HR's coming home at the Football Association

Buoyed by the World Cup, HR at the Football Association is continuing to focus on diversity and getting the right fit for roles

Liability for contractors’ wrongdoing

The CoA recently upheld a High Court decision that Barclays was vicariously liable for sexual assaults made by a doctor working as an independent contractor

Assessing employee misuse of confidential information

How an employer can respond to an employee’s removal of confidential information

Hiring managers asking off-limit interview questions

?As many as 85% of interviewers have admitted to asking discriminatory questions during the recruitment process, including about age and plans to have children

Scraping the dark side of personality online

Computer-generated algorithms can examine people’s social media updates for negative personality traits, which could then be used in hiring decisions

Moving towards predictive analytics in HR

Analysing people data is nothing new, but too often HR focuses on what’s already happened

Poor charity cultures putting talent off

One in four (37%) people have been put off working for the charity sector by recent sexual harassment scandals, according to research from Kin&Co

The role of technology in talent acquisition

There is no denying the advantages tech can bring to the talent acquisition process, but there are disadvantages too

Job adverts that omit salary details fuel pay gaps

?Employers that don't include pay information in their adverts could be contributing to unequal pay, according to the Young Women’s Trust

Case study: The University of Edinburgh's diversity agenda

?Lack of diversity continues to dominate business headlines, and this is no different in the higher education sector

British workers reject nine to five working

More than half of UK adults (58%) want to move away from traditional working patterns, according to research by McDonald's

The dangers of being too trusting

Companies place a lot of faith in their employees as they see them as the future of their business