The past six months have been spent reacting to the downward spiral in equity markets, rising unemployment, wide-ranging government interventions to stabilise the global financial systems and local...

There cannot be a human resources director or manager in the UK who has not taken a keen interest in the Equality Bill and its progress through Parliament. When the act comes into effect from autumn...

O2 employees saved 2,000 hours of commuting time during its flexible working pilot when every member of staff at its Slough head office worked from home for one day.

All of us in HR will have heard of the acronym SMART. We might quibble over what the initials stand for but we recognise the need for goals to be precise, measurable and well planned.

NHS Employers’ director Dean Royles was last night unveiled as the UK’s most influential HR practitioner, while 2011’s most influential thinker Dave Ulrich (pictured) and practitioner David Fairhurst...

The Agency Workers Directive was published on 5 December 2008, and the UK Government (along with other EU member states) has until 5 December 2011 to implement it.

The food and drink manufacturing industry is the UK’s biggest manufacturing sector employing a staggering 400,000 people in a huge variety of roles.

The Business Minister, Pat McFadden (pictured), has vowed to put social mobility at the heart of the Government's plans for growth and success in the global economy.

The disparity and perceived unfairness of directors receiving large salaries and bonus payments compared to other workers is a continuing rumble in the press.

Organisations are working harder than ever to engage employees, but how can line managers promote healthy engagement while avoiding the risk of burnout?