Over a fifth of small business owners (22%) expect to recruit in 2011 – but confidence that they will be able to do so is dwindling compared to December 2010, when almost 30% of respondents said they...
Absenteeism is costing UK business £32 billion a year, with workers taking almost double the number of ‘sick’ days as US counterparts, according to research published today by PwC.
Good-looking women who put a photograph on their CVs when applying for jobs are less likely to get a response than less attractive women, if the person recruiting them is also a woman, according to...
The Government may be encouraging older people to work longer, but Britain’s young adults want them off the agenda.
Organisations looking to take on staff in the run up to the London 2012 Games can now access online a central pool of enthusiastic and available talent, all seeking roles related to the Games.
A coordinated strike among teachers is looming, as teaching unions are poised to join forces on industrial action over proposed changes to their pensions.
The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has called on the Government not to scrap short-service refunds for trust-based pension schemes.
The Financial Times has launched the first professional qualification for non-executive directors (NEDs).
Ping Pong, a chain of dim sum restaurants, is focusing on delivering an exceptional customer experience and developing staff morale by employing a customer experience management (CEM) programme.
Adults under the age of 25 are more stressed than any other age group, with the stresses of ‘unemployment’ and ‘exams’ among the most commonly cited factors, reveals a survey published today.
Employers across the UK are being urged to file their Employer Annual Return (P35 and P14s) online by 19 May, or they could face a penalty.
Government plans to extend the qualifying period for protection against unfair dismissal from one year to two will affect nearly three million workers, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) claims today in...
