down? Best Olympics ever in China?  Reduced HR procedural burden on employers?  Our guesses for the main events of 2008.
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Maternity leave a greater risk to business than the credit crunch

Whatever the economist might feel about the economic prospects for the year ahead, a recent survey by the Institute of Management found that 42% of 513 managers surveyed feel that the changed maternity and paternity provision introduced in 2007 will be the source of  damage to their interests – considerably more than those in the same survey who feared the consequences of the credit crunch.
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Further HR outsourcing growth

Leading Dutch telecoms provider KPN has announced a £30m HR outsourcing deal with LogicaCMG while public sector outsource specialist Capita are predicting growth on their record breaking £200m profit from 2006 in both 2007 and 2008.
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New Year, new (scary) career

With the CIPD estimating that 51% of employees are actively seeking new jobs this month, the Vatican has responded to a rise in demand for exorcists by offering it’s first official course in exorcism.
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Legal update

Immigrant employment status needs care

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