Strategic HR

Public sector HR struggling with digital change

Half (50%) of HR leaders in the public sector feel unable to drive digital transformation, according to research from the Public Services People Managers Association (PPMA) and MHR

Education secretary lays out new T-Level plans

The education secretary Damian Hinds? has laid out a series of plans for T-Levels and called for an end to "snobby" attitudes towards vocational and technical courses

Festive foibles: Employment law perspectives on the office Christmas do

Employers must consider how the combination of a festive tipple, secret Santa and social media could make the event an HR nightmare

Deliveroo riders lose collective bargaining legal appeal

Deliveroo riders are not entitled to collective bargaining under the European Convention on Human Rights, the High Court has ruled

L&D departments urged to tackle UK productivity

Managers agree that L&D professionals should be the driving force behind productivity in businesses, according to research by Knowledgepool

Segment but don’t pigeonhole your diverse employees

Speakers at the WIG Diversity & Inclusion Conference 2018 spoke of the D&I challenges in both public and private organisations

Case study: Improving ethnic diversity at Surrey Police

Surrey Police has taken a new approach to the employee lifecycle to boost BAME representation

Staff working out of hours could be violating GDPR

UK workers struggling to switch off outside of working hours could be breaching GDPR rules, according to Insurance2go

The importance of psychological safety

You may not know your staff aren’t speaking up, meaning problems go unreported and unresolved

Employers should publish disability pay gaps, says TUC

The government's plans for a voluntary code to encourage employers to disclose disability pay gaps do not go far enough, according to the TUC

Employers urged to tackle the stigma of domestic abuse

Business in the Community (BITC) has renewed calls for employers to do more on domestic abuse, following a double homicide where signs were missed

Five things we learned at the Future of Ageing Conference 2018

The International Longevity Centre (ILC-UK)'s 2018 conference looked at the challenges and opportunities ahead for older workers and those employing them