The Fred 'the shred' pension saga is beginning to resemble a battle of good versus evil, where no stone will be left unturned until the person(s) responsible for authorising the pension has been...
Research produced for HR magazine finds the recession isn't changing employee views on flexible working. It's their right and they will continue to exercise it. Peter Crush reports.
Bosses may be fearful of the extension of the right to request flexible working to staff with children up to the age of 16, but employees, it seems, are less worried about asking for flexible working...
Three HR directors subject themselves to a special psychometric test to see if they have the necessary qualities to cope with the challenges they will face in the coming year.
The Health and Safety at Work Act has stopped the workplace being the dangerous place it used to be but progress has slowed down over recent years.
Sarah Jackson, CEO of Working Families, believes the case for flexible working remains the same regardless of the current economic climate; it's a view not wholly shared by Katja Hall, director of...
Energy company, Doosan Babcock, has announced it will hire 60 new graduates this year, bucking the wider trend which predicts 2009 will be the worst year ever for graduates trying to find work.
This book asks some uncomfortable questions of HR, says Peter Crush. With so many people suffering burnout, could heavy-handed programmes designed to foster employee engagement be partly to blame?
HR should set the rules by which line managers manage, not devolve more of its non-core functions to them, Chartered Management Institute boss Ruth Spellman tells Peter Crush.
Bosch HR director Andrew Castle's background in finance could explain why he is logical and analytical and more concerned with harmonisation than staff engagement. Peter Crush reports.
Transfer of traditional HR functions to the line has been accelerating as HR strives to become a strategic business partner. Peter Crush reports on the tensions between the two camps.
Middle managers feel they take a big share of the pressure for very little recognition, research from Roffey Park reveals. And they blame HR. Peter Crush looks at some damning statistics.
