The UK’s offshore wind sector is set to receive £400m of capital into its supply chain from The Crown Estate, the estate's head of investment announced yesterday (17 June).
Bringing recruitment in-house isn’t a simple case of just ditching your external agency and hiring a recruiter to save money. The hard work begins with securing buy-in, as Claire Muir discovers,...
With the UK set to head into a 30°C-plus heatwave this week, we asked HR commentators how to support employees working in extreme heat.
To futureproof organisations in the artificial intelligence (AI) age, more organisations may need the skills that people who make wonky career choices already have.
Work prevents women from attending potentially life-saving screenings, according to research published yesterday (16 June).
Can artificial intelligence (AI) successfully prepare managers and employees for even the trickiest performance management discussions? Yes, according to ‘AI evangelist’ Ollie Quayle, who works for...
Almost half (44%) of HR professionals meet the criteria for clinically significant symptoms of depression, according to a report released on Monday (9 June).
Is now the time for HR to reimagine workplace learning? Cath Everett investigates.
Three quarters (75%) of UK employers admitted to hiring a candidate with strong technical skills who later underperformed due to a lack of soft skills and cultural alignment, according to research...
Disengaged managers are leading disengaged teams. Rebuilding starts through leadership, coaching and motivation.
The judging panel for this year's HR Excellence Awards is currently inviting people to prepare and submit their entries before Friday 1 August 2025.
As Blaise Metreweli prepares to become the first woman to lead the UK's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in its 115-year history, we asked commentators how HR can support people in pioneering...
The current management model doesn’t work for Gen Z. But HR can help change that.
Transformation fatigue is no longer a fringe concern; it has become a defining challenge of the modern workplace.
The Venture (Wrexham) charity, which runs a children's centre, must pay more than £17k in damages after an employment tribunal accepted an employee's claims of disability discrimination, failure to...
Halima Sacranie, head of people at DAZN, shares her vision for the future of HR.
As viral food trends infiltrate UK companies, and lines between personal consumption and workplace sharing are blurred, we asked commentators about the associated health and safety challenges for HR...
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.
