There has been a 20-25% quarter-on-quarter increase in the recruitment of HR professionals in local authorities despite redundancies elsewhere, according to a recruitment consultancy.

Ok, two teams, four flavours of crisps and one German audience. Simples.Stella (in preference to "knackered Stuart") and Chris ("I've been in the boardroom more times than I've had hot sauerkraut")...

The battering that the global economy has taken over the last few years could be said to have produced the kind of distorted 'work-life balance' that no-one really wanted. For many, the only...

HMV group HR director Steve West has hit back at press reports that morale is bad in the business following the announcement last week that the high street entertainment giant was to close a store on...

In her first interview since taking on her new role, Christine Reed, the newly appointed HR director of Local Government Shared Services (the shared service venture set up by Cambridgeshire and...

British manufacturing is poised to fill the growth gap as the public sector plays a smaller role in the economy, according to a survey of 300 companies released today.

The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service helpline helped avoid 16,000 employment tribunals last year, according to figures released today.

The Law Society and NHS employers have warned that harsher immigration caps could damage recruitment and the UK economy.

Nearly a quarter of employers will turn to temporary workers over the Christmas period, according to a report out this week.

A leading employment lawyer has warned that the Government's skills strategy has the "potential for legal problems" over the compulsion of larger businesses to pay for training.

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