HR improvement could keep bobbies on the beat, survey finds

All the news has been about cuts in the number of bobbies on the beat but improving HR processes and sharing services give the greatest opportunity for savings, police forces believe.

Apple post-Jobs: the importance of succession planning

It is never too early to starting planning for the future, because you just don't know when something unexpected will throw you off course. Take the news from Apple, for example. CEO Steve Jobs is...

HR's Most Influential is back

HR magazine is calling for nominations for this year's HR's Most Influential ranking, the definitive list of the most influential practitioners and thinkers in the HR sphere

Amnesty denies accusation that it plans to derecognise the union

Amnesty International has hit back at claims from Unite that it is threatening to derecognise the union.

Welfare isn't working, says PM, as he reveals details of reform bill

Prime minister David Cameron today said he was finally going to make work pay as he disclosed what he called the "most ambitious, fundamental and radical" changes to the welfare system since it began...

Private sector job creation not enough to offset public sector cuts

Overall employment levels are heading for a fall in 2011 as redundancies look set to rise sharply in the first quarter of the year, according to a report out today.

Budget challenge is bigger than cutting bureaucracy, says public sector association

The Public Sector People Managers' Association (PPMA) has hit back at claims that the sector is wielding its axe at frontline services rather than reducing bureaucracy.

Improve skill levels to enable the UK to compete against German productivity, government told

The Government should focus on supporting export competitiveness through improving skills levels and providing incentives to invest, according to a report released today by the Ernst & Young Item...

Nearly a third of public sector employees believe they will lose their job

Employees in the public sector are feeling the pressure of the Government's spending cuts, with more than one in three thinking it is likely they will lose their job and seven in 10 having had their...

Job cuts on the cards at JJB Sports and Barclaycard

JJB Sports and Barclaycard are the latest companies to announce restructuring plans likely to result in major job losses.

The number of embellished CVs is on the increase as competition for jobs intensifies

Increasing numbers of jobseekers are resorting to fabricating their CVs in order to find work, according to background screening company Kroll Background Worldwide.

It's time to ban the words 'recession' and 'cuts', says top HR director

People should stop talking about recession and cuts and start talking positively about the future, Oracle's vice president HR (EMEA) Vance Kearney said today.