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HR Excellence Awards: The Royal College of Nursing, almost a year on from winning the Gold Award

Last June, the HR Excellence Awards celebrated, yet again, many pinnacles of achievement in HR, both in the UK and overseas. How time flies: entries are now closed for this year and we are looking...

Staff performance ranked higher than cost and time-to-hire by HRDs measuring recruitment ROI, according to poll of 1,500 HR pros

Focus on an employee's performance ranked highest among HR directors, when evaluating the success of the recruitment process ahead of factors such as the cost of hire and the time it took to secure...

Three quarters of UK employees on the hunt for a new job, finds Kelly Services

Employees across the UK are disengaged, with less than half currently happy in their job and well over a third frequently thinking about quitting, according to the latest survey results from global...

UK's 'failing pensions architecture' drives staff to ISAs, finds IoD

The UK’s “failing pension architecture” is leading millions of employees to abandon pension saving entirely, preferring to trust other vehicles such as ISAs, according to a report from the Institute...

Specialise, don't generalise: The challenge for UK retail

As the High Street continues to see more challenges – with the recent closures of branches of Mothercare and the administration of Game still fresh in our minds – many are speculating a large-scale...

Countdown to Olympics: 100 days to go and employers still underprepared, finds Badenoch & Clark

As the countdown to the 2012 Games hits 100 days, research by recruitment consultants, Badenoch & Clark, has found employers are still yet to inform employees of official leave policy for those...

Unemployment falls for the first time since May 2011, reports ONS

Unemployment has fallen by 0.1% in the three months to April 2012, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Recruits check financial health and legal history of employers before accepting a job, poll of 2,000 shows

Employees have become selective about where they work, and will check the financial health of a business before committing to employment, according to Huntress Group and 192.com.

The European labour market slows down but Spain’s is ‘nearing collapse’, according to FedEE

The Federation of European Employers (FedEE) has reported in the EU27 as a whole the labour market was expanding throughout 2010 but the trend has been downward since Q2 2011 – mainly due to the rise...

Companies deploy exclusions to avoid impact of Agency Workers Regulations, finds Eversheds

Employers have faced a hike in costs since the Agency Workers Regulations took effect, according to a study by law firm Eversheds, with some reporting increases of more than 10%, some even citing...

Get real about change; successful implementation is the board's responsibility

I was riveted by Borgen, the Danish drama, intrigued by how well it captured the new prime minister’s complex task of negotiating policy changes. She faced political haggling, human frailty,...

Has social media created a generation of 'job flirts'?

The UK is becoming a nation of ‘job flirts’ thanks to social networking, with 70% of workers using social networks to find out about potential opportunities according to a report from Taleo...