Research has revealed that 79% of SME employers have identified skills gaps in their organisation in the past 12 months. Larger SMEs (100-249 employees) are more likely to report these gaps (85%).
The final day of the HR Minds Summit took place in Birmingham yesterday (6 February 2025). Read on for a round-up of insights from day two.
Reward Gateway’s chief people officer, Nebel Crowhurst, shares her journey from product training to HR supernova.
The future of sustainable organisational growth and success lies in entrepreneurial leadership, powered by entrepreneurial HR.
A computer analyst has been told by a tribunal that a belief in his own psychic ability does not qualify as a protected belief.
The third episode of the 'Do the Best Work of Your Life' video series is now available, which delivers insights on how technology can help recruit and secure top talent.
Two thirds (68%) of HR professionals use AI at work, making them the second most likely to do so among 12 other industries and professions, according to research published yesterday (30 January).
The UK’s employment gap between people with and without health limitations is among the widest in the EU15, a study from the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) has found.
Earlier this month, the government indicated that it was considering a ban on UK employers using non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to hush up cases of sexual misconduct.
US President Donald Trump used executive orders to scrap his predecessor Joe Biden’s order that all federal agencies have to come up with equity plans. Trump has also ended diversity, equity and...
Leaders of the fast-food chain McDonald’s rolled out improvement programmes in the wake of toxic culture allegations of abuse in 2023. Yet, in January 2025, further allegations were reported. How can...
HR magazine's editorial team is in Birmingham for the HR Minds Summit. Here's what we learned from day one, yesterday (5 February 2025).
If we ignore the trends, we may end up with the Great Resignation 2.0.
Multiple HR practitioners have argued that the HR function has valid leadership and business credentials, after prime minister Kier Starmer was allegedly accused of being an “HR manager", not a...
With a two-year wait for the Office for National Statistics' (ONS) improved employment survey, Claire Muir asks how HR and leadership teams can source reliable workforce data in the interim.
The UK government's struggles to hire an HR director for its flagship energy company have sparked a discussion around HR's pay, and how the function is valued compared with other business verticals.
It’s high time we changed the narrative around employing parents.
The cost of living may again become a problem this year, representing yet another challenge for employers.
Economic uncertainty has illustrated the need for HR departments to support employees’ financial wellbeing.
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...
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.
