Operational Efficiency

Low-skilled jobs relabelled as apprenticeships

Courses incorrectly labelled as apprenticeships account for nearly 40% of such training designed by employers in recent years, a report by Reform has found

Making a location-agnostic model work

When everyone works remotely this can make for a uniquely close and collaborative work environment

Data analytics: HR should learn from sports

Finding the future role, moving to predictive analytics, and creating transparency are key lessons

Not discriminatory to refuse enhanced SPL pay says EAT

?It is not sex discrimination to refuse a new father enhanced paternity pay, the employment appeal tribunal (EAT) has ruled

Stress and lack of development blight UK job quality

The CIPD has launched what it says is the first comprehensive measure of job quality in the UK

Employers lack knowledge of diabetes

16% of people with diabetes feel they’ve been discriminated against at work because of their condition, according to Diabetes UK

Women’s Business Council launches gender toolkit for CEOs

A toolkit aimed at male CEOs has been launched to share ideas on closing the gender pay gap

Cambridge Analytica: Learnings on customer-centric traits

Aside from the more widely debated ethical issues, Cambridge Analytica also highlights questions of personality testing for customer-centricity

HRD's pocket guide to... video production

March's pocket guide gives a snapshot of video production and broadcasting

£1.28 billion sitting unused in apprenticeship accounts

A year on since it was introduced, a number of barriers are deterring employers from utilising the apprenticeship levy

Businesses still falling foul of national minimum wage rules

With different rules about what counts towards the NMW the regulations are not always easy to put into practice

Self-employed mothers earn less

?Just 20% of self-employed mothers are earning as much as they did before they had children