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HR Reward Survey 2011: Business is failing to communicate the value of employee benefits

The results this year’s HR Reward Survey are marked by ennui and inertia. Business is not communicating the benefits message to employees. It needs to get its act together.

Staff tempted to look at colleagues' payslips, says CIPP

More than a fifth of employees would be prepared to look at colleagues' payslips to find out their salaries, according to research published yesterday by the Chartered Institute of Payroll...

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$1.2 billion each: The hidden cost of people complexity to the top 200

As companies grow, so they get more complicated, right? Wrong. There’s good and bad complexity and the latter can cost you, both in people and money terms. So, reduce the bureaucracy and liberate...

Graduate skills and loosening of recruitment red tape top the lists of London businesses' priorities for the mayor

London business leaders have called on the mayor Boris Johnson, to work to improve the literacy and numeracy levels of graduates as well as make it easier for employers to recruit people from abroad...

Networking and work experience are best ways into graduate employment, according to University of Lincoln

Research published today by the University of Lincoln reveals that work experience and networking are the most effective strategies for graduating university students to use to secure employment.

Recruitment businesses faring "no better than last year", according to Bibby Financial Services

With the unstable UK economy continuing to place many companies under significant financial pressure, 81% of employers in the UK business services sector - which includes recruitment - admit they are...

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UK HRDs are behind the global curve on performance management, reveals Lumesse

Employers in the US and Canada are leading the way in employee performance management, with the UK lagging behind, according to talent consultancy Lumesse.

Performing under pressure: learning from Usain Bolt

“This for me is a comeback season.” This was Usain Bolt speaking before the IAAF World Athletics Championships, last week.

HR professionals lose confidence in line managers' ability to handle people management tasks, Croner research shows

Confidence in line managers’ ability to cope with day-to-day HR tasks remains low despite over half of HR professionals admitting to handing them, according to research published yesterday by Croner.

Business owners take less than two weeks' holiday per year due to work pressures, according to bibby Financial Services

More than 1.1 million UK company owners are under so much pressure to keep their business going that they will be unable to take a summer holiday, according to research published today by Bibby...

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A third of employees would take a pay-cut in favour of more annual leave, Hyphen research reveals

Almost a third of UK workers are prepared to sacrifice salary for greater holiday entitlement, according to research commissioned by Hyphen, the recruitment solutions provider.

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Migration is up but numbers of people moving to the UK on work permits drops, ONS reports

Net migration into the UK is on the increase but those moving in on work permits has fallen.

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