The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has begun consultation on whether the UK Corporate Governance Code should be revised to require listed companies to publish their policy on gender diversity in...
Employees in Wales and Scotland are more financially savvy than their English counterparts, according to a new report.
HR directors in the public sector have come under new scrutiny – and have been forced to defend their training methods – following research showing employers in small businesses are reluctant to hire...
The median pay award in the UK remained steady at 2.5% in the three months to March 2011 – but early predictions suggest an increase for April, according to the latest figures from employment...
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has announced the appointment of Craig Preston as its head of people development, following recent announcements of a new chief operating officer and two other...
Sickness absence is continuing on a downward trend among UK employees, according to a joint survey of sickness absence released today by EEF, the manufacturers' organisation, and insurer Westfield...
Project development and construction group Skanska has announced today it has made an investment in Taleo talent intelligence tools.
The economic downturn continues to erode workers’ standard of living and undermine job security, says the CIPD quarterly survey, while employee confidence and trust in senior leaders have dropped to...
Software systems provider Oracle has increased the number of employers in its group personal pension scheme to 87%, following a financial education initiative.
BT’s Openreach division is hoping to recruit 200 ex-armed forces personnel to help deliver super-fast fibre broadband.
Investors worth more than £13 billion are issuing a call to FTSE 100 companies to adopt Living Wage standards across their UK operations, as a new campaign gathers momentum on both sides of the...
The Pensions Bill has been accepted by the House of Lords, further paving the away for auto-enrolment and the launch of the National Employee Savings Trust (NEST) scheme in 2012.
