Chris Humphries, head of the new UK Commission for Employment and Skills, is keen to tackle the complexity of the skills system and make it easier for employers to navigate

They challenge our thinking, they develop our industry and they – it is to be hoped – bring the brightest and the best recruits into our profession. HR academics, we salute you.

'Good health is good business.' These words were put to the Government in 2008 in Dame Carol Black’s report, Working for a Healthier Tomorrow.

How HR can contribute to an organisation becoming truly agile, not just flexible and fast-moving

When times are hard people tend to be more concerned with the basics of life than the nice-to-haves.This could well apply to salaries and benefits too. Peter Crush investigates.

Three million employees could be paying for life insurance, unaware they are already covered by their employer's group risk scheme. Is this another case of communication failure?