London borough introduces skills assessment of staff working with children

Tower Hamlets council has introduced online skills assessments for staff to make sure they are appropriately trained.

Council plans fingerprint monitoring of staff

Westminster City council is planning to collect employees' fingerprints so it can monitor them while out of the workplace.

Conference update: Not to be missed HR and payroll software - A jam-packed two-day programme

This year's Softworld HR and Payroll Solutions event promises an array of heavyweight speakers, seminars and masterclasses.

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Housing group harmonises HR system

The merged A2 Dominion Housing Group has implemented an integrated HR and payroll system.

Skansa simplifies payroll with a single online system

Construction firm Skansa is set to implement a web-enabled HR and payroll system.

Comic Relief's HR goes electronic

Comic Relief is to implement an online HR system as a means of saving staff time and cutting costs.

Epsom and Ewell saves money with single HR system

Epsom and Ewell Borough Council has replaced its outdated, manual HR and payroll system with a single, web-enabled system.

Workplace design has a big impact on productivity

Ineffective workplaces cost employers more than 135 billion each year.

Uncommon sense: Irrational resistance to innovation

If you want to do business you cannot afford to ignore social networking sites like Twitter.

How far should public-sector HR outsourcing go?

When cost savings are the main driver for outsourcing public-sector HR functions, service quality can suffer. Ensuring best practice must be the main focus.

HR Excellence Awards 2008: Most innovative use of technology - ITV

"Aligned to the corporation's five-year business plan" with "a neat extra dimension of being designed by managers". These were just two of the plaudits judges gave ITV's bold project to implement an...

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Technology Guide: eHR - Hi-tech mental blocks

Research given exclusively to Human Resources magazine shows a high percentage of HR departments failing to adopt the technology that would improve their efficiency.