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We LOVE big data
From ending staff churn to optimising your lunch queue, why numbers are an HR professional’s best friend Predicting crime before it happens is the stuff of science fiction. At least it was in the Tom...
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Being yourself at work
From transsexuals to secret poets, there’s more to your employees than meets the eye. Why can’t you let them be themselves at work? “Work supported me when I decided to become a woman…how many other...
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Review: Becoming a Better Boss – Why Good Management is So Difficult
The book of the month is by Julian Birkinshaw, professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at London Business SchoolBehind the story LBS professor Julian Birkinshaw normally busies himself only with...
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Is holiday pay now all-inclusive?
A tribunal decision should prompt employers to take a long hard look at how they are calculating annual leave paymentsThe John Lewis Partnership has announced that it is paying out a total of £40...
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Could zero hours contracts be ruled illegal?
Landmark tribunal looms as first related strike action kicks off Workers at Hovis have gone on strike this week in the first major workforce backlash over the use of zero hours contracts.The move...
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Workless households ‘at record low’, figures show
Number of families with all adults in work also on the rise The proportion of jobless households in the UK has fallen to its lowest level in nearly 20 years, according to official figures. In the three...
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Strike threat over plans to cut sick pay for ambulance workers
NHS Employers disappointed as unions reject agreementThree major unions have rejected plans by NHS Employers to reduce ambulance staff sick pay to bring it into line with levels received by other...
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Questions left unanswered over pension transfers and Tupe
An appeal case expected to clarify the transfer of early retirement benefits has been settled out of courtThe case Proctor & Gamble v SCA[2012], heard in the High Court last year, was the first...
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Civil service must ‘cut more jobs to meet targets’
Faster pace of reduction needed across Whitehall, says report More job losses in the civil service will be needed to meet cost saving targets across Whitehall, according to a new report.Staffing levels...
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BBC HR director quits following golden goodbye row
But Lucy Adams says exit ‘planned for some time’The BBC’s HR director Lucy Adams is set to leave the broadcaster in March next year “to try something new” just a month after MPs questioned her about...
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Working for yourself while taking sick leave
Does gross misconduct always justify dismissal?In the case Brito-Babapulle v Ealing Hospital NHS Trust the EAT had to decide whether a tribunal was right to decide a dismissal was ‘automatically’...
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Ban ‘Swedish derogation’ to end pay abuses, says TUC
Union blames UK government for flawed AWRThe TUC has accused the UK government of failing to implement the EU’s Agency Workers Directive properly and called for a ban on the controversial ‘Swedish...
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'I was once in prison', how to tell colleagues your darkest secret
Exclusive PM survey reveals the most difficult things to admit at workWhat personal issues would you feel most uncomfortable revealing at work? I was once in prison – 93 per centI have an alcohol...
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Shares for rights employment contracts come on line
But signs of limited business interest in new worker statusThe controversial ‘employee shareholder contract’ came into effect yesterday, to a mixed reaction from businesses and legal experts.Also...
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New role for data protection rights in discrimination claims
Subject access requests could provide an alternative route when questionnaires repealedEmployees who feel they may have been discriminated against often submit a statutory discrimination questionnaire...
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Privatisation row prompts Royal Mail strike ballot
CWU wants a ‘groundbreaking agreement’ to protect staffThe Communication and Workers Union plans to ballot 125,000 Royal Mail workers for strike action in a row over privatisation plans, pension...
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Extra 750,000 digital workers needed by 2017, finds study
O2’s HR director highlights ‘job opportunities for young’The UK will need another three-quarters of a million digitally skilled workers by 2017, research from O2 has found.More technologically minded...
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Why Professional Training is Best ‘Blended’
The ability to support staff development through appropriate training is intrinsic to effective business growth. We have written a white paper, where you will learn how technology is set to change the...
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Blacklisting must not happen again, CIPD CEO tells Select Committee
Case alleging Crossrail blocked staff on secret list ‘concluded’Peter Cheese, chief executive of the CIPD, strongly condemned blacklisting as he gave evidence to the Scottish Affairs Select Committee...
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French and German workers ‘off sick more than UK workers’
Research finds difference caused by stronger employment protection Rates of employee sickness absence are lower in the UK than in Germany or France, new research has found.Academics at Wolverhampton...
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