From the front line: The past is not a foreign country

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

Recession causes migration from private to public sector

Nearly three quarters (72%) of private sector staff say they are more likely to move to the public sector than they were a year ago.

Unpaid overtime saves UK employers 26.9 billion

More than five million people are working unpaid overtime in the UK, saving employers 26.9 billion in salaries, according to the TUC.

Employee Benefits: Return on Investment

Few companies know what their ROI is from their employee benefits package. Many don't even know which perks are most popular or why. Is this just a management failing?

Why not swap hats for a while

Follow the Duke of Wellington's example and you could gain a fresh perspective on your HR role.

DfT lambasted for shared services disaster

The Department for Transport (DfT) planned and implemented its shared corporate services project with stupendous incompetence, according to the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee.

International workers are key to construction success

Nine out of 10 employers in the construction industry say moving employees around the world for business needs is important to their companys success.

HR doesn't measure international ROI: Updated

Although companies invest heavily in international HR assignments, they are failing to measure return on investment (ROI).

Pay rises less predictable

Average pay rises in the past six months stabilised at 3.8% according to figures released today by IDS Pay Databank.

Unemployment could exceed two million

UK unemployment figures could go back to more than two million for the first time in 20 years, according to predictions from the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC).

Pay is up but so are hours worked

HR professionals are earning higher salaries and working longer hours, according to the Annual Croner Reward and Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) 2008 Reward Survey of more than...

Google admits 'unrealistic expectations'

Google's HR and staffing director, Liane Hornsey admitted she may be doing her Irish employees a dis-service, after revealing she still had not found a head of HR for Ireland after 18 months' of...