Data

Shami Chakrabarti: HR must find a sensible social media policy

Employers must find an effective balance when it comes to social media policy, the Labour MP and former director of advocacy group Liberty Shami Chakrabarti has urged

Employers should be cautious following Morrisons data ruling

Legal experts have warned that employers should be cautious following the Morrisons data breach verdict?

Tricky areas of GDPR compliance

During the course of the employment relationship employers will process a wide range of employees’ personal data, including special categories

Preparing for employees' subject access requests

As much as HR should be hoping for genuine requests from concerned employees without a broader agenda, they should prepare for the worst

Businesses not reporting key people data

FTSE 100 firms are failing to share important workforce data in their annual reports, according to the CIPD

Organisations should focus on ‘resourcing’ rather than recruitment

Recruitment is reactive and focuses only on short-term needs, whereas resourcing is long term and strategic

UK businesses fall behind with people analytics

?The UK is lagging behind in its use of people analytics despite there being clear benefits to using data, according to CIPD and Workday research

HR failing to track employee metrics

Many UK HR departments don't track essential employee metrics, according to research by NGA Human Resources

Boards unsure of company culture

?Boards often struggle to understand the culture of their organisations, research has found

Invest in data to improve D&I says LinkedIn HRD

?HR should invest in data to improve diversity in recruitment, according to LinkedIn’s senior director of HR EMEA Wendy Murphy

D&I and transparency have never been more important

Transparency about diversity is more important than ever, according to Sandra Henke, group head of people and culture at Hays

The growing role of big data in reward strategies

'Big data' presents both a challenge and an opportunity for reward.