Iceland CEO and founder Malcolm Walker was named the UK's most people-focused CEO in the private sector at the HR Excellence Awards in London. Peter Walls, CEO of Gentoo Group, claimed the most...
What the HR jobs of tomorrow might look like
Siemens chief executive Joe Kaeser is facing a backlash from unions after the German manufacturing company announced it would make job cuts affecting up to 11,600 staff globally.
A few weeks ago, staff at advertising agency Carat climbed Everest. But this didn’t involve flying employees to Nepal. Instead, as part of a half-yearly wellbeing week staff were encouraged to take...
Why is health and wellbeing so important for productivity in the workplace? And what does it mean for a company’s bottom line? KATIE JACOBS explains all, with a look at the whats, whys and hows of...
It’s likely many of your employees made a new year’s resolution to give up smoking/drinking/eating junk food/being lazy. It’s equally likely many of them have fallen off the wagon between then and...
Most employees spend the vast majority of their time in the workplace – but the wrong kind of environment could be damaging their health.
HR directors should explicitly link wellbeing with employee engagement in order to drive performance and convince leaders of the need to invest in both, a report from the Engage for Success movement...
Members of Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) will from now on be classed as workers, with all the associated rights, after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of LLP member Krista Bates van...
In order to be resilient to change, companies must innovate and interact with their employees. They cannot ignore the social wealth and knowledge that staff bring to the workplace.
Managers should recognise the benefit of employee volunteering and even offer staff extra leave to pursue it, according to the Scouting for Skills report by think tank Demos.
