Trust in business has never been so damaged, says CIPD chief executive

The HR profession needs to work together with finance to better understand corporate values, improve corporate culture and help repair trust in business, according to CIPD chief executive, Peter...

Whose job is employee engagement: HR, CEO or dedicated head of engagement?

In November last year, 40 prominent business leaders from organisations as diverse as Sainsbury’s, the NHS and BAE Systems signed an open letter to the Times.

UK hourly labour costs below EU average, Eurostat figures reveal

The UK's hourly labour costs are almost two euros below the EU average, figures released from the EU's statistics agency Eurostat reveal.

Financial services job vacancies rise in February, study finds

The number of financial services job vacancies rose 11% from January 2013 to February 2013, according to figures published today by recruitment firm Morgan Mckinley.

What can HR do to change the banking culture and rebuild trust?

What will it take to restore the public’s confidence in the financial sector? HR directors have their work cut out to change what’s rotten at the heart of banking culture.

Diversity takes fresh thinking by businesses, says top HR thinker

London Business School professor Lynda Gratton (pictured) has called diversity an “inevitable consequence of business strategy”.

Almost 3.7 million job losses since the financial crisis, says report

Since the financial crisis of 2008, 3.7 million employees in the UK have been made redundant, according to a report published today by the Jobs Economist consultancy.

How to succeed in succession planning

Being described as having a ‘revolving door’ when it comes to senior management is not a label any sensible company would aspire to. But this is the label Premier Foods has earned from an analyst who...

The increasing volume of the Chinese employee voice

Asia has recently witnessed a spate of industrial unrest, with strikes, protest marches and workplace brawls hitting the headlines.

Opportunity for HR to step-up and lead corporate responsibility, says CIPD

More than half (56%) of general managers consider HR's contribution to their organisations' corporate responsibility agenda as vital, according to research conducted by the Chartered Institute of...

CSR: chief HR officers see limited impact on bottom line

On the fifth anniversary of HR magazine’s ongoing CSHR Make a Difference campaign to encourage HR directors to take a lead in embedding corporate social responsibility (CSR) into the business,...

HR's essential role in staving off the triple dip

Through discussions with colleagues and customers, it seems that too many businesses have been so focused on managing process and cost cutting that their managers have become disconnected from their...