Strategic HR

Companies forced to reveal gender pay gap

Companies with more than 250 employees will be forced to disclose the gender pay gap in their workplaces from next year.

Working from home 'transferring cost onto employees'

More than four in ten (43%) employees think that being offered the chance to work from home is the result of employers transferring workspace costs onto the employee, according to a report by Regus.

Internal data leaks more likely than external

The majority of privacy failures come from inside organisations, with the evolving role of the chief privacy officer key to combatting this, managing director at member-based advisory firm CEB Brian...

CBI warns of 'skills emergency'

The UK must strengthen its education and skills systems to avoid being outpaced by international competitors, according to a survey from the CBI and Pearson.

Using data could boost UK productivity by 3%

Using data to inform business decisions could boost the UK’s productivity by 3%, according to innovation charity Nesta.

Productivity plan criticised for not going far enough on skills

Chancellor George Osborne has been criticised for skimming over the UK’s skills shortage issue in his recently released productivity plan, ‘Fixing the Foundations’.

The relationship between Productivity and profitability

A long-term outlook is needed to ensure strong profitability as a UK energy company, says director of HR at SSE John Stewart.

Consider all stakeholders in employer branding

HR must consider a broad range of stakeholders when constructing an employer brand, according to a panel at the REC’s Talent, Recruitment and Employment Conference 2015.

How we talk about productivity needs to shift to suit a knowledge economy

Pinning down what productivity means to business is trickier than it may at first appear

How to successfully manage creative people

There’s a default mechanism, deep in the subconscious mind of freelance creative professionals. It automatically holds down the reset button every time the words ‘business’ or ‘management’ are...

Budget 2015: Government urged to focus on skills and productivity

The first all-Conservative budget since 1996 contained several surprises, such as a cut in corporation tax and a proposed change to Sunday trading laws. Businesses are now exploring exactly what these...

The top traits associated with talent

Top performers should be considered an “essential ingredient” for business success, according to Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, professor of business psychology at University College London (UCL).