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'Brain-fried' employers have a destructive approach to leadership, says neuroscience consultancy

A poll of 2,000 UK workers revealed a damning employee assessment of today's business leaders and their leadership style. It found employee confidence in UK leaders appears to be at 'rock bottom'.

C-Suite execs believe HR metrics will fundamentally change over the next three years

Over half of executives in an EIU/KPMG survey believe the metrics that define success in HR will fundamentally change over the next three years.

Salary increases for FTSE 250 companies remain flat, says Deloitte

Almost half of FTSE 100 chief executives and over a third of directors received no pay increase last year, according to the 2012 directors remuneration report in FTSE 250 companies, published today by...

Long-term youth unemployment has rocketed, says TUC

Long-term youth unemployment in England has increased by 23% since the Government came to power in May 2010, according to Trade Union Congress (TUC) analysis published today.

Shared parental leave proposal means fathers could get 12 months off

Fathers could get 12 months of parental leave after the birth of their baby, if the mother returns to employment after two weeks 'under' family-friendly laws to be announced by David Cameron and Nick...

Olympics inspires London hotel's diversity and customer service training programme

This month as HR magazine unveils the results of its Diversity Survey, 2012 one of the main findings to come out of the study was that not enough HR directors are putting strategies in place to...

Women and half a million low-paid workers could lose out under plans to raise the earnings trigger for auto-enrolment, says TUC

Over half a million low-paid workers could lose thousands of pounds in employer pension contributions if ministers go ahead with plans to raise the earnings trigger for people to be auto-enrolled into...

Succession failure

Leaving succession planning until the last minute is likely to mean effective transferral of responsibility is not possible within the necessary time-frame.

Apprenticeships increase, but there is a drop overall in adult learning in workplace, says BIS

According to statistics published yesterday by the department of business, innovation and skills (BIS), the number of people taking up apprenticeships rose from 457,200 to 502,500 in the academic year...

Employers must do more to tackle sexual harassment in the workplace, says NUJ

National Union of Journalists (NUJ) general secretary Michelle Stainstreet condemned sexism and harassment at work and urged the Government and media employers to acknowledge and address the problems...

Improve capability by smashing silos: An academy approach can revitalise L&D

Paul McGhee, leadership and development manager, City of Edinburgh Council, says the council has been on a journey to transform its workforce through a innovative, value-adding learning and...

In bed, in the kitchen, in the bathroom (but not for showering): exactly where people work from home

When working from home, UK workers often choose to work in the garden (14%), in bed (13%), while cooking (7%) or in the bathroom (5%), according to a survey by online and remote meetings software...