'You failed. Congratulations. Here's some bonus money and seed funding for another one of your innovative ideas. Go get 'em next time.'
With government wanting to approve all public-sector posts on 150,000-plus, HR magazine reveals that top earning public-sector HRDs come from the Beeb.
It's Valentine's Day this month and my thoughts have turned to love. I believe that love - or at least the way we express our love for others at this time of year - can be a model for great business...
Public-sector HRDs on 150,000 or more will need Treasury approval, said the Government before Christmas.
Growing numbers of staff are admitting they will opt out of the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST), formerly known as Personal Accounts, new research reveals.
Should businesses be offering benefits to staff who no longer work for them? Peter Crush reveals how an increasing number of HRDs are treating ex-staff just as well as existing ones.
As the late Princess Diana famously pointed out, having a third person in a marriage is a cause of great distress. In the world of work, the accepted couplet of pay and talent is likewise disturbed by...
A slick interactive web tool is giving O2 staff the chance to 'test drive' their pension options.
The likes of Google keep their workers pepped up by piping out tunes, but opinion is divided on the benefits of playing music in the office.
FTSE executives' pay increases are lower than the average UK pay rises, for the first time in 10 years.
A public-sector pay freeze is 'completely understandable', according to its HR directors.
Working Families has launched a campaign to encourage more working fathers to take paternity leave, following a report finding 40% of dads can't afford to take up the benefit.