One in 30 UK employees have drugs in their system at any point in time within the workplace, according to statistics released today by Concateno, a drug and alcohol screening provider.
Acas chief executive John Taylor (pictured) has joined forces with MP Ian Paisley Jr, with the backing of the TUC and employers, including Royal Mail and Veolia, to launch an online service for...
Hiring-managers, rather than Whitehall, will have to take responsibility for background checks on new employees from September this year, under new legislation outlined by equalities minister, Lib...
The newly appointed HR director at defence and security provider QinetiQ has warned against HRDs “working in a bubble”, as employees deal with the current economic climate.
Out of 9.5 million active members of private sector workplace pension schemes, 1.6 million are accruing new defined benefits, and this is projected to fall to less than 1 million by 2020 as the...
The average UK worker puts in more than three weeks of overtime a year – just by answering calls and emails at home, a study OnePoll on behalf of Good Technology, reveals.
Almost three quarters of jobseekers would let others know if they had a negative experience with a company during the recruitment process, a recent survey by Webrecruit has revealed.
While many mid-sized employers facing automatic enrolment will consider the 1 October 2012 launch date of pensions auto-enrolment a problem only for large multi-nationals with thousands of employers,...
Ahead of the expected announcement from the prime minister on the creation of a Childcare Commission, childcare and business organisations have called on the Government to provide greater childcare...
Employers need to “re-double their commitment to job training”, because employee skill enhancement is a vital component to increased productivity and profits, according to a report from The Economist...
The Government has reported a “continued increase” in the number of people starting an apprenticeship.
Channel 4 has launched its first ever graduate programme, in search of future leaders of industry.
