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Employees claimed on average £1,768 for 'personal' costs on expense forms last year, reports RSA

Exaggerated expense claims equated to an average cost to businesses of £1,768 per person last year, according to RSA, the commercial insurer, although some journalists have disputed the statistics.

The Beecroft Report: tough talk for tough times

Very few areas of employment law escape the scrutiny of venture capitalist Adrian Beecroft, in his report to Government published on 21 May. The headline-grabbers as far as employment tribunal claims...

Male bias selection process hinders advance of female FTSE 350 non-execs, finds EHRC

The appointment of women to FTSE 350-listed non-executive director roles is being held back by selection processes, which ultimately favour candidates with similar characteristics to existing...

Quotas are not the way forward for gender diversity, says home secretary

Quotas are not the answer to boosting the number of women on boards, according to home secretary and minister for women and equalities Theresa May (pictured).

Employers must combat the stigma around chronic disease, urges Dame Carol Black

Dame Carol Black (pictured), author of Health at Work and expert advisor to the Department of Health and Lord Freud, parliamentary undersecretary of state for the Department for Work and Pensions have...

Business jargon and bad spelling in job advertisements shrink the talent pool for employers, finds Monster

Employers posting badly written job ads littered with jargon, unexplained acronyms and basic spelling and grammatical errors are missing out on good candidates, according to a poll by Monster.

Businesses are out of touch with a new generation of staff through failure to engage with social media, reports Hyphen

UK businesses are failing to engage with the workforce through social media channels, damaging their reputation as an employer of choice and their ability to attract talent, according to recruitment...

A tenth of employees 'coast' through work, carrying out the bare minimum of tasks, reveals Officebroker

Despite the recession almost one in 10 British workers still feel able to “coast” through their day – according poll of 700 staff by officer and facility search company Officebroker.

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John Philpott to step down as chief economic adviser at the CIPD

John Philpott (pictured), chief economic adviser at the CIPD is to leave the Institute in the autumn.

Employees think management standards are getting worse, according to ETS survey

Employee confidence in management is falling with almost half of employees believing themselves to be better people managers than their own boss.

Airline pilots and London tube drivers fit into the same salary bracket, reports recruiter PrivateFly

The most common salary band for pilots is £40,000 to £70,000, the same as a London tube driver.

As high street retailers face collapse, eBay pledges to recruit "thousands" globally within three years

Online retail site, eBay plans to recruit “thousands” of people globally over the next three years as it seeks to redefine commerce.