Slang and jokes are given the thumbs-up by company directors

Jokes and slang has become more accepted in the UK workplace over the past decade, according to a recent survey.

Divisions between top teams cause failure to discuss sensitive issues

Top teams fail to discuss sensitive issues even when such failure will cause harm to the business, according to Cranfield School of Management professor of international management development Andrew...

HR must see themselves as business people, says CIPD boss

HR must be an applied business discipline and business in turn must be an applied HR discipline, the CIPD boss has warned the industry.

HRDs must think business rather than HR to become a business partner

Business strategy will come from the HR strategy if organisations truly believe people are the most important asset and that building talent is key to business success, Fairplace chief executive...

Employees are critical of the way their bosses have informed them of redundancy plans

More than a quarter of employees do not think their employer has properly communicated redundancy plans to staff.

Financial Education - Give staff the facts about the figures

Firms deterred from providing financial education for fear of falling foul of Financial Services Authority rules are missing a chance to promote their benefits package's value.

HR worried about unwittingly giving financial advice to staff

HR staff know they must communicate pension information to staff, but they are too scared to do it because of the legal implications.

Royal Mail rejects done deal

Royal Mail has angrily rejected claims by the BBC that it is planning to press on with modernisation regardless of what happens in negotiations with the Communication Workers Union (CWU).

Good communication is crucial to avoid employee backlash from redundancies

The Tribunals Service's statistics released last month did not make happy reading for employers.

Staff will put up with a lot at work - if they know why

We have been talking about work-life balance and building business cases for organisations to embrace it against a backdrop of economic, technological and social/ demographic change for well over a...

People related problems form the main barrier to organisational change

Fewer than one in 10 organisations have proved successful at managing change - and the main obstacles are people factors.

Shell UK combines HR and marketing to sell the brand

Navjot Singh is a hybrid. He is an HR person but he is also a marketer. The two functions may use different language, he says, but both are in the business of selling the brand.