Hiring a new employee can be time-consuming, tedious, and fraught with uncertainties. The cost of replacing a full-time employee can reach or exceed 50% of that individual’s salary, due to lost...
Scores of small businesses have been caught up in the latest scandal to engulf high street banks, which involves the mis-selling of interest rate ‘protection’ products on loans. The recruitment...
HR magazine is set to hold its first ever ‘HR Talks’ event, designed to encourage dialogue and discuss ideas and actions to help drive your business forward.
A flat rate state pension of £140 a week, funded by increases in the state retirement age, will be one of the coalition’s main initiatives unveiled today, as it marks the halfway point in Government...
The number of jobs in the City of London fell by over a third last year, according to a study published today by recruitment firm Astbury Marsden.
Fathers are increasingly going part-time because they want to spend more time with their children but are worried about the stigma attached to being a 'part-time working father’, according to a survey...
The innovation economy: it’s the Holy Grail every country appears to be chasing. From Malaysian prime minister Najib Tun Razak saying growth will come from innovation and creativity in his new...
Dealing with job losses in all areas of a business and managing the negative press that come with it is something that would be a challenge to any HR director. It is unfortunately a challenge Mark...
The Government scheme, which offers young entrepreneurs loans of about £2,500 to start businesses, was yesterday given an extra £30 million boost.
UK HR directors are concerned about losing staff in 2013, admitting they believe one in five (22%) of their employees will be looking for a new job, according to research published today by...
Anyone out of work for more than two years would be guaranteed a job under a plan unveiled today by shadow chancellor, Ed Balls (pictured).
A High Court judge has ruled that Christians have no right to decline working on a Sunday as it is not a core component of the Christian faith.
