HR health and wellbeing special 1/6: Travails of the NHS lead employers to look at health and wellbeing as a business strategy

As much engrained – perhaps by its very identity – in the culture of the UK as death and taxes, the NHS in England, Scotland and Wales – known as Health and Social Care (HSC) in Northern Ireland – is...

Salary increases look set to stabilise across Europe, according to Aon Hewitt

Salary increase levels have stayed constant through the winter, promising some stability for companies across Europe, according to this week’s Salary Survey results from Aon Hewitt.

Sleep deprivation has same impact on workers as binge drinking, Vielife survey of 35,000 shows

More than one million UK workers are ‘sleep drunk’ due to a lack of shut eye, new data of nearly 39,000 employed people from Vielife has shown.

Nine out of 10 employers don't believe 'fit note' is working, finds CIPP

Nine out of 10 employers do not believe the GP fit note is effective, the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) has found.

Working parents spend 35% of wages on childcare but employers are slow to help out, finds Hay Group

Childcare costs now take up a third of working parents’ salaries, according to Hay Group’s PayNet UK Salary Tracker.

Culture change: are rules and regulations around alcohol going to make a difference?

As an HR director or business leader, are you drawing any parallels between the Government’s approach to dealing with the problems of binge drinking and the way our organisations attempt to create...

Budget 2012 fallout: company car drivers need extra care, not extra costs

The budget was a mixed bag for business drivers. Whether you simply own a company car or have responsibility for managing a corporate fleet, the Chancellor’s announcements have important implications....

UK workers unhappy with their employers for having ‘More money than sense’, survey of 1,000 shows

UK employees have demanded a shakeup concerning the way corporate money is spent, according to a survey by conference call company Powwownow, which highlights almost a third of UK workers feel...

CBI NI backs petition to raise awareness of financial support for working parents

The CBI in Northern Ireland is backing a petition to increase awareness of the financial support available to working parents with childcare costs.

Gender pay gap reversed for part-time roles, with women earning more, finds ONS

The pay gap between men and women may be closing, but when it comes to part time work – women are earning more, according to the Office of National Statistics.

Pay differential between public and private sectors was 8% in 2011, finds ONS

The difference in average hourly earnings between employees in the public and private sector stood at 8.2% in 2011, according to an article published today by the Office for National Statistics.

Supporting staff to become more resilient has to go beyond telling them to ‘pull themselves together’

There seems to be no end in sight to the gloomy economic outlook: growth stagnant, unemployment still growing, fear of job losses high and pressure on workers and families building. Business...