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Directors believe UK corporations aren't doing enough to promote women on boards, says survey

The majority (90%) of senior corporate directors believe that UK corporates are failing to do enough to promote women onto boards, yet 95% are opposed to the imposition of female quotas, according to...

Employers that have unconscious bias training have higher ethnic minority recruitment rates, says BITC report

Over half of organisations with higher ethnic minority rates are tackling unconscious bias in their recruitment process, according a report published today by Business in the Community (BITC) in...

Staff vacancies rise at sharpest rate for 19 months, says KPMG report

November saw the second successive monthly rise in permanent staff placements, with the rate of growth picking up to the fastest for 19 months, according to a report on jobs by the Recruitment and...

Workplaces not doing enough to support employees with musculoskeletal disorders, says Work Foundation

A lack of workplace support for musculoskeletal disorders is leaving many UK employees facing lost income, job insecurity and early retirement according to a report published today by The Work...

Rising City profits "has cost workers £7,000 a year", says TUC

Rising financial profits have reduced workers' wages and squeezed profits in non-financial firms across the rest of the economy, according to a Trades Union Congress (TUC) report published today.

Sainsbury's replaces customer service and colleague director with HR director

Sainsbury's has reinstated the role of group HR director following the announcement that customer service and colleague director Gwyn Burr is leaving the retailer in March 2013 to focus on her...

Government must tackle Whitehall red tape culture, says CBI

Economic growth faces being held back because of millions of pounds in extra business red tape coming from the UK Government and Europe, a Confederation of British Industry (CBI) report has warned.

Court of appeal set to rule whether employers can be held liable for employee spats

This week the Court of Appeal will hear the case of Warby v Wunda Group, in a case UK law firm Eversheds has said could prove significant for employers and mean that they could soon be held...

KPMG's Robert Bolton discusses critical role of talent and role of HR in delivering it

Robert Bolton, partner in KPMG Management Consulting and global lead of the firm's HR Centre of Excellence, discusses the professional services firm's new research on HR and talent.

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Vince Cable launches schemes to boost skills and improve college facilities

Business secretary Vince Cable (pictured) yesterday launched two schemes to improve educational facilities and create sustainable employment, following announcements in Wednesday's Autumn...

Employers must rethink benefits package in unstable times, says HRD

Employees have become ‘increasingly risk-aware’ since the economic crisis hit. They are concerned their financial worries will continue for the long term and believe there is ‘no end in sight’,...

Skills gap: catch our HR Lunchtime debate on-demand

Last week, HR magazine hosted a live web TV debate on the skills gap in the UK. If you missed it you can now still register for free and watch it back on-demand.

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