Operational Efficiency

Why recruitment and retention must go hand in hand

Being a great place to work and investing in employees feed back into reducing recruitment needs

Budget: Businesses fear tax changes for self-employed

Changes to IR35 expected in the Autumn Budget could result in increased prices, warns the REC

Employers must measure youth recruitment effectiveness

Only 15% of employers regularly use data to measure the effectiveness of their youth recruitment

The consequences of workplace surveillance

Does modern surveillance technology undermine the ethos at the heart of a strong customer service culture?

Autumn Budget: IR35 in private sector more ‘foolhardy’ than ‘fair’

The extension of IR35 regulation has quickly become a topic no business relying on a contract workforce can ignore

Autumn Budget 2017: What can HR expect?

What can business and the HR community expect when it comes to skills, the gig economy, pensions and pay caps?

MPs publish draft Bill to close gig economy loopholes

?A new 'worker by default' status has been recommended by a joint draft Bill on ending gig economy exploitation from the Work and Pensions and Business Committees

Maternity discrimination down to ill-equipped managers

Maternity discrimination is often down to line managers not being equipped to deal with difficult conversations

Half of graduates failing to secure grad roles

Almost a third (29%) of grads are on a salary of less than £20,000 six months after graduation

Speaking up about sexual harassment

People are reluctant to talk if they don't trust the organisation, and trust comes from an overall policy and programme of ethics

Download our free Guide to Workplace Pensions ebook

The pace of change in DC pensions over the past decade has been anything but leisurely so how can HR professionals keep up?

5.3 million employees pulled a 'sickie' last year

Stress, poor relations with managers, workplace bullying and mental heath were all contributing factors