HR implored to move from 'business partner to business provocateur'

The CIPD launched its much-anticipated Next Generation HR speech last night, calling on the next breed of HR professionals to be the builders of "organisational equity" and to be their organisations'...

Leaders are responding to situations and missing the changes in context

Great leaders ultimately fail because they focus too much on the situational issues of today and miss changes in the context around them.

HR must see themselves as business people, says CIPD boss

HR must be an applied business discipline and business in turn must be an applied HR discipline, the CIPD boss has warned the industry.

Lynda Gratton to help HR shape the world of work via Future of Work consortium

HR has a choice: it can either sit back and watch the world of work evolving or it can help shape it, according to Lynda Gratton, professor of management practice at London Business School.Gratton,...

Financial worries are affecting employees' performance at work

More than eight in 10 employees feel anxious over their personal finances, with 1.4 million Britons taking time off work in the past 12 months as they struggle to cope.

Royal Mail rejects done deal

Royal Mail has angrily rejected claims by the BBC that it is planning to press on with modernisation regardless of what happens in negotiations with the Communication Workers Union (CWU).

Westminster City Council restructures to strip out waste and save the taxpayer millions of pounds

Westminster Council will operate under a 'radically different structure' from next week to make it more efficient and set a blueprint for other councils to follow.

Women are working longer than men but not necessarily harder

Female workers are on average less productive than their male colleagues, according to new research

New service allows small businesses to save on salary costs without making redundancies

A new service has been launched to allow small businesses to lower salary costs but hold on to key staff and retain their job and salary.

It could be 'a slow grind back' towards pre-recession unemployment levels, says CIPD

Unless the economy recovers far more strongly than is expected, says the CIPD, there will be only a gradual increase in net job creation and high unemployment will continue for years to come.

Birmingham City Council to research with CIPD how to sustain high performance

Birmingham City Council's HR department is embarking on a research project to ascertain what businesses need to build resilient and adaptable organisations.

Employers must keep workplaces cool and let staff dress down, warns the TUC

With temperatures expected to reach 32C later in the week, employers have been urged to relax office dress codes and cool down offices for the sake of employee health.