Strategic HR

Fat Cat Friday marks widening of CEO-worker pay gap

The UK’s top bosses make more in three days than a typical full-time worker will make in a year, according to research from the High Pay Centre and the CIPD

Racism has mutated to survive

We’ve come a long way since the days when 60% of employed black women worked as domestic servants, but racism is not gone

Case study: United Utilities removes the stigma of reskilling

As more HRDs are turning their attention to reskilling their workforces HR magazine hears from four organisations already embracing L&D to create agile learners

2018 revealed gender gaps, in 2019 let's change them

While we reflect on a year of digital progress, more work needs to be done to drive forward diversity in business in the new year

UK firms hit by labour shortages

The British Chamber of Commerce calls for greater Brexit clarity as research finds more companies than ever before are finding it hard to recruit staff

Case study: Self-directed learning at EY

As changing workplaces require employees to reskill multiple times, we hear how four firms are creating agile learners

Women hit most by AI-driven job losses

Almost 400,000 jobs held by women in the public sector, banking and retail have been lost since 2011, according to research from the RSA's Future Work Centre

Firms failing to train staff on remote working cyber security

?A third (32%) of UK businesses have suffered a data breach due to remote working in the past 12 months, according to research from CybSafe

Making learning and development agile

As changing workplaces require employees to reskill multiple times, we hear how four firms are creating agile learners

Finding a balance when it comes to technology

David Frost speaks of finding a happy medium between the technology of today and that of tomorrow

Dealing with flexible working requests from staff with caring responsibilities

Given the ageing population, employees increasingly need to balance their work and life to deal with caring responsibilities

Gender equality can no longer be viewed as a women-only topic

Too often gender equality is viewed as a ‘women-only topic’, with the onus on female employees to find a solution to a problem that is not of their own making