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Employees define 'high performance' differently to business leaders

UK business leaders and employees are at odds regarding what a high-performing organisation looks like, and how to achieve it, according to a survey conducted by software company, MHR.

Employment tribunal | Tribunal suspends lawyer who worked a secondary side job

Regulators have suspended a solicitor after the discovery that he was privately offering paid-for counselling to his employer’s clients, without the firm’s knowledge. We asked HR commentators how to...

Inclusion | How can HR make internships more accessible?

Creating effective, accessible and inclusive internships can be a knotty challenge. Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey offers advice for employers wanting to attract interns from a diverse range of backgrounds.

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Recruitment | Employers must boost recruiters’ efforts to employ career returners

Employers must join recruiters in taking bold and urgent action to stop overlooking career returners and quickly get them into the labour market.

Technology | A third of HR professionals don’t have AI guidelines

A third (34%) of HR professionals do not have official AI guidelines in their workplace, data from recruitment platform HireVue has revealed.

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Six ways employer-sponsored back-up care supports the mass return to office

Across the UK, working parents and carers are being called back to offices in greater numbers, seamlessly balancing professional demands with personal responsibilities.

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Employment tribunal | Library employee wins £7,500 for reasonable adjustments fail

A British Library employee has won £7,500 in an employment tribunal after she claimed her workplace was too noisy.

Recruitment | CIPD warns of rising redundancies

Recruitment

Almost a third (32%) of employers are planning on reducing their headcount through redundancies, or recruiting fewer people in response to increased employer costs, new research by the CIPD indicates.

Wellbeing | Employers can’t afford not to support employees with endometriosis

Diversity & inclusion

New data from the Office for National Statistics reveals a stark reality: patients with endometriosis face a persistent wage gap, earning £56 less monthly within five years of diagnosis.

Profile | Trust, integrity and credibility: the making of an HR role model

HR careers

Reward Gateway’s chief people officer, Nebel Crowhurst, shares her journey from product training to HR supernova.

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Diversity and inclusion | Back in style: The rise and rise of employee-led resource groups

Employee-led resource groups are back in vogue. How can inclusion-focused HR leaders use this new popularity to their advantage? Peter Crush reports.

Culture | How can HR enforce boundaries around workplace banter?

Last year, 57 claims relating to workplace ‘banter’ were heard at employment tribunals, analysis by law firm GQ Littler has revealed.

Learning and development | The undergraduate skills gap is widening. HR must respond

There is a growing gap between traditional undergraduate education and the needs of the workplace.

Recruitment | CIPD offers guide to hiring refugees

The CIPD has today (19 February) published guidance to support employers in hiring refugees.

Gender pay gap | Women in their 50s have the biggest gender pay gap

Women aged 50 to 59 are subject to the widest gender pay gap, according to data compiled by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), published on Monday (17 February).

Boardroom | Lessons from the C-suite: Mel Rodrigues, Creative Access

Mel Rodrigues, CEO of social enterprise Creative Access, discusses her career path, inspirations, and what HR professionals need to enter the C-suite.

Internal communications | How personalised communication fuels trust and innovation

Tailoring communication can help managers inspire their workforce to navigate their own path to success.

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The cost of living crisis has returned: HR must be ready

The cost of living may again become a problem this year, representing yet another challenge for employers.

How can HR departments support younger employees to save money? 

Pensions

Economic uncertainty has illustrated the need for HR departments to support employees’ financial wellbeing.

Financial wellbeing support: Where is the boundary for employers?

Employee benefits

The employer-employee relationship is one of the most important financial relationships. With the recent period of high inflation and ongoing economic uncertainty, many workers find themselves in...

“Bland” Spring Budget a flop for HR

HR software

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget has gone down poorly with employment experts, who have criticised its narrow focus on personal tax cuts and “bland and beige” policies.