Downsizing is sometimes a necessity. Keeping staff informed and managing the media will ensure you do it right

Anonymity in employee surveys can create a disconnect between people and their responses

Only 7% of public sector organisations reported a drop in stress-related absence in the last year

The job market will be characterised by higher wages and increased movement in the future, Reed group managing director Tom Lovell has suggested.

Probation service HR mangers dealing with hundreds of staff appeals against reassignment face an unusual but not unprecedented situation over which they can have little say, an employee relations...