Research finds purpose is critical for engagement in the banking sector
What is it that engages us? It’s a question that sits at the heart of any modern HR department.
New underemployment figures hint at the polarising effects of flexibility without balance.
Let’s dispel a myth about the recent NHS strikes; the willingness to protest doesn’t contradict the absolute commitment of thousands of nurses, doctors and support staff.
In offices around the UK, there is an unmistakable optimism stirring. Summer is arriving and the World Cup is on, but there were some big numbers released this week that may mean the seasonal...
The battle for graduate talent is increasingly fierce, but it takes more than lucrative reward packages to turn heads. Be an enterprising, innovative and forward-thinking business, and candidates will...
Cary Cooper, professor of organisational psychology and health at Lancaster University, says that presenteeism (coming to work while unhealthy or working unnecessarily long hours) may be as bad for...
Thanks to the fact nearly two out of three families are now ‘two-earners’ and the UK has a ‘long working-hours culture’, the issue of flexible working has gained HR and political traction of late.
The Working Families Top Employers for Working Families Benchmark and Awards is open for 2012 entries, and this year I think it is as vital as it’s ever been for employers to take part.
There have been numerous high-level reports on work and wellbeing, and in all of them the issue of the line manager comes up as a key aspect to employee health and wellbeing, says the Health and...
Despite – or maybe because of – the challenging economic times, entries to the Top Employers for Working Families benchmark and special award has surpassed last year, with entry numbers rising fast.
The TUC estimates that 5.24 million people in the UK put in extra work worth a staggering £27 billion. This equates to each employee missing out on an average of £5,000-worth of pay per annum – a...
