Employees' opinions not valued in the workplace

Employers are keen to voice their opinions at work, but fee their views are not considered, new research from Monster reveals.

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British Airways dispute between staff and employer ends

The long-running dispute between around 10,000 British Airways cabin crew and their employer is now over, trade union Unite has announced.

Senior management and dwindling budgets stifle good internal comms

When it comes to good internal communications, senior management has been voted the biggest stumbling block to success, research reveals.

Employees don't rate feedback and support from line mangers

Employees have little faith in their line managers, with less than half believing the feedback from their boss is helping them do their job better, according to a report by comms consultancy...

Business leaders disagree on HR's role in internal comms

Business leaders disagree on how well hr departments communicate – with a quarter thinking the communicate too much, and a similar amount thinking they don't communicate enough.

Five hundred days until the Olympics: Sporting Sponsorship – make it come alive for employees

Despite the enormous growth in sport sponsorship, employees at sponsor companies are often left wondering what it means for them beyond the odd piece of free merchandise and token event tickets for...

The news is: rumour is the news

Employees are more likely to hear about change in their organisation through rumour rather than strategic staff communications, according to research by Capita HR.

HMV group HR director says store closures like "pruning the branches" to support future growth

Steve West, group HR director at HMV, has hit back at press reports that the entertainment giant is struggling for survival.

Whistleblowing: the employment rights behind the WikiLeaks story

With WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in court again in the UK this week fighting extradition to Sweden, and as his alleged source, Bradley Manning, soldier and whistleblower, faces criminal charges...

Perception of managers among UK workers improves since 2009

Despite difficult economic circumstances, line managers were perceived more positively in 2010 than last year, according to HR consultancy ETS.

Flexitime is a type of aerobics, according to 1 in 25 employees

A survey by a HR consultancy has suggested chronic misunderstanding of standard 'office speak', with 4% of respondents believing flexitime is a type of aerobics.

Cuts to study abroad programmes could harm UK economy by reducing language skills

A reduction in government funding that enables UK students to study abroad could damage the economy by reducing language skills, according to a recruitment specialist.