A poll of 2,000 working-age adults found London is the UK’s top city for nepotism, with half of respondents saying connections gave them a job compared with 42% of British workers overall.
The government has proposed a new bill which will make it easier to prosecute a large organisation if an employee commits fraud for the benefit of a business.
Inviting a team of employees into a protected space, where they are given permission to do things differently than the rest of the organisation, is what we refer to as an ‘agility bubble’.
Many organisations and individuals believe that there are significant and lasting differences between generations. This goes for people at work too. We often hear questions such as ‘we are working...
The EU has approved a new pay transparency directive which aims to close the gender pay gap.
The number of businesses offering household bill support has increased 68-fold between 2021 and 2022, according to analysis of over 21 million job ads.
The UK jobs market remains in a state of flux, with many HR professionals admitting recruitment and retention as its hardest problem to solve.
Written off as disaffected and cynical in its youth, Generation X has long since proven its worth in business. But as Gen Xers take over the c-suite, how should HR make the best of a new generation of...
It’s that time of the year again: payroll year end. On 19 April, every company is required to send their final submission to HMRC, including a full payment submission (FPS) and employer payment...
A tribunal has ruled that laughing at someone falling over is not harassment, after a pub worker lost a claim against his employer.
A quarter (26%) of UK organisations said they are likely to make redundancies in 2023, according to new research from HR consultancy Ayming UK.
The apprenticeship levy has been thwarted by challenges and many suggest there ought to be a better alternative. But is the perfect solution out there? Dan Cave writes