Strategic HR

Back to basics... Employee cancer screening

Our back to basics series brings you top tips from industry experts on the bread and butter areas of HR

Sixty-nine firms shamed for failing on women on boards

Major companies have been told to improve their gender diversity at senior level or risk ruining their reputation with investors

Spring Statement 2019: What HR should know

While Brexit uncertainty remains, the chancellor announced plans around visa caps, apprenticeships and a minimum wage review

HR failing to use analytics

Almost half of UK businesses are failing to use insights from analytics in their HR operations, according to a survey by MHR Analytics

HRD's pocket guide to... hostile takeovers

The HRD’s pocket guide series offers an explanation of areas outside day-to-day HR that business-savvy HRDs need to have a handle on

Noise damaging workplace wellbeing

The shift to open-plan workspaces is having a negative impact on employee productivity and wellbeing

Is it time to reform the apprenticeship levy?

With billions of unused funds about to expire, the rules governing the length and content of apprenticeships may need to be more flexible or scrapped altogether

Could half days off help tackle mental ill health?

The sick pay regime is outdated and fails to address the intricacies of mental health issues

Hot topic: Extended maternity rights, part two

The government has set out proposals to increase rights for pregnant women and new mothers through protecting them against redundancy for six months after they return to work

Leaders unprepared to drive digital skills transformation

Employees believe it is up to leaders to drive digital change, but gaps in skillsets are impacting whether organisations are able to transform

How to deal with high-performance but high-drama staff

Brilliant employees can often require excessive emotional maintenance

Firms must tackle modern slavery to win public contracts

Organisations must do more to help improve society such as employing a diverse workforce and tackling modern slavery if they want to win public sector contracts, the UK government will announce today