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Increase in private sector recruitment has been offset by public sector job losses

The impact on the labour market of a slight rise in private sector recruitment is still being cancelled out by large-scale public sector job losses, according to this quarter’s Labour Market Outlook...

Unemployment drops again, while wage claims remain modest, says ONS

In a bit of good news for the chancellor, for the second quarter in a row, UK unemployment fell: by 36,000 in the three months to the end of March 2011, to 2.46 million. This means the rate of...

Three quarters of employees want more training at work to fulfill their full potential, Middlesex University reports

Three quarters of UK workers (74%) believe they are not achieving their potential at work and want to be given more training on the job, according to a research project commissioned by Middlesex...

Staff fear redundancy if they admit to feeling stressed at work

Workers who admit to feeling stressed or depressed fear being sacked or forced out of their jobs, according to a report published this morning.

Students have called for their universities to do better at equipping them for work

Students want universities to better explain employability skills and to provide more support to help them develop these competencies.

As employee absence increases, 30.4 million working days are lost through non-genuine reasons every year

The UK economy lost 190 million working days to absence last year, with each employee taking an average of 6.5 days off sick, according to the latest CBI/Pfizer Absence and Workplace Health Survey.

Managers can't separate their work and private lives, CMI finds

Managers’ readiness to switch between work-related and leisure activities during their time off is creating a ‘grey area’ between their personal and professional lives.

Recruitment market growing with accelerated pace, according to REC/KPMG report

The number of people being recruited increased in April and the rate of growth in recruitment is accelerating, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation/KPMG Report on jobs.

Exclusive report: The impact of an age of austerity on HR departments

HR directors are aware of the importance of their strategic role as austerity measures take hold – but admit employees have lost trust in the HR function as a result.

Is your HR policy outdated?

With smartphones, tablets and other consumer technology devices entering organisations and employees asking to use these gadgets for business use, Human Resources departments are struggling to keep up...

Government growth strategy has to involve business services sector, argues The Work Foundation

Any strategy for growth must also harness the power of the business services sector, which has now replaced manufacturing as the mainstay of the UK economy, according to a report published today by...

Americans most upbeat, French most trustworthy, Scandinavians happiest at work, report reveals

US employees are most likely to describe their companies as very successful, French are the most loyal and Scandinavians are happiest, according to a survey of 4,000 staff by Lumesse, formerly...