Strategic HR

Practise what you preach: HR at the YMCA

We know it's fun to stay at the YMCA, but is running it quite so enjoyable? HR magazine spoke to its HRD and CEO to find out if you really can 'do whatever you feel'.

What's the role for 'big data' in your reward strategy?

It’s easy to get the impression that yours is the only company not doing anything with ‘big data’. Yet if we dig a little we find that the percentage of companies getting to grips with HR analytics is...

Focus on apprenticeship quality, urges City & Guilds

Business, government and further education providers need to focus on the quality of apprenticeships in order to address skills shortages, according to a City & Guilds report.

Work and personal lives colliding, finds research

British adults’ work and personal lives are increasingly colliding, according to research on technology and the workforce by Dell and Intel.

How should companies respond to the Francis report?

Last week saw the release of Sir Robert Francis’s report, Freedom to Speak Up, which addressed concerns over whistleblowing in the NHS. The report confirmed that there was a “serious issue regarding...

Complexity deterring firms from engaging with youth employment policies

High levels of complexity are putting large employers off engaging with youth employment policy initiatives, according to a research project by the University of Leicester and Open University Business...

Lack of HRDs on risk committees a danger for companies

There is a lack of continuity between the way companies publicly acknowledge the importance of human capital in their risk analysis, and how they manage their associated leadership risk, a white paper...

HR needs to think about what makes good quality work

According to the latest ONS figures, unemployment has fallen to a six-and-a-half year low (5.8%). Cause for celebration, surely – but do these statistics tell the whole story?

Cary Cooper: Creating a vision employees connect with

What is it that engages us? It’s a question that sits at the heart of any modern HR department.

Labour would extend bankers’ bonus clawback to 10 years

The Labour party would extend the clawback period of banker’s bonuses to 10 years, shadow chancellor Ed Balls has said.

HR must change and challenge – or others will

On Radio 4’s Today programme Chris Hobson, chief executive of NHS Providers, defended the thousands of appropriately-handled errors, near misses or incidents in the NHS every day. That’s good to know,...

Work experience a 'postcode lottery' for young people

Employers in some areas of the country are much more likely to offer work experience than in others, according to research by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES).