Alison Clements

HR health and wellbeing special 5/6: managing the wellbeing of home workers and remote staff

Little is known today about the impact of remote, mobile and flexible working on employee health and wellbeing. Sales staff driving hundreds of miles a week, home-based ‘teleworkers’ and mobile...

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Olympics Special 5/7: diversity-focused recruitment and a vision to inspire social change

A vision to inspire lasting social change was central to London’s bid to host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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Social media and recruitment: time for a coherent HR strategy?

Is it time for human resources professionals to go beyond the ‘toe-dipping’ stage with social media recruitment?

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Incentives and motivation: HR magazine's guide to Christmas perks

Motivating staff in the run-up to Christmas is an effective way to meet end-of-year targets. Yule-tide prizes or rewards also hold a lot of emotional clout, both in terms of seasonal goodwill and by...

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Incentives and motivation: peer-to-peer reviews grow in popularity

The film awards season may be well behind us for another year, but who could fail to love the glitz and glamour of the Academy Awards?

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HR Vision: Crossing the line?

When times get tough, the tough get going, but HR is receiving little thanks for its efforts in recession. A major survey shows a marked deterioration in (non-HR) line managers' estimations of HR,...

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CEOs fail to get behind engagement strategies, HR research reveals

We want staff to perform miracles yet about half of UK organisations are ignoring expert advice and failing to give employee engagement the executive sponsorship it needs. CEOs aren't listening to HR.

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Can David Cameron Rebalance the economy?

David Cameron is talking up manufacturing as a way of rebalancing the economy. But can a manufacturing renaissance really happen and do we have the skills to support it?

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Health and Wellbeing: Are employers on the brink of a stress epidemic?

Economic recovery will put staff under severe pressure over the next few years. Emotional burn-out could result if firms don't act to avert a stress epidemic.

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Benefits Case Study: 02 - Pensions planning made simple

A slick interactive web tool is giving O2 staff the chance to 'test drive' their pension options.

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Employee benefits case study: Korec

Keen to reassure staff worried by redundancies, Korec overhauled its pensions offering and communication strategy to raise awareness of the benefit and its value.

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