The Government’s decision to extend flexible working rights to all employees next year could create unexpected issues for some employers, such as multiple requests from workers who don’t want to work...
According to the Office of National Statistics, the reported level of obesity in the UK has significantly increased during the past two decades.
The UK Treasury has announced it will challenge the European Court of Justice’s decision to cap bankers’ bonuses to no more than a banker’s fixed salary or twice that level with shareholder approval....
The ‘people’ or human capital contribution to the fragile economic recovery will rely on three key assets. They are: the skills base of the workforce and employers’ capacity to make good use of it;...
We aspire to make employees feel better about their employers, and over the course of the year, in our role as HR Most Influential Awards sponsor will be writing a series of articles about this from a...
Total pay for FTSE 100 directors rose by 14% last year, driven by a large increase in share-based long-term incentive payments, according to research from City pay analysts Income Data Services (IDS).
Organisations should focus on improving resilience rather than managing stress if they want to improve workplace wellbeing and drive business performance, Shell’s VP of health Alistair Fraser said...
Former head of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and Barclays' head of compliance Hector Sants has announced he will leave the bank just a month after taking sick leave for stress.
Almost 5 million workers, one in six UK employees, have called in sick due to stress in the last year, according to research from life insurance and pensions provider Friends Life.
The UK living wage, the rate of pay an individual needs to cover basic costs of living, today rose by 20p to £7.65 an hour.
Employers that pay staff the living wage will receive tax rebates of up to £1,000 per employee if the Labour party is re-elected, leader Ed Miliband has said.
Employers must pay their workers correctly or risk serious damage to their reputation and staff productivity, research by the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) department has found.
