Kate Russell

Financial education: whose job Is it?

HR websites and magazines have been flooded with articles about UK employers not providing any financial education to their employees, whereas well over half of employees would appreciate some.

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Unlimited holidays: Can it work?

This week, Richard Branson said that the 170 employees on his personal staff can take as much holiday as they want, when they want.

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What Lance Armstrong has taught employers about workplace drug testing

The sports and wider world have been rocked with shock and sadness that Lance Armstrong, once thought to be the greatest cyclist of his generation, cheated his way to the top. So much has his...

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Going for gold – recruiting disabled employees

The Paralympics gave us a wonderful opening ceremony and delivered some great performances, as well as gold medals for Team GB.

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Internal recruitment: right or wrong?

One of the remarks often bandied around the workplace is “people are critical to the business”. Wrong! You need to re-write that to “the right people are critical to the business”.

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Hire? Fire? Compensated no-fault dismissals: The answer is to tackle performance management

Last year the BIS asked Adrian Beecroft to report on a number of aspects considering ways to simplify employment matters for small businesses.

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