As retail giant Marks and Spencer continues to deal with the after-effects of a cyber attack, we asked commentators how HR can help boost cyber security.
Too many of us think of fraud as a distant, finance-only concern. But it affects us all, and directly impacts workforce wellbeing, business integrity, and the operational resilience of UK...
Nobody is talking about AI’s damaging impact on the environment. Dominic Bernard discovers why this is exactly the kind of problem that HR is equipped to help organisations navigate.
As organisations collect ever more staff data, and operate more digitally, the risks and legal ramifications of leaked emails have increased, as Megan Tatum reports.
As UK prime minister Keir Starmer told the BBC yesterday (24 March) of his deep concern over Heathrow Airport's closure last week, we asked HR commentators what risk management lessons employers can...
Fashion influencer Matilda Djerf has been accused of bullying and body shaming by 11 former and current employees of her clothing brand, Djerf Avenue. We asked how founder-led businesses can avoid HR...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a campaign to encourage employers to meet their legal duty to prevent work-related stress during Stress Awareness Week. Today (6 November) is Stress...
Crisis events are more frequent, severe and unpredictable than ever. For businesses, being under-prepared for myriad crisis scenarios is also costlier than ever.
An online trend of ‘auditing’ business by filming workplaces is becoming increasingly popular, resulting in heated debates with workers that can become viral on social media. As forewarned is...
Violence and abuse against retail staff has increased by 50% in the last year, according to a report from the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
As junior doctors in England begin unprecedented strike action today (3 January), Susan Clews, chief executive of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas), has advised HR leaders to...
A prospective HR lead who was told in a job interview that the company wanted to hire “fewer white men” has lost a race and discrimination suit at the employment tribunal.
