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.
Regulators have suspended a solicitor for six months after the discovery that he was privately offering paid-for counselling to his employer’s clients, without the firm’s knowledge. We asked HR...
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.
Employers must join recruiters in taking bold and urgent action to stop overlooking career returners and quickly get them into the labour market.
A third (34%) of HR professionals do not have official AI guidelines in their workplace, data from recruitment platform HireVue has revealed.
Across the UK, working parents and carers are being called back to offices in greater numbers, seamlessly balancing professional demands with personal responsibilities.
Adult apprentices will no longer need to have English and Maths qualifications to complete their course, according to a new rule change by the Government.
As demands on HR professionals change, and alternative routes into and through the profession emerge, are existing qualifications fit for the future of people management? Lauren Brown investigates.
Employers must move past the corporate inclusion machine and refocus on what actually works.
An employment tribunal has ruled that voodoo or voodooism is a protected belief. after an employee told her colleague "I’m like a voodoo doll with needles in her eyes" to describe how tired she was.
Employee-led resource groups are back in vogue. How can inclusion-focused HR leaders use this new popularity to their advantage? Peter Crush reports.
Last year, 57 claims relating to workplace ‘banter’ were heard at employment tribunals, analysis by law firm GQ Littler has revealed.
There is a growing gap between traditional undergraduate education and the needs of the workplace.
The CIPD has today (19 February) published guidance to support employers in hiring refugees.
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).
Mel Rodrigues, CEO of social enterprise Creative Access, discusses her career path, inspirations, and what HR professionals need to enter the C-suite.
Tailoring communication can help managers inspire their workforce to navigate their own path to success.
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.
