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Why HR needs to be involved in the new banking whistleblowing regime
Duties will include appointing ‘champions’, keeping records, reporting to the board and trainingThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have recently published...
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The Smart Employer’s Guide to Internal Communication - free ebook
The Smart Employer’s Guide to Internal Communication – a free ebook from Unum:How good is your company at internal communication? It may not be great according to the 80% of employees who want bosses...
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National Living Wage to cost employers extra £11m by 2020, finds PwC
Research suggests businesses prepare by restructuring pay and reward Employers have said they will have to shell out an extra £1.6m in wages next year to cover the introduction of the mandatory...
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Unemployment at post-recession low, reveals ONS
‘Bulk of jobs growth is full-time and with employee status’The unemployment rate has fallen to just 5.4 per cent, which is the lowest it has been since 2008, data from Office for National Statistics...
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Hunt reveals details of pay cap on NHS agency staffing
‘Rip-off’ rates cost health service £3.3bn last yearThe Department of Health and healthcare watchdog Monitor have unveiled details of how the cap on NHS staffing agency costs will work in a bid to end...
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Demand for nurses prompts government u-turn on immigration rules
Nursing temporarily placed on shortage occupation list The government has announced it will lift immigration controls on nurses working in the UK, in a bid to ease pressure on the NHS.Nursing will also...
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The growing problem of illegal material on work computers
What to do when you find employees looking at abusive imagesAs technology becomes ever more integral to our lives, the problem of illegal material being found on workplace computers is also growing. A...
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Same sex couples disadvantaged by latest pensions ruling
Current law cannot be applied retrospectively to remove discrimination, says appeal courtThe Equality Act 2010 prevents occupational pension schemes from discriminating on the grounds of sexual...
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Criminal liability for failing to register redundancies sends warning to...
Do prosecutions of Sports Direct and City Link directors herald a tougher approach?HR experts advising executive teams on restructuring, site closures, and reductions in staff, will be all too familiar...
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Opinion: Fear of the unknown prevents diversity in the boardroom
HR needs to switch off the spotlight and turn on the floodlights to find new talent, says Fiona HathornOrganisations simply aren’t trying hard enough to recruit a diverse mix of people at board level....
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Step into the future of HR tech
Visit the People Management stand at the 2015 CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition to experience cutting-edge HR techVirtual reality used to just be a pipedream of science-fiction movies, but now it’s...
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CIPD ACE 2015: CEO to show which metrics matter in the boardroom
Oliver Shaw, head of Cascade HR, will take to the stage at this year’s CIPD Annual Conference & Exhibition to deliver his advice-led seminar ‘HR Hacks – making a truly strategic contribution to...
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Digital skills remain a struggle for quarter of UK, charity warns recruiters
Decline of digital know-how among older workers prompts ageing workforce concernsAlmost a quarter (23 per cent) of people, which is equivalent to 12.6 million people, in the UK lack at least one of...
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Government to share anonymised salaries of UK taxpayers, says report
University courses to be linked to future earnings in data releaseStudents could soon see how much they’ll be able to earn depending on which course they choose and where they study, under government...
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PwC latest employer to support parents with back-to-work scheme
Programme designed to help ‘talented but overlooked’ peopleProfessional services firm PwC is the latest in a line of employers to launch a returnship programme to help people back into work after an...
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How employers can legitimately avoid being caught out by Tupe
Arrangements can be lawfully structured to reduce the risk of nasty surprisesCompanies often ask their legal advisers how they can avoid the impact of Tupe on their commercial arrangements. A parallel...
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Opinion: Want successful hot-desking? Give the brain what it wants - certainty
Susanne Jacobs explains how to mitigate the brain’s threat reaction to workplace change Recently a client asked me to support them through an office move, which included a shift from fixed desks to...
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Law firm quizzes company over treatment of cleaners who asked minister for...
But contractor denies disciplinary action was taken against staff who wrote letterA law firm is investigating the potential detrimental treatment of staff at a cleaning contractor working for the...
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Why redundancy is not a safe remedy for poor performance
Employers risk unfair dismissal claims if they follow the wrong procedureSometimes managers can appear to think that dismissals for redundancy or poor performance are interchangeable. But the...
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Are you equipped with the building blocks for talent success?
According to the CIPD, 25% of your employees are looking for a new job at this very moment, and on average it costs more than £30,000* to replace just one member of staff (Oxford Economics). Your...
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