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Lack of skills holding people back from pursuing a job in technology, says hotels.com

Over 1 in 4 adults wish they had chosen a career in technology but a lack of skills is holding them back, according to research published today by hotels.com.

Employee Relations Institute to improve knowledge and competence of managers in workplace relations

Launched yesterday, the Employee Relations Institute (ERI) is a membership organisation that has been set up to improve employee and workplace relations in the UK.

On the eve of EU announcement on women on boards quotas, the House of Lords debates the issue

Following last week's publication of the EU Commitees report, Women on Boards, the House of Lords will today be debating the issue of whether the EU should impose quotas on the number of women that...

HR workers are among the unhappiest employees in the UK, according to a City and Guilds Career Happiness Index

The findings, released today by vocational training organisation, City and Guilds have found that HR professionals are some of the unhappiest across the UK workforce.

Companies struggling to develop global leaders, says Ernst and Young

There is a lack of investment among global companies to invest in talent management and only half of businesses have a strong pipeline of leadership talent, according to a report published today by...

HR must be rebranded as an innovative business function, says HR director of Adidas UK

HR must be given a proper licence to try new things and rebrand itself as commercially aware and innovative, Tony Cooke, HR director of Adidas UK told the CIPD conference yesterday.

Meet the HR team this week at the CIPD conference

This week HR magazine will be reporting from the annual CIPD conference, HR: Leading change. Transforming organisations.

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Companies need to take remote working 'to the extreme' says Plantronics HR director

Organisations would achieve great benefit from enabling all employees to work remotely, according to the HR director of headset technology firm Plantronics, Norma Pearce.

Fancy a cuppa? HR the biggest tea drinkers in the company

The HR department downs more cups of tea a day than any other department in a typical British SME, according to research by energy company E.ON.

Time to stop implementing generic models as gap between what business wants from HR and what it gets widens

Few would argue that an effective HR practice can be a real source of competitive advantage to a company. Acres of research have been produced showing a powerful relationship between good HR...

Government 'flying blind' on public sector cuts, says Work Foundation

The Government is “flying blind” on the damage public sector workforce cuts could be doing to the labour market, a report from the Work Foundation concludes today.

'Brain-fried' employers have a destructive approach to leadership, says neuroscience consultancy

A poll of 2,000 UK workers revealed a damning employee assessment of today's business leaders and their leadership style. It found employee confidence in UK leaders appears to be at 'rock bottom'.