Business secretary Vince Cable has announced that the Government is to outlaw the use of exclusivity in zero-hours contracts, but has resisted calls to ban them completely.
With sweeping changes to workers’ rights in England and Wales, Leanne Thomas, employment law specialist at DJM Solicitors, says employers should ensure they don’t fall foul of complacency.
The NHS should not be forced into setting minimum levels of nurse numbers to ensure a higher level of patient care, NHS Employers CEO Dean Royles said yesterday.
McDonald's will create 8,000 jobs in the UK over the next three years, it has announced today.
The Supreme Court has ruled that forcing job applicants to disclose minor crimes as part of background checks is a breach of their human rights.
More than three-quarters (81%) of employers plan to increase permanent hiring within the next four to 12 months, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) JobsOutlook Survey....
Up to 60% of HR professionals admit they are doing nothing to monitor candidate experience, according to research by member-based advisory company CEB.
Total UK unemployment dropped to 2.16 million from February to April this year, according to figures released today by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
Companies based in Scotland are looking to recruit at the fastest rate for seven years over the next quarter. However, many may be short-term roles to cover two major events being held in the country....
David Fairhurst, chief people officer for Europe at McDonald's, explains how HR can deal with the decline of the working age population.
In part two of this discussion, Angela Wright (pictured), senior lecturer at the University of Westminister gives her view. She warns that the public sector may have to compete for graduate talent...
The number of candidates available to employers has fallen every month in 2014, according to the latest Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) Report on Jobs.
