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Opinion: Rules are necessary, but won’t save you from a corporate scandal
Kevin Hills explains why employers need to really understand their organisation’s culture before expecting staff to be compliantFrom the classroom to the corporate boardroom, misdemeanours and...
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Raise paternity pay to address gender imbalances, say MPs
Three months’ leave urged for second parents; shared parental leave ‘makes little difference’An increase in the rates of paternity pay, and three months of non-transferable paternity leave, should be...
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Talent Strategy Playbook: Great resources to help improve your talent...
Research tells us that strategic talent practices are strongly tied to improved corporate performance.Even though this important connection has been proven to exist, many HR professionals struggle to...
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Top issues for employers from the budget 2016
The national living wage, apprenticeships and shared grandparental leaveMedia attention surrounding the 2016 budget has been focused on former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith’s...
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Opinion: “I don’t know – what do you think?”
If you want to be taken seriously, you need to ban this phrase from your vocabulary and flex your decision-making muscle, writes Penny WhitelockThere are many occasions when the phrase “I don’t know –...
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HR challenged to take the lead on pregnancy and maternity discrimination
EHRC urges increased dialogue, as three in four working mothers report negative treatment at workThe Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is calling for urgent action on maternity...
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NHS ‘powerless to stop’ all-out junior doctors’ strike
But employment lawyers suggest requirements in trade union bill could significantly limit future action by key servicesJunior doctors have escalated their dispute with the government over new contracts...
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Glasgow bin lorry enquiry raises issues about driver safety in employment
Employers should carry out pre-employment checks on fitness to driveThe recent fatal accident inquiry into the Glasgow refuse truck crash which killed six people heard that the driver was unconscious...
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Leaveism: the new workplace wellbeing threat
Research into leaveism is in its earliest stages, says Professor Sir Cary Cooper, but organisations need to be aware of its causes and impact on employee wellbeingWe’ve long been concerned about the...
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Civil service turns to HR metrics to solve social mobility issues
Candidates could be asked to disclose their parents’ jobs; greater emphasis on regional recruitmentThe civil service has pledged to take action, including asking for background information on...
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National living wage will be ‘largest increase in minimum pay in history’,...
Employers prepare for 'ripple effect' of increased wages, projected to benefit 2.6 million staffEarnings for the UK’s lowest-paid workers will rise four times faster than the average employee this...
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Could HR solve...? Legally Blonde
Elle is struggling with negative classmates and harassment from her bossThe problemSorority president Elle Woods stunned her peers by winning a place at Harvard Law School. But her classmates refuse to...
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Research: why small talk makes a big impact on recruiters
Many candidates spend hours preparing answers to the questions they expect to hear in interviews. But new research suggests that it might be just as important to focus on the small talk that precedes...
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Review: An Everyone Culture
Robert Kegan & Lisa Laskow Lahey, Harvard Business Review Press, £22.49/£14.29 e-bookThis is a book that begins with a deliberately unsettling premise: that we waste most of our time at work...
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The Fixer: Should we worry our staff won’t leave?
The organisation I work in – which is part of the public sector, though in an arm’s length sense – has a very low turnover of staff. Despite being a large employer, it can dip to 2 per cent, which...
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Who I am: Andrea Metherell
Talent and L&D partner, Gazprom Marketing & Trading (GM&T Group)When I was growing up, I had little idea about what I wanted to do. It was through studying occupational psychology at...
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Q&A: Dr Itiel Dror
Cognitive neuroscientist Dr Itiel Dror on the disconnect between employees and learningWhen People Management meets cognitive neuroscientist Dr Itiel Dror on a grey winter’s day in a cafe at London’s...
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Muslims: Britain’s hidden talent pool
Misunderstood and marginalised, the talents of the UK’s 2.7 million Muslims are often wasted at work. People Management asks them what’s to blame for the disconnect"It was a personal and moral decision...
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Your employees: explained
Everything you’ve ever wanted to ask about physical and mental wellbeing at workIf your car was leaking oil, you’d be straight under the bonnet or on the phone to a mechanic. Or if key machinery in...
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Case Study: Mitie
Why Mitie’s LGBT network is having a profound effect on employees’ livesThe problemAlthough facilities management company Mitie had three diversity networks in place by early 2015, the organisation...
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