Bonus schemes can help employers recruit and maintain motivated employees

Sports Direct has hailed its share bonus scheme as an "absolute game changer" as around 2,000 staff who have stayed with the business since the bonus plan was introduced in 2009 reap large rewards.

Change management tops the agenda for HR departments in the financial sector

Change management is set to top the agenda across HR departments in the financial services sector for the remainder of 2013, according to financial recruitment firm Hays.

UK workforce facing savings crisis

The financial crisis has dented the UK's savings culture, according to research by Now Pensions.

EU Parliament rejects plans to curb fund manager bonuses

The European Parliament yesterday rejected proposals to ban fund managers from receiving bonuses that amounted to more than their annual salary.

Workers experiencing an 'unprecedented' fall in wages

The fall in wages since the financial crisis of 2008 has been larger than in any other five-year period on record, a study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has revealed.

Financial sector rewarding employees for "inappropriate behaviour" as trust in the City remains low, says CIPD research

More than half of employees in the financial sector believe people in their organisation are rewarded in a way that incentivises inappropriate behaviour, CIPD research published today has found.

Culture and compliance at Standard Chartered Bank, Tracy Clarke interview

Making HR fit with compliance and culture is the latest remit for Tracy Clarke, a woman who’s reached the top of Standard Chartered Bank via a lifelong career of hard work and catapults

Union anger over further redundancies at Lloyds Bank

Lloyds Banking Group has incurred union anger over plans to cut 850 jobs and close an office in Southend, Essex.

Financial services sector facing recruitment challenges

The financial services sector is facing challenges in retaining and recruiting top talent, a survey from Robert Half has found.

UK hourly labour costs below EU average, Eurostat figures reveal

The UK's hourly labour costs are almost two euros below the EU average, figures released from the EU's statistics agency Eurostat reveal.

Financial services job vacancies rise in February, study finds

The number of financial services job vacancies rose 11% from January 2013 to February 2013, according to figures published today by recruitment firm Morgan Mckinley.

Almost 3.7 million job losses since the financial crisis, says report

Since the financial crisis of 2008, 3.7 million employees in the UK have been made redundant, according to a report published today by the Jobs Economist consultancy.