Incidences of identity fraud in the workplace have risen by almost a third in past year

CIFAS, the UK's fraud prevention service, has found that identity fraud in the workplace and the disclosure of customer data to third parties has increased by 31% and doubled respectively over the...

UK's relatively low return on investment on human capital could be due to its regulated employment environment

The UK is lagging behind the rest of the world in measuring return on investment (ROI) on HR practices, with research suggesting this could be due to strict employment legislation.

A shared-services public-sector model will ease the pain of the cuts

Over the past 60 years there have only been 13 years when the total cost of public services (including debt interest and welfare payments) has gone down on the previous year and there have never been...

HR needs to change to survive

Recent comments on the future of HR from senior professionals in the public sector, both HR and indeed non HR, suggest that the future of HR hangs in the balance in many ways. Deep cuts have to be...

Corporate Charisma - does it really leverage organisational effectiveness?

Charismatic people exhibit the tendency to inspire greater levels of support and loyalty from others, resulting in an ability to create higher performing teams, stronger relationships with customers...

BBC responds to claims it spends too much money covering events like Glastonbury and the World Cup

The BBC has defended claims that it sends too many staff members to events such as Glastonbury, the World Cup and Wimbledon.

HR can help deliver better business performance in the long term through workforce planning

Workforce planning should be a core process of HR in order to help build sustainable organisation performance, according to a new CIPD guide.

Is Cadbury heading for a meltdown following the Kraft takeover?

It's six months since Irene Rosenfeld , CEO of Kraft, successfully bought Cadbury - and she still hasn't bothered to pay it a visit. And while there are positive signs the US-giant appears to take the...

Government is passing the sick as fit to work

On the day the Government is setting out plans to get more people off disability benefits, an investigation by the BBC has found two-thirds of people so far applying for the new Employment Support...

Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith to unveil plans to get unemployed back to work

Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith will today unveil his plans for welfare reform, including removing barriers to the jobless returning to work.

The workplace is a seething hotbed of promotion envy

A survey of more than 1,300 employees finds the office is dog-eat-dog after 34%, of employees in small businesses said that they would purposely sabotage a colleague's chances of a promotion, rising...

Ashridge report highlights organisational failings in leadership development and internal comms

New research published by Ashridge Business School shows organisations are failing to provide effective leadership development, internal communications and virtual working practices.