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Digital learning is the future – and that means revamping L&D
Leaders must use online tools to engage their teams in new ways, learning professionals tell CIPD annual conferenceThe future of learning and development is online, but for it to be effective employers...
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Shift in graduate behaviour prompts employers to rethink development programmes
L’Oreal and MBDA design innovative graduate and apprenticeship schemes to secure future talentApprentices and graduates are increasingly showing loyalty to their career but not companies, delegates...
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Top tips for successful transformational change
Experts from BBC Worldwide and HMRC share their tacticsChange is a constant in organisations and yet failure rates remain high, according to Julia Balogun, professor of strategic management at the...
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Announcement of government crackdown on ‘off-payroll’ workers expected this...
Tightening of tax loophole would cause ‘huge administrative burden’ for employersThe government’s expected clampdown on paying workers via an umbrella company or Personal Service Company (PSC) to pay a...
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Substantial pay increases ‘unlikely’ in the next 12 months, finds CIPD
Employers mitigate worst effects of skills crisis with training and migrant labourWage rises of any substantial nature are unlikely in the next 12 months as the majority of employers report they are...
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Why it’s important to take time to plan redundancies
Especially when dealing with professional services firmsA number of law firms have had to restructure or make staff redundant over the past few months. Redundancy is never easy, but it can be...
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Employers condemn proposed tax changes on termination payments
Organisations believe the only beneficiary will be HMRCDuring the summer, the government issued a consultation outlining planned changes to the tax and NI treatment of termination payments. The...
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Eight ways Google’s new ‘re:Work’ website can help HR change work for the better
Tech giant launches site to share ideas for a happier, healthier and more productive workforceGoogle has launched a new website, re:Work, to share its research and ideas on how to create a happier,...
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Workers over 55 are raiding their pension pots to pay off debts, research...
Survey raises concerns about retirement poverty as 27 per cent of older workers access savings earlyMore than a quarter of people aged over-55 are raiding their pensions while still in work, raising...
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Living wage and apprenticeship levy will form a 'lethal cocktail' for business
Tesco chief Dave Lewis warns increased costs will undermine wider social gainsThe national living wage, the introduction of an apprenticeship levy and increased business rates will amount to a...
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What should employers include in their anti-slavery statement?
Government guidance on new requirements is not prescriptiveAt the end of October the Home Office published statutory guidance on the new requirement under section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 for...
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BAME employees ‘less likely’ to be rated as top performers than white peers
BITC’s Race at Work survey of 24,000 people reveals how race affects career progressEmployers are being urged to provide managers with race equality training after Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic...
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Employees across Europe still reluctant to blow whistle on misconduct, finds...
Number of UK employees unhappy with outcome of speaking up doubles in three yearsProcesses to support and enable whistleblowers in organisations across Europe do not work effectively, research from the...
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UK employment at highest level since 1971, ONS reveals
Data indicates ‘potential worry’ with sharp rise in joblessness among non-UK nationalsEmployment in the UK has grown as the number of people in work has reached at the highest levels since records...
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Staff 'not comfortable’ working with colleagues with a learning disability,...
Learning Disabilities Work Experience Week aims to break down ‘outdated’ perceptionsIn 2013, the government launched the Disability Confident campaign, in an effort to halve the disability employment...
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Huge increase in company fines for health and safety offences
Corporate manslaughter may cost larger organisations £20 millionNew sentencing guidelines for courts dealing with corporate manslaughter, health and safety, and food safety offences were published...
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Negative perception of ‘disruption’ inhibits innovation, says CBI panel
Experts discuss the pros and cons of new business models for the ‘sharing economy’Customers are readily welcoming ‘disruptive innovation’ to the market and recognise the employment opportunities...
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VW offer staff amnesty in return for information on emissions scandal
But whistle blowers must come forward before 30th November deadline, says employerVolkswagen (VW) has urged employees with information about the emissions scandal to blow the whistle before 30th...
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City Link directors acquitted of criminal charges
But not reporting insolvency redundancies remains a catch-22The three directors of the former courier firm City Link have been acquitted of criminal charges in relation to their alleged failure to give...
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CIPD expands its presence in Middle East with launch of Dubai hub
New office confirms CIPD commitment to developing global HR and L&D practicesThe CIPD has announced the arrival of a new Middle East team, based in Dubai, as part of its global commitment to...
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