Operational Efficiency

CIPD 2018: Language of AI and automation spreads fear

A panel at the CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition discussed how AI and automation will help and hinder HR

Why I turned to 'smart' drugs

Sarah (not her real name), is a student in her third year at Leeds University. She tells HR magazine that Ritalin and modafinil are very popular among her peers.

Features

Google: Technologically innovative, culturally backward?

For a supposedly innovative and future-forward company Google is behind the times when it comes to basic equalities and transparency

Women’s state pension age changes will worsen gender pension gap

From 6 November 2018, for the first time in more than 70 years, men and women will receive their pension from the same age

Can HR answer the Irish border question?

Northern Ireland has found itself the focal point of Brexit negotiations, but for those that work there a resolution can’t come soon enough

Hiring refugees makes business as well as ethical sense

Refugees are a largely untapped skills source, but legislation and workplace cultures pose barriers

Are you keeping up with pension communication challenges?

When it comes to planning for their financial futures employees need all the information, support and guidance they can get

Employee representation on boards could help at Google, say experts

Staff are demanding changes to how sexual misconduct is dealt with, and the appointment of an employee representative to the board

The recruitment challenges of a challenger bank

While we are growing in brand awareness and scale, there’s still a lot of competition for talent

HR immature on financial wellbeing

Speakers at an HR magazine and Neyber webinar warned that money worries are mounting for UK workers

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Insights

NDAs aren't inherently wrong

There seems to be a developing view that NDAs are inherently bad and that it is in the public interest that they should never be enforced, but the matter is more complex than this

HR overestimates benefits satisfaction

?HR professionals in large UK enterprises tend to overestimate employee satisfaction when it comes to rewards and benefits programmes, research by Hawk Incentives has found