Beating Stress Interactive

Forget everything you think of when you hear 'stress training', at StressCHECK we have taken the interactive elements of our unique approach to training and best selling Beating Stress book to deliver...

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Thomas Cook outsources its fleet provision to Lex Autolease

Thomas Cook UK has launched a new company car fleet for its staff in the UK and Ireland.

Career-fashion boutique for women, wearittowork.co.uk

WearItToWork.co.uk, a new online shop specifically for the busy working woman who has limited time to find the 9-5 outfit but still wants fashion and flair, without breaking the...

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Molton Brown launches retirement perks to support older staff

Molton Brown has launched retirement redesign courses to support its older employees.

University of Cambridge overhauls HR strategy

The University of Cambridge is making dynamic changes to its recruitment and employee benefits strategies to create a resilient HR culture.

Which awareness days and weeks should HR departments get involved in?

If you are reading this on 1 December, you might not be aware today is World Aids Day. The day after tomorrow is International Day of Disabled Persons, the day after that is Carers Rights Day, while...

Fleet management - New lease of life for company cars

Tax and law changes associated with owning a company car have lessened its status recently. Now HR directors and fleet providers are collaborating on restoring its appeal.

Motivation: Corporate Social Responsibility - Engaged in doing good

CSR budgets are returning despite the recession as firms recognise the link between staff volunteering, employee engagement and healthy business results.

A festive eating-out spending spree is just what we need to get the economy growing

Many people won't be sorry to see the back of 2009. And, if the analysts are to be believed, it is this very attitude that could prove to be the third and final ingredient required to trigger a...

Queen's Speech: additional powers for the FSA but still no cap on bank staff bonuses

The Financial Services Bill, outlined in the Queen's Speech, is designed to strengthen financial regulation and give the Financial Services Authority (FSA) the power to stop excessive bonus payments....

Sainsbury's bonuses are at odds with CSR credentials

Sainsbury's executive reward manager, Leigh Harrison, was forced to admit her pay and rewards structure for top executives bears no correlation to its stated CSR credentials.

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Prepare now for costs of elder care, warns Tomorrow Project

The cost to business of employees caring for their elderly relatives could be as much as 12 times what it will cost to bail out the financial institutions over the next 20 to 40 years.