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Why HR analytics are easy as… 1, 2, 3
The idea of human capital metrics has come of age. But how do you focus on the numbers that matter?“Data is pivotal to making business decisions. We couldn’t have significantly improved our high staff...
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The future of work
Your burning questions about the workplace of tomorrow – answered by the keenest business minds of todayIn 30 years’ time, this article could be written by an algorithm programmed to cover certain...
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Case Study: HMRC
HMRC hopes professionalising its HR function will give staff a confidence boostIt’s fair to say that HMRC has seen its share of troubles over the past few years. Customer satisfaction ratings were...
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Case Study: Snowflake Gelato
An ice cream start-up is using an employee reward system to put the pep back into its serviceThe problemFounded on a promise of providing the best Italian-style ice cream in London, the first Snowflake...
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Case Study: Ulster Bank
Putting an end to ‘traditional’ practices meant Ulster Bank had to overhaul its culture – and get senior managers on boardIn 2014, Ulster Bank faced an uphill battle in achieving its target of becoming...
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Case Study: Rentokil Initial
How Rentokil Initial has put the power of learning in the hands of its 90,000 employeesThink of a hotbed for creativity and boundary-pushing, and you’ll probably envisage a trendy tech start-up in east...
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Employers ‘continue to fail’ transgender staff
More than a third of transgender professionals have left a job because of discrimination, says surveyTransgender people are continuing to suffer significant disadvantage, and direct discrimination, in...
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Employers ‘may favour under-25s in hiring’ to get round NLW
Organisations risk breaching discrimination law, amid cuts to overtime and Sunday payThe introduction of the national living wage (NLW) in April was heralded as the largest increase to the UK’s minimum...
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Q&A: Sally Bibb
Author Sally Bibb on why strengths-based hiring is driving a shift in how organisations source talentFrom Saga and Gap to Starbucks and many of the UK’s largest NHS trusts, strengths-based recruitment...
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Who I am: Natalie Ellis
HR administration manager at Forterra UKI’ve learned to toughen up over the years. I worked at Entertainment UK, which was owned by Woolworths, just before it went into administration [in 2009], when...
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The apprenticeship levy: what you need to know
People Management wades through the detail as the government explains more about how employers will be taxed, and how they’ll access fundingThe clock is ticking on the forthcoming apprenticeship levy –...
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Footballer was discriminated against because of his cancer
Employers need to take steps to keep the right side of the Equality ActThe tricky – and often sensitive – subject of workplace health is once again in the spotlight following a successful employment...
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Government knew NLW would have ‘negative employment consequences’, employers...
Chancellor faces backlash as more evidence emerges of changes to staff terms and conditionsChancellor George Osborne is facing fresh criticism from employer bodies after claims he knew about the...
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BHS administration is ‘biggest collapse since Woolworths’
As thousands of high street jobs are left at risk, experts consider HR’s role in the processRetailer BHS officially fell into administration this week, leaving 11,000 staff in limbo as they wait to see...
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Unions welcome partial roll-back on workplace reforms
No cap on time off for rep duties, as opt-in membership rules are delayed; concessions seen as sweeteners ahead of EU referendumA partial climbdown over elements of the trade union bill has been...
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Court of Appeal decides employer could not impose new absence management rules
Warnings and dismissal trigger points in the staff handbook were contractualRecently the Court of Appeal had to decide, in the case Department for Transport v Sparks, whether a provision set out in an...
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Opinion: has doing nothing become a work of art?
A new art installation that gives gallery staff five weeks off work should prompt us all to reconsider the balance between work and life, writes Cathryn NewberyHead down to Chisenhale Gallery in...
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Apprenticeship levy will encourage employers to abandon successful training,...
Carolyn Fairbairn warns of ‘unintended consequences’ after April 2017, if fundamental issues are not addressedCarolyn Fairbairn, director general of the CBI has called for a “radical rethink” of the...
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Don’t shy away from religion in the workplace
Employment lawyers warn of rise in cases; organisations must understand distinction between penalising beliefs and conductOrganisations are running significant risks if they shy away from tackling...
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BBC says it will question recruits on family background
Broadcaster will also introduce anonymised CVs; approach can benefit employers, says leading commission on social mobilityThe BBC is to ask new employees whether they received free school meals, as...
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