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Employers' Attitudes to Ex-Offenders

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In England, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act gives ex-offenders an opportunity to start out with a clean record after a re-habilitation period. Only certain public sector employers are exempt from this act. Groups such as Apex Trust help place ex-offenders. By making ex-offenders more visible, employers become better informed of a ex-offender's act, but do not appear to discriminate because of it. A survey was done of attitudes and employment practices towards ex-offenders of a small sampling of South London employers. Factors which appeared to influence recruitment included the job relatedness of an offense. The majority of employers gave greater weight to the nature of the offense than to the frequency of offenses or past sentences served. In 1981, the Camden Council committed itself to including ex- offenders within its equal opportunities policy by establishing an Equal Opportunities Group (EOG). They consulted with Apex Trust to set up recruitment policies. Camden's EOG is available for reference and support.

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I'm in personnel

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Design Council personnel director, Prue Beard, seeks to improve the design of products made for the market in Great Britain. The organization is subject to the civil service conditions and terms. The Council unveiled a proposal for a commission system that would bring the advertisement sales personnel on publications into agreement with others performing similar jobs. However, the plan was turned down by the civil service.

Officials and employees, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Human resource directors, Great Britain, Beard, Prue, United Kingdom. Design Council

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Labour, Personnel or Staff Management: 50 Years of the SMA

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The history of the Staff Management Association (SMA) of the Institute of Personnel Management (IPM) is chronicled on its fiftieth anniversary. The responsibilities outlined at its inauguration prove applicable today. The men, and later women, who made the organization successful are mentioned. The speaker attributes much of SMA's successful innovative and courageous planning to running it like a commercial business.

Management, Associations, institutions, etc., Associations, Working class

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