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Younger employees more willing to take risks with pay

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Younger employees are more willing to take risks with pay and show greater interest in variable remuneration, according to research by PwC.

River Island HRD launches personal shopping experience

River Island's HR director Karen Beaven is urging other HR professionals to innovate outside their remit and add to the bottom line.

HR Most Influential 2015: Embracing leadership roles

This year is the 10th anniversary of HR magazine’s HR Most Influential ranking, the definitive annual list that celebrates the most influential players in the field of people strategy.

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Too few companies open to creative L&D

Too few companies are open to offering creative learning and development experiences, AT Kearney’s chief learning officer and global head of talent management Stephen Parker has said.

Liberal Democrats pledge to extend shared parental leave and free childcare

The Liberal Democrats have pledged in their manifesto to extend shared parental leave and free childcare for working families.

Labour: We would let grandparents share parental leave

The Labour Party would consult on allowing grandparents to share in parents’ unpaid parental leave if it came to power in May’s election.

Celebrate your rising stars

Want to celebrate your young HR talent? Then nominate them for an HR Excellence Award.

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US tops UK relocation list

The US has remained the number one destination for relocations from the UK, as well as the predominant origin country for people moving to the UK, according to a study of Sterling Relocation’s...

Conservatives pledge to 'reward hard work' and protect business

The Conservative party has pledged in its manifesto to improve the lives of British workers while protecting business.

HR should focus more on "life stages", says EHRC deputy chair

HR professionals must focus much more on “life stages”, as well as characteristics such as age and religion, deputy chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Caroline Waters has said.

CIPD report finds L&D delivery gap

A significant gap exists between the skills and capabilities L&D practitioners know they need and what they actually have in-house, a recent CIPD report has found.

Consumers more likely to use Living Wage employers

More than half (58%) of people say they are more likely to use the goods and services of a company if it is a living wage employer, a poll by Nationwide has found.