Cycle to Work Alliance and Brake urge employers to help staff cycle safely

The Cycle to Work Alliance has teamed up with Brake, the road safety charity, to increase awareness of the role employers can play in helping their staff to cycle to work safely.

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Business Environment awards staff £100 for quitting smoking

Serviced office provider Business Environment is offering employees a contribution of up to £100 per year to spend on stop-smoking aids such as nicotine substitutes and relevant books to help them...

Addison Lee allows office staff to babysit their children at their desks

In a TV documentary, Addison Lee, the minicab and chauffeur business, has trialled a revolutionary babies in the office scheme, allowing employees who would otherwise be on maternity leave to bring...

HR managers must champion building resilient employees

On 7 August 1485, Henry VII landed at Milford Haven, intent on claiming the throne of England from Richard III. At the time, Richard and his army were in Nottingham.

HMRC shows charitable payroll giving donations increase by £4 million over the last year

HMRC figures published this week reveal the funds being donated to charity directly from employee pay through payroll giving schemes, has risen by 3.5% in the last year despite the difficult economic...

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Pimlico Plumbers' employees challenged to reveal their earnings for national television programme

Pimlico Plumbers has taken part in a business and social experiment, Show Me Your Money, which will be shown on Channel 4 on Wednesday 11 July at 10pm.?

Workplace fatality numbers 'largely unchanged' over last year, finds HSE

The number of workers fatally injured in Britain last year remains “largely unchanged” since April 2011, according to The Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

Are ‘helicopter parents’ a nightmare for HR or an untapped business opportunity?

Helicopter parents - those over-protective parents that hover over their children's every move through their education and into their career - were an unforeseen accompaniment when Generation Y...

Deputy prime minister launches body to promote employee ownership and call for evidence on 'right to request' it

Action to knock down the barriers stopping British businesses from becoming employee-owned was launched by deputy prime minister Nick Clegg (pictured) and minister for employment relations, Norman...

UK employees received £200 million worth of free shares in 2011, finds IFS ProShare

More than £200 million was given to UK workers in free shares last year, according to the annual ifs ProShare Employee Share Survey.

Graduate salaries to rise, following three-year stagnation, finds AGR

The average starting salary for graduates is set to rise higher by 6% following a ‘salary standstill’, according to the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR), which published the summer edition of...

Hot topic: drug tests at work

A third of employers say alcohol and drug misuse is a problem at work, according to Acas. Substance misuse can have a damaging impact on workplace productivity, as problems don’t just affect...