Operational Efficiency

Budget 2018: IR35 delayed and limited to larger firms

Philip Hammond announced an extension of IR35 to the private sector, apprenticeship levy relief for small firms, and investment in mental health services

Building a female talent pipeline is not about fixing women

Most organisations are awash with female talent, but this talent hasn’t been given the opportunity to show what they can do

Meeting the challenge of new rules on sexual harassment

As Philip Green becomes the latest high-profile individual to be accused of sexual harassment, HR must root out problems closer to home

Poor financial wellbeing costs UK businesses £1.56 billion

UK workers take four million days off a year because of financial concerns, while those who suffer at work can lose up to two hours of output each day, according to research from Aegon

L'Oréal: AI can diversify talent acquisition

At the Unleash World Conference and Expo, L'Oreal's chief digital officer of global human resources Niilesh Bhoite explained how the company created a fairer faster recruitment process

References: What you need to know

When either providing or asking for a reference it's important to consider these key points made by the new Acas guidance

HRD's pocket guide to... machine learning

The HRD’s pocket guide series offers an explanation of areas outside day-to-day HR that business-savvy HRDs need to have a handle on

An employer's guide to postnatal depression

One in six women experience postnatal depression after giving birth, but three-quarters of them suffer in silence

Don't ignore the power of relationships at work

Our emotional worlds have a far bigger impact on our working lives than we realise, according to author and psychotherapist Esther Perel

Why co-working spaces are on the rise

The kinds of places people want to spend time in, and how HR can integrate workers’ preferences for these environments

Legal lowdown: Covert recording and monitoring

Over the past few years both employers and employees have become increasingly savvy when it comes to technology in the workplace

Legal lowdown: Unethical manager requests

Asking an employee to carry out something that is not necessarily illegal could fall within the category of unreasonable behaviour