New service allows small businesses to save on salary costs without making redundancies

A new service has been launched to allow small businesses to lower salary costs but hold on to key staff and retain their job and salary.

It could be 'a slow grind back' towards pre-recession unemployment levels, says CIPD

Unless the economy recovers far more strongly than is expected, says the CIPD, there will be only a gradual increase in net job creation and high unemployment will continue for years to come.

Birmingham City Council to research with CIPD how to sustain high performance

Birmingham City Council's HR department is embarking on a research project to ascertain what businesses need to build resilient and adaptable organisations.

Employers must keep workplaces cool and let staff dress down, warns the TUC

With temperatures expected to reach 32C later in the week, employers have been urged to relax office dress codes and cool down offices for the sake of employee health.

HR Excellence Awards 2009: Best Talent Management Strategy - ZenithOptimedia

Judges were universal in their praise for media agency ZenithOptimedia's transformative approach to talent.

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Unison hits out at TfL spending millions on consultants

Unison has criticised Transport for London (TfL) for spending millions on consultants at the same time that 'thousands' of rank-and-file staff face the sack.

Dave Ulrich on how HR professionals should look after their own health and wellbeing

Dave Ulrich, HR magazine's Most Influential 2009 thinker, offers advice to HR professionals on avoiding burnout from the increased pressures they are experiencing during the recession

To look after others you need to look after yourself

In the first part of his article on avoiding burnout during the recession, Dave Ulrich, HR magazine's Most Influential 2009 thinker, focused on how HR professionals should take care of themselves...

Women more analytical than men in building their own careers, but not when it comes to others

A day after The Apprentice's all-female final, workplace psychologist OPP has revealed it is women who make better career decisions than men - but only when it comes to themselves.

Flawed people management wastes billions' in merger and aquisition deals

European companies are "throwing away" billions of euros by not addressing people management issues during mergers and acquisitions, according to Hewitt Associates.

Google uses maths to improve employee retention

Google is taking steps to improve its employee retention by implementing a mathematical formula that calculates when staff are likely to leave the company.

How has the recession affected the mindset and expectations of Generation Y?

When they joined the workforce in the late 1990's, Generation Y (Gen Y) brought a different set of strengths, but with those strengths came new challenges for employers too.