Poor work attitudes among the long-term unemployed are the major barrier to tackling Britain’s jobless crisis, according to a new report from not-for-profit think tank the Centre for Social Justice.
The system is being tested by 20 corporate partners, with intentions to roll out to all later this year. But how will it work?
Western Australia (WA) should be the destination of choice for skilled migrants, said its training and workforce development minister, Peter Collier (pictured). He visited the UK last month to promote...
Employers’ failure to provide staff with efficiency-driving business tools is costing the UK £30 billion a year, according to research.
Heavy workloads and tight budgets mean that most of us in HR are mole-like: we knuckle down and get things done. Recent surveys of HR practitioners' top concerns spring no surprises: leadership...
Even against the backdrop of digital tools, employee engagement is a commodity that is hard-won.
Focus on an employee's performance ranked highest among HR directors, when evaluating the success of the recruitment process ahead of factors such as the cost of hire and the time it took to secure...
Today (1 February) has been dubbed national sickie day, with 350,000 employees expected to take sickness absence, but phoning in sick could be a thing of the past as a quarter of employers now accept...
As the Monetary Policy Committee announces whether interest rates will rise today, many employers are offering pay rises. But pay growth remains slow
Recent changes to pensions and retirement rules will hamper job creation among smaller firms, according to the Forum of Private Business.