Minister urges students to consider EU Civil Service
The Minister for Europe is encouraging Northern Ireland students to fulfil their global potential and consider a career in the EU Civil Service. David Lidington, speaking recently in Belfast at an event in Queen’s University, gave students an insight into what it’s like to work in Brussels. He also explained why the UK Government is...
£65m social housing injection brings jobs boost
A funding partnership will bring a £65m boost to Northern Ireland’s social housing and support construction jobs. A £30m loan from Northern Bank will help Clanmil Housing access a further £35m statutory grant funding from the Department for Social Development. The combined public and private funding will allow construction of 550 new homes, bolstering the...
Job skill boost for our volunteers
Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry has launched a new training programme which will continue the work of the Conservation Volunteers Northern Ireland (CVNI) in providing skills for employment. The Minister announced the Training for Employment programme whilst at an awards event where the NI regional winners of the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers...
Belfast Met duo are hailed as ’employability ambassadors’
A student and trainer from Belfast Metropolitan College have been hailed the UK’s leading employability ambassadors thanks to a national £2m skills programme. Developed by business advisory firm Deloitte, the Deloitte Employability Skills programme helps tutors in Further Education colleges teach students the skills, attitudes and behaviours they need to secure and sustain employment. This...
Restaurant and cookery school aims to serve up 30 new posts
Around 30 jobs are to be created at a new restaurant and cookery school in Belfast when it opens next month. The owners of James Street South are to open The Bar + Grill, a 60-seat, three-storey restaurant on the corner of James Street South and Brunswick Street, just feet away from its award-winning sister...
Reduncancy and Maternity
It is unfair dismissal and sex discrimination to select a woman for redundancy because she is pregnant or on maternity leave. Unfortunately CAB continues to receive evidence of women being dismissed and selected for redundancy on the basis of pregnancy or maternity leave. There are often issues about whether a redundancy is a genuine redundancy....
Rights of Part-time Workers
The large increases in the number of peoples undertaking part-time employment has been well documented in the media since the onset of the recession, as people struggle to find full-time work. Many others find that part-time work suits their circumstances better, such as students or working mothers. This article will look at the rights of...
Working Time Limits
The Working Time Regulations 1998 (as amended) provide for normal working hours for employees. Employees normal working hours should be included in their employment contracts, and their terms of employment should also state what working patterns are involved in the job. Even if employees do not have a written employment contract, they must still be...
Group targets 100 digital start-ups
One hundred new digital companies could be created in the north-west by 2015. That’s the aim of Digital Derry, the group set up to boost the development of the digital sector in Londonderry. The group is planning to help launch a privately-funded incubation project and a major international festival. The city’s digital champion Mark Nagurski...
Invest NI jobs fund allows firms to hire more than 40 new employees
More than 40 new jobs will be created in the North West through an Invest NI initiative. Axa Insurance, Fresh Food Kitchen and One Stop Data, all based in Londonderry, will benefit from new staff thanks to the Jobs Fund, previously known as the Short Term Employment Scheme, which was set up earlier this year...