HR functions across Whitehall are to be simplified in one of the first acts by the new joint Treasury-Cabinet Office group set up to ensure savings in Government happen quickly.

HR magazine has launched a dedicated website for its annual ranking of the Most Influential practitioners and thinkers in the sector.

Employees are ever more frequently finding themselves in trouble as a result of their social media activities. Two weeks ago a tweeter was convicted of sending a menacing electronic communication and...

While the challenges facing the economy are well-known, recent unemployment figures from the Office for National Statistics remind us of the stark reality of recession. The number of unemployed people...

Postal workers have voted to accept a deal with Royal Mail over pay.

David Cameron launched an attack on the size of the Metropolitan Police's HR department, labelling them 'form fillers', in last night's first live electoral debate on ITV.

The start of an election campaign is often the best time to consider the leadership skills of politicians. So how are our three main party leaders coping after the first week of campaigning?

All three major election manifestos have received a lukewarm reception from HR professionals.

Employers can shy away from adding to their benefits programme for cost reasons - yet all research points to employee benefits as a key recruitment and retention tool. How can you balance the...

Looking at the benefits budget from an outsider's perspective, it's relatively easy to see a large number and assume it can be trimmed without your employees really caring - or even noticing.

Workforce planning has been around for years, but is making a comeback as a scientific discipline.

HR directors have been advised not to look to their competitors to benchmark HR ideas, but to look inside their own organisations