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Time for employers to get proactive on workplace wellbeing

Oliver Gray, 22 May 2012

Employee wellbeing might be firmly on the agenda for some organisations but are employers any nearer...

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How can HR ensure that all employees have the right level of business English skills to communicate to a high standard?

Simon Wright , 22 May 2012

Developing and implementing a language assessment strategy is an effective way for HR to measure the...

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Could social media revolutionise the performance appraisal process?

Jenny Hill, 22 May 2012

It’s 1950, you’re walking down your office corridor to the filing room, you see two people in a meeting...

'Stress in the city' is about to spiral out of control, finds HSE

Susan Hogg, 21 May 2012

Following publication by the HSE of its latest statistics on occupational stress, there has been a plethora...

Does the new BBC director general need ‘renaissance talents’?

Rob Davies, 16 May 2012

Since current BBC director general Mark Thompson announced his resignation in March, there has been a...

Ruling on retirement: 'a major disappointment for older workers and seriously flawed'

Michael Connolly, 14 May 2012

In a highly publicised ruling last month, the Supreme Court made it relatively straightforward for employers...

'CSHR make a difference': When charity begins at work

Jan Levy, 11 May 2012

Walk past the HQ of an investment bank in London a few weeks ago and you might have noticed something...

Queen's Speech 2012 analysis: Employers and staff will have to go through conciliation before tribunals, to reduce legislative burden

David Woods, 10 May 2012

The enterprise bill, confirmed yesterday in the Queen’s Speech, will encourage employers and employees...

Queen's Speech 2012 analysis: public sector body urges Government to rethink pension change proposals

David Woods, 10 May 2012

The Government must “urgently rethink” its plans to make changes to the NHS Pension Scheme following...

Queen's Speech 2012 analysis: diversity campaigners pleased with shared parental leave proposals but urge Government to go further

David Woods, 10 May 2012

The Queen’s speech yesterday confirmed Government plans to introduce a the children and families bill,...

Queen's Speech 2012 analysis: success of executive pay proposals 'remain to be seen'

David Woods, 10 May 2012

The Government confirmed yesterday in the Queen’s Speech it would propose a bill would to make shareholder...

Grading 2.0: next-generation job levelling in HR departments

Chris Charman, 08 May 2012

Job evaluation, grading or job levelling has been with us for a long time. Although its relative importance...

Aviva HR department accidentally sends exit email to 1,300 staff – what are the legal ramifications?

Beth Hale, 08 May 2012

There were red faces in the HR department at Aviva earlier this month when an exit email intended for...

Tackling the challenges that matter for learning and development

Anna Marie Detert , 03 May 2012

KPMG recently completed its second annual Business Leaders survey, Succeeding in a Changing World (SiCW)....

Corporate manslaughter- a worst case scenario for employers

Martin Barnard, 03 May 2012

Last year saw the first conviction under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 and...

Dismantling the glass ceiling is slow, but organisations can speed things up

Fiona Dent , 02 May 2012

At the end of the 1990s, the first woman chief executive was appointed at a FTSE 100 firm and it seemed...

Evolution of HR: is the profession on the verge of dramatic transformation – or extinction?

David Woods, 01 May 2012

The myth of the axolotl is one of nature’s most fascinating.

Food and Drink Federation: why it's up to employers to make a commitment to staff health

Barbara Gallani, 27 Apr 2012

Health and wellbeing in the workplace has moved up the boardroom agenda quite notably in the past few...

Neither governments nor corporations can operate as silos; they must cooperate to resolve economic woes

Nandita Gurjar, 26 Apr 2012

The latest unemployment rates for the UK are chilling – 8.4% of the UK population is now unemployed...

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