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Flexibility a vital ingredient for Wahaca co-founder

Masterchef winner and Wahaca co-founder Thomasina Miers see flexible working as key to the success of her restuarant chain.

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Unite opens NHS strike ballot over pay

Unite is opening a ballot on strike action today, following widespread anger over pay in the NHS.

Flexible working: Finding the right balance

New flexible working legislation could radically change the world of business. But what are the challenges and opportunities for HR?

Is gender pay reporting too simplistic?

A number of reports have made media headlines recently for exposing the inequality of pay between men and women in the UK.

Managing high-performing but demanding Gen Y

Gen Y is increasingly becoming a bigger part of our workforce and dynamics have fundamentally changed, with a demand for faster, more innovative and flexible experience and service delivery...

Management not the only career path, says T-Systems HRD

People looking to progress to senior positions within their organisations should be able to find alternatives to management roles, according to IT firm T-Systems HR director Sarah Sandbrook.

Two-thirds of graduates regret first role

Two-thirds of graduates regret the first job they take when they start work, according to global research by CEB.

Companies welcome government's flagship apprenticeship programme

Employers and industry experts have reacted positively to the government's Get In, Go Far apprenticeship campaign.

Embrace flexible working on everybody's terms

It’s been interesting reading about the fears of some employers in the face of the extension of the right to request flexible working beyond the previous categories of parents and carers.

Lack of workplace diversity deters 69% of young people

A lack of diversity would deter 69% of young people (aged between 12 and 25 years old) from working for a particular company, according to research by social enterprise MyKindaCrowd.

Putting talent at the top of the agenda

Talent management consistently ranks as a top concern for CEOs, yet many say their organisations are missing out on commercial opportunities in the area.

The invisible workforce: contracted cleaners

The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s inquiry into employment conditions in the cleaning sector has called its half million workers the ‘invisible workforce’; unappreciated and unnoticed.