While the economic outlook for the UK continues to pose challenges, employment looks more positive. Our recent global study on redundancy trends paints a positive picture in the face of flat-lining...
Incoming department for work and pensions (DWP) employment minister Mark Hoban is to give improved support to young people looking for work.
Although members of the department trusted with the largest amount of confidential information in a typical firm, people working in HR are more likely than those in any other profession to tell a...
Internet provider, Peer 1 Hosting last month scrapped performance management in favour of employee-led career promises.
Disability and poor health are preventing nearly half a million people approaching retirement from working, a figure that will only increase as the state pension age (SPA) starts to rise, according to...
September is the most desired month to take annual leave, according to the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP).
Nearly three quarters of people off work due to illness required adjustments in the workplace to help their return, an analysis of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Fit for Work Service...
Growth should return to the UK economy towards the end of the year, and pick up a little pace during 2013, but unemployment looks set to peak at 2.7 million next year, according to the CBI’s quarterly...
In April to June 2012 there were 3.7 million UK households with at least one member aged 16 to 64 where no-one was working, figures from ONS have shown.
Apprentice training organisations have welcomed the recognition from a Government review that apprenticeships are as important for upskilling the adult workforce as they are for creating new jobs for...
The majority of hourly workers around the world, including 63% in the UK, believe their employer has violated laws or rules governing overtime in their region according to A global survey commissioned...
A poll conducted at the CIPD’s HR Software Show 2012 reveals that 75% of UK businesses are not using the expertise of their HR professionals to formulate business strategy while reward is too rarely...
