Selected links to other websites

• Academic and research
• Disability
• Employers' organisations
• Employment law
• Equal opportunities
• Europe
• Government and statutory bodies
• Health and safety
• HR and business news
• HR networks
• Pensions
• Professional institutions
• Publishers
• Recruitment
• Teleworking
• Trade unions
• Training and development
• USA and other international

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Academic and research institutes

• Centre for Economic Performance (London School of Economics)
• Institute for Employment Research (University of Warwick)
• Industrial Relations Research Unit (University of Warwick Business School)
• Institute for Employment Studies
• Institute for Fiscal Studies
• Policy Studies Institute
• Nottingham Business School HR management Internet resources list

Disability

• Disability on the agenda – the official disability site for information on the Disability Discrimination Act, the Disability Rights Task Force and the Disability Rights Commission.
• Employers’ Forum on Disability – aims to make it easier for employers to work with disabled people as employees, customers and partners. Its members which include many private sector companies.
• Workable – a charity aiming to raise employer awareness of the skills which disabled people possess.
• The Computability Centre – a national charity dedicated to improving the lives of disabled people through the use of computers and associated technology.
• Disability Net – a worldwide information and news service for disabled people and others interested in disability issues.
• The Job Accommodation Network – a US-based organisation, describing itself as an international consulting service, which provides information on employing people with disabilities

Employers' organisations

• Confederation of British Industry
• Engineering Employers' Federation
• British Chambers of Commerce

Employment law

• The UK Parliament
• European Court of Justice
• The Employment Appeal Tribunal
• The Information Commissioner – data protection and freedom of information
• Her Majesty's Stationery Office
• Stationery Office
• International Centre for Commercial Law
• Industrial Law Journal online

Equal opportunities

• Equal Opportunities Commission
• Commission for Racial Equality
• Opportunity Now
• Race for Opportunity
• Employers Forum on Age
• Age Positive – the Government’s new website designed to raise awareness of age discrimination.
• Daycare Trust – information on childcare
• National AIDS Trust
• Workplace bullying

Europe

• European Union
• European Industrial Relations Observatory
• The euro – the official Treasury euro resource
• European Trade Union Confederation
• Union of Industrial and Employers’ Confederations of Europe (UNICE)
• Federation of European Employers

Government and statutory bodies

• Government Information Service
• Department of Trade and Industry
• DTI Employment Relations pages
• Department for Education and Skills – formerly the Department for Education and Employment
• Department for Work and Pensions – this new department incorporates the former Department of Social Security and parts of the Department for Education and Employment
• Inland Revenue
• Treasury
• ACAS
• Low Pay Commission
• National Statistics – the new website for data formerly available from the Office for National Statistics
• UK Official Publications

Health and safety

• Health and Safety Executive
• The Healthy Workplace Initiative
• Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
• Suzy Lamplugh Trust

HR and business news

• People Management
• Personnel Today
• BBC business news
• Financial Times
• Company Annual Reports Online

HR networks

• HR Zone

Pensions

• National Association of Pension Funds
• The Pensions Regulator
• Department for Work and Pensions
• The Pensions Service – information for individuals and employers (part of the DWP)
• Inland Revenue
• Association of British Insurers
• Financial Services Authority
• Faculty and Institute of Actuaries

Professional institutions

• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
• Chartered Management Institute

Publishers

• Gee Business Network
• Tolley On-Line
• Croner Publications
• CCH Editions
• Labour Research Department

Recruitment

• Recruitment and Employment Confederation
• AlljobsUk.com – this site is designed to help users to identify the recruitment firms which specialise in their particular industry or occupation.
• Online Recruitment – run by the Online Recruitment magazine, this site also carries summaries of more than 300 recruitment websites and more detailed profiles of around 40 leading sites.
• UK Recruiter – this site run by New Media in Business which specialises in onsite training. It aims to provide comprehensive information on and links to the UK recruitment industry
• Association of Graduate Recruiters – the AGR exists to ‘support employers in all aspects of the recruitment of graduates to meet their current and future business needs’.
• Jobcentre Plus part of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Teleworking

• Telework Association (also known as TCA) – the TCA describes itself as Europe's largest organisation dedicated to the promotion of teleworking and its website provides information on its activities and publications as well as links to other useful sites.
• Telework Ireland – this website to promote teleworking in Ireland was relaunched in May 2000 to coincide with the publication of the new manuals for employers and employees.
• Canadian Telework Association – information about telework and other flexible work arrangements in Canada but with links and reports from other countries. The site is sponsored by InnoVisions Canada, consultants specialising in flexible work arrangements.
• International Telework Association & Council – the US-based ITAC is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting the economic, social and environmental benefits of this type of work. Its members share information on issues such as the design and implementation of teleworking. It carries a number of workshops on various aspects of telework.
• Telecommuting, teleworking and alternative officing – this site is sponsored by Gil Gordon Associates, US-based consultants in the implementation of teleworking. It collates a wide variety of information from around the world, and from many different perspectives, on teleworking, the virtual office and related topics.

Trade unions

• Trades Union Congress
• Amicus
• GMB
• T&G Online
• UNISON
• LabourNet UK

Training and development

• Investors in People
• The Work Foundation (formerly the Industrial Society)
• Qualifications And Curriculum Authority
• Career development (National Grid for Learning)
• Lifelong Learning
• Ufi
• Learning and Skills Council – responsible for all post-16 education and training. It replaces the Training and Enterprise Council and the Further Education Funding Council.
• Mentors Forum
• National Training Awards
• New Deal
• European Management Case Studies

USA and Canada

• WorldatWork – formerly the American Compensation Association
• Society for Human Resources Management
• American Society for Training & Development
• American Management Association
• Bureau of National Affairs
• HRZone (US version)
• Hay PayNet
• Workforce Online
• Work and Family

Australia

• Australian Human Resources Institute
• Wages.com.au – provides information on Australian wage rates, salaries and employment conditions as well as access to selected job vacancies

Japan

• The Japan Institute of Labour

Other international

• International Labour Organisation
• Union Network International

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