With the first working week of the London Olympic Games starting today, more than three quarters (80%) of London businesses have said they some form of teleworking to their employees, according to a...
A sick note culture could be set to “engulf UK businesses” during the Olympics, according to a study from recruitment consultancy, Badenoch & Clark.
At the weekend, civil servants in Whitehall began a programme of flexible working that could last for up to seven weeks in order to avoid travel disruption and crowds during the Olympic and Paralympic...
From October 2012, legal requirements are being introduced that will ultimately place a duty on UK employers to automatically enrol eligible workers into a qualifying pension scheme and pay minimum...
As the capital continues its transformation into a massive sporting and cultural venue, Transport for London (TfL) today set out its travel plans and advice for the Olympic Torch Relay and for the...
The European Court of Justice has ruled that workers who fall sick during their annual leave are entitled to take corresponding paid leave at a later date, irrespective of when the period of ill...
The office is evolving. In the bad old days of hierarchical structures and cellular offices, people barely interacted. It was rare for an employee to visit even a colleague’s desk, let alone a...
There is an on-going debate about whether payroll processes belong in the HR or finance function.
Employers have been urged to check that their staff are receiving information and advice so they can plan their Games-time travel.
Dame Carol Black (pictured), author of Health at Work and expert advisor to the Department of Health and Lord Freud, parliamentary undersecretary of state for the Department for Work and Pensions have...
Keep your fingers crossed for Dean Shoesmith. As these words hit the page, the head of HR for both Sutton and Merton Borough Councils in South London is preparing to hit the big red button that will...
With 17 days to go until Euro 2012, almost a quarter of employees have admitted to calling in sick to work to stay at home to watch sport, according to a global poll of more than 7,000 staff.
