Strategic HR

Reporting on the gender pay gap

As the Bank of England reveals its gender pay gap, what do you need to consider when writing your report and accompanying narrative?

Apprenticeships fall due to levy confusion and costs, say experts

Levy confusion and costs may be behind the decline, but the drop could be temporary while firms clear out old, poor quality apprenticeships

Taylor: Gig economy must not grow unchecked

At The HR Dept’s annual conference Taylor spoke on the need for incremental change rather than public policy

Case study: Parental leave at Grant Thornton

Recognising that family setups have changed, Grant Thornton overhauled its working parents policies

Why recruitment and retention must go hand in hand

Being a great place to work and investing in employees feed back into reducing recruitment needs

Open University Business School: A year of insight

?Download this ebook featuring a year of insights from our HR Most Influential partner OUBS

Budget 2017: Retraining scheme to build skills for future

“We need to help people to retrain during their working lives,” said chancellor Philip Hammond

Is the rise of meritocracy good or bad?

The view that all men are born equal is still popular. But evidence that nature is as important as nurture has been mounting

The consequences of workplace surveillance

Does modern surveillance technology undermine the ethos at the heart of a strong customer service culture?

Half hate teamwork

Employees need patience, experience and fairness to work well in a team

Social mobility in HR: One practitioner's journey

Charles Stanley valued the diversity in thought, attitude, background and approach Donna Hewitson could bring to the role

Autumn Budget 2017: What can HR expect?

What can business and the HR community expect when it comes to skills, the gig economy, pensions and pay caps?