Strategic HR

HR welcomes apprenticeship levy overhaul

The HR community has welcomed Philip Hammond's announcement that the government is to make the apprenticeship levy more flexible

High-growth businesses prioritise investing in ‘emotional’ skills

Collaboration, adaptability, and resilience will all be key skills for the next generation of workers to possess

Two years since the Taylor Review: What next?

It’s been two years since the government commissioned The Independent Review of Employment Practices in the Modern Economy, or the Taylor Review as it’s more commonly known

Lower socio-economic backgrounds still underrepresented in law

People from lower socio-economic backgrounds are hugely underrepresented in the legal profession, research from The Bridge Group and The Sutton Trust has found

How to mind the career management gap

There is a gap between the expectation and the delivery of career management – and we need to close it

Flexible and part-time workers outperform full-time counterparts

The percentage of top performance ratings for part-time and reduced-hours workers is higher than across all staff, at 34% vs 14%, according to Working Families

Discrimination affects one in four workers

Almost one in four UK employees (23%) say they or a colleague have been discriminated against in the past 12 months, according to research from Learnlight

How chatbots can reduce daily burdens for HR professionals

The breadth and depth of what machine learning can understand means it has strong potential for fields involving understanding and communicating with humans

Humane management case study: The private sector organisation

In her new book Vlatka Hlupic provides case studies to prove that humane management is not just a nice to have. We take a look at some of those organisations included

Flexible workers battle 'work from home' stigma

Almost half (46%) of UK employees feel the need to combat a perception that working from home is less productive than being in the office, according to LogMeIn

Employees unsupported when starting new roles

Two-fifths (40%) of employees do not receive onboarding support when starting a new job, according to research

Businesses to publish parental pay and leave policies

Ten major firms have agreed to publish their parental leave and pay policies online in a move to become more transparent to working parents