People who had completed work experience, course tasters or vocational study are more likely to make good progress in their apprenticeship than those starting straight from school without it,...
Employers have faced a hike in costs since the Agency Workers Regulations took effect, according to a study by law firm Eversheds, with some reporting increases of more than 10%, some even citing...
The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) has found councils across the UK had a combined pension deficit of £54 billion in 2010-11.
The Health and Safety Executive has set up an independent panel – the Myth Busters Challenge Panel - to scrutinise decisions which can lead health and safety to become a “convenient excuse to stop...
Global insurer, RSA, has promoted Vanessa Evans to group HRD. She will be responsible for HR strategy and teams worldwide.
The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has launched a webpage to provide businesses with safety and security updates fed in directly by the Metropolitan Police during and after the Olympic...
Only half of the UK’s senior directors or executives working on £10 million change or transformation projects claim a better than 70% success rate with these initiatives, and only 7% judge them to be...
The UK is becoming a nation of ‘job flirts’ thanks to social networking, with 70% of workers using social networks to find out about potential opportunities according to a report from Taleo...
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs – published today – found recruitment consultants reported a rise in permanent staff placements for the third month in...
PwC has launched a toolkit to help employers raise awareness with students at schools and colleges of opportunities in for higher apprenticeships in professional services.
The Future of Work Research Consortium, led by London Business School's professor Lynda Gratton (pictured) ran its final face-to-face event in phase three last week.
HR magazine, has launched HR Legal Service – www.hrlegalservice.co.uk – to fill a gap in the employment law market between City law firms and ‘call-centre’ fixed fee operations.
