What HR can do about a post-truth workplace

With concerns growing over the rise of ‘fake news’ and a ‘post-truth’ culture, HR faces both a challenge and an opportunity

How businesses can engage BAME employees

As chair of Amazon’s Black Employee Network (BEN) I have seen how vital it can be for organisations to engage black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) employees

Google: Technologically innovative, culturally backward?

For a supposedly innovative and future-forward company Google is behind the times when it comes to basic equalities and transparency

Employee representation on boards could help at Google, say experts

Staff are demanding changes to how sexual misconduct is dealt with, and the appointment of an employee representative to the board

NDAs aren't inherently wrong

There seems to be a developing view that NDAs are inherently bad and that it is in the public interest that they should never be enforced, but the matter is more complex than this

Legal lowdown: Covert recording and monitoring

Over the past few years both employers and employees have become increasingly savvy when it comes to technology in the workplace

Don't ignore the power of relationships at work

Our emotional worlds have a far bigger impact on our working lives than we realise, according to author and psychotherapist Esther Perel

HR issues raised by Bodyguard

As well as proving to be a massive hit, BBC drama Bodyguard highlighted a number of important workplace issues

Clash of the cultures: High street vs. high end

Sports Direct’s purchase of flagging department store chain House of Fraser is only the latest in a series of high-profile M&A activity in retail

Humane management case study: The not-for-profit

In her new book Vlatka Hlupic provides case studies to prove that humane management is not just a nice to have. We take a look at some of those organisations included

How HR can support employees’ mental health

Despite greater openness about mental health, the topic still remains a taboo in many workplaces

Hot topic: Relationships at work, part two

Work is one of the most common places for people to find partners, with 16% thought to have met their spouse this way