Incentives and bonuses play an 'essential role in levering business performance' - but they have to be aligned to HR strategy, according to HR leaders.

The "only way companies will survive" is if HRDs take a five-ten year attitude to talent, according to Row Henson, human capital management fellow, Oracle.

CIPD Conference delegates were told to ditch the language of Powerpoint and instead speak the language of Excel.

The CIPD launched its much-anticipated Next Generation HR speech last night, calling on the next breed of HR professionals to be the builders of "organisational equity" and to be their organisations'...

Legislation will be passed to provide agency workers with the right to be treated equally with permanent staff on pay, holidays and other basic conditions, it was confirmed in the Queen's Speech...

Job cuts and hiring freezes could be on the wane according to research from HR consultancy Watson Wyatt.

It has been a turbulent year for HR and there is still little cause for celebration. So how will the CIPD rise to the challenge of a slow recovery if job losses continue.

Employers are predicting an end of pay freezes next year, but with the rise of a 'new normal' in reward strategy cash is unlikely to be king in 2010.

Business strategy will come from the HR strategy if organisations truly believe people are the most important asset and that building talent is key to business success, Fairplace chief executive...

UK unemployment is now up to 2.46 million, but the 30,000 rise in the three months to September is the smallest rise since May 2008.

More than eight in 10 employees feel anxious over their personal finances, with 1.4 million Britons taking time off work in the past 12 months as they struggle to cope.

More than a third of all sick leave is taken on a Monday, according to research by Mercer.