All the evidence points to self-service saving time and money yet take-up remains low and the technology is becoming ever more advanced. David Woods looks at why HR is dragging its feet.

Since 1992, Cascade has been working with HR and payroll professionals across a number of industry sectors. Its clients have a range of employee numbers, starting from 25 employees to its largest...

KFC is investigating the use of social networking sites for recruiting staff in a bid to further develop its hiring strategy.

Working and leading virtually is not only about getting ready to work with the digital natives (the younger generation who grew up with Facebook and SMS), it is also about developing a key strategic...

Lloydspharmacy has launched an online tool that allows people to work out how many of their colleagues is carrying a sexually-transmitted disease, drinks too much alcohol or is depressed.

A growing number of employers are making use of social networking to screen candidates, with more than half using sites such as Twitter and Facebook as part of their recruitment strategy.

In the past, video-conferencing has been notoriously problematic, most notably due to audio and visual delays that give a jerky picture and mean that when you crack a joke you'd better be prepared for...

Over the past few years there has been a significant increase in the numbers of employees accessing instant messaging and web mail (such at Hotmail or Yahoo) and social networking sites (such as...

Psysoft works in partnership with organisations to help them recruit, retain and develop talented people. As an independent business psychology consultancy, we help you to identify the skills,...

Delegates at Manchester's CIPD Conference saw the launch of a single IT HR solution that promises to streamline all HR operations into one single platform.

Truro and Penwith College has implemented its web-enabled HR and payroll solution to deliver a deliver a more joined-up service for employees and allow staff to concentrate on supporting students.

Accor Services has launched a new electronic prepaid payroll card to enable employers to service employees with bank accounts and those without, as well as those on short-term temporary contracts,...