Empowering managers while reducing the cost to hire: the LV=story

David Smith (pictured), group HR and communications director at insurer, LV, will discuss this at the first HR conference, Achieving Excellence in People Strategy, to be held in London on 28...

Top employers for working families 5/5: KPMG

Winners of the prestigious Top Employers for Working Families awards 2012 were announced last week. In recognition of the companies who go the extra mile for working families, we profile five of the...

Top employers for Working Families 4/5: Accenture

Winners of the prestigious Top Employers for Working Families awards 2012 were announced last Tuesday. In recognition of the companies who go the extra mile for working families, we profile five of...

Top employers for Working Families 3/5: Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust

Winners of the prestigious Top Employers for Working Families awards 2012 were announced on Tuesday. In recognition of the companies who go the extra mile for working families, we profile five of the...

Car hire firm embraces home-working

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation's (REC) Flexible Working Commission report, published last week, has once again highlighted the benefits of flexible working. In the commentary around...

Recognition: can a one-size-fits-all strategy meet the needs of a global business?

Sam Owens (pictured), HR manager, Merlin Entertainments Group, will discuss this at the first HR conference, Achieving Excellence in People Strategy, to ne held in London on 28 November.

Top Employers for Working Families 1/5: RBS

Winners of the prestigious Top Employers for Working Families awards 2012 were announced yesterday. In recognition of the companies who really do go the extra mile for working families, we profile...

Use inspirational leadership to the maximum

On 28 November in London, Ian Powell (pictured), chairman and senior partner, PwC, will share his winning approach of putting people at the heart of the £2.46 billion PwC business and suggest some...

Best practices from award-winning companies

Andrew Walsh (pictured), head of resources at the Pensions Trust, implemented a performance and engagement matrix: the more employees showed attainments of the behaviours it stressed, the more...

People on the move/September

Sodexo UK and Ireland’s HR director, Natalie Bickford, has been promoted to HR director for Sodexo Europe, and will start her new role this month.

Youth unemployment 1: Commons committee puts Government policy under the microscope

The House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee has released an independent report on Youth unemployment and the Youth Contract today.

NHS Employers’ boss named Most Influential Practitioner 2012

NHS Employers’ director Dean Royles was last night unveiled as the UK’s most influential HR practitioner, while 2011’s most influential thinker Dave Ulrich (pictured) and practitioner David Fairhurst...