A day after The Apprentice's all-female final, workplace psychologist OPP has revealed it is women who make better career decisions than men - but only when it comes to themselves.

Dave Ulrich, HR magazine's Most Influential 2009 thinker, offers advice to HR professionals on avoiding burnout from the increased pressures they are experiencing during the recession

European companies are "throwing away" billions of euros by not addressing people management issues during mergers and acquisitions, according to Hewitt Associates.

Google is taking steps to improve its employee retention by implementing a mathematical formula that calculates when staff are likely to leave the company.

When they joined the workforce in the late 1990's, Generation Y (Gen Y) brought a different set of strengths, but with those strengths came new challenges for employers too.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) must not be a luxury employers adopt only in times of boom. It should also be used when the economy is in trouble to help employers do business better, a senior...

With a long, hot summer reportedly on the way this year, the TUC has called for a new upper limit on workplace temperature for staff health and safety.

HR magazine asked the Metropolitan Police Service's HR director Martin Tiplady about some of the issues facing HR departments in the current climate, and here is what he said.

Almost a third of employees (32%) keep their desks messy as they think it makes them look busy while 85% of senior staff think an organised desk is important in gaining promotion.

A report from Talent Q shows 82% of HR staff do not measure the return on investment of their practices - which is why they struggle to be seen to provide value to their organisations.

Toyota Manufacturing is to reduce staff working hours and base pay by 10% to avoid redundancies.

The master and apprenticeship model that existed for 250 years provides useful lessons today.