Has Brexit ruined recruitment?
Agencies are optimistic over short-term hiring trends, but EU nationals are beginning to consider their options – which means trouble aheadPredicting how the UK’s decision to leave the EU will affect...
View ArticleNew 100% online CIPD HR qualifications are in high demand
Responding to increasing demand for HR qualifications in emerging global markets, CIPD Training has partnered with Home Learning College to co-create and deliver fully online programmes in HR. This...
View ArticleOpinion: Is your company handbook a missed opportunity?
The handbook is more than just a legal document, writes Darren Maw – it’s a chance to confirm and communicate your cultural valuesFinding and keeping staff who are in tune with your organisation’s core...
View ArticleReduce size and complexity of executive pay packets, say investors
Influential report calls for more transparency in the way senior leaders are rewarded – and will recommend wider disclosure of pay ratiosBusinesses should end their reliance on long-term incentive...
View ArticleNHS chief ‘used aggressive behaviour to silence whistleblowers’
Head of nursing ordered staff to ‘cover up’ for dyspraxic surgeon and alter outcomes of investigations, tribunal hearsAn NHS chief silenced whistleblowers and told colleagues to conceal vital...
View ArticleCase Study: Brighterkind Care Homes
How a focus on leadership invigorated a care group’s culture The problemWhen Antony Smith joined brighterkind in January 2015 to head up training and development across the group’s 71 care homes, he...
View ArticleCase study: Amazon
Why Amazon’s recruitment team believes it can conquer EuropeMonopoly sets. Anti-squirrel bird feeders. Cuddly toys. DVDs. Epsom salts. A pirate fancy dress costume. Nail varnish. Whatever you could...
View ArticleI’ll tell you something: Diane Keeble-Ramsey
Do employees’ perceptions of your HR interventions match the reality?There’s much debate among HR and L&D professionals about strategic HR, and how our skills can make a lasting, positive impact....
View ArticleAre employers being unethical over the NLW?
As businesses face ire for cutting overtime and benefits, two experts explore the falloutDire predictions of widespread job losses when the national living wage (NLW) came into force in April always...
View ArticleReview: Inclusive Talent Management
Stephen Frost & Danny Kalman, Kogan Page, £29.99/£25.64 e-bookThese are dark times for diversity. The proportion of women on executive boards remains anaemic and, as Brexit looms, workplace...
View ArticlePeople Management: 10 best fleet cars 2016
What should your staff be driving? We’ve got the answersTired of seeing the same names on your company car list year after year? Well, give your fleet manager a nudge, because 2016 has seen a raft of...
View ArticleQ&A: Jacqui Gavin
Every organisation should be ready to answer profound questions about transgender rights, says Jacqui GavinThe rainbow flag flew over the Houses of Parliament for the first time this year, an act that...
View ArticleOpinion: I’ve battled depression – and employers need to do more to help
Consultant Simon Crew shares his experiences of workplace support for mental ill-health, and explains how organisations can improve their approach28 June 2007. I still have a very clear image in my...
View ArticleHow to reintegrate brain-injured employees in to a workplace
Assessment, adjustment and ongoing discussions are essential to the processA brain injury can happen to anyone. Headway, the brain injury charity, estimates there were 348,934 hospital admissions for...
View ArticleMental health at work is declining – but most staff still won’t discuss it,...
Almost a third of employees have experienced mental health issues at work, but most rate their organisations’ support as sub-standardAlmost one third of employees in UK workplaces have experienced...
View ArticleByron restaurant workers arrested in alleged immigration sting
More than 30 employees detained at ‘training’ meeting over suspected false right-to-work documents; legal experts predict more Home Office crackdowns in futureImmigration officials arrested suspected...
View ArticleEmployers and employees can ask tribunals not to make proceedings public
Case involving celebrity sex misconduct allegations shows how privacy orders work Tribunal proceedings are generally open to the public; this means they can be attended by the press and the parties can...
View ArticleTalent Management in 2016: What HR Leaders Need to Know
Many organisations around the world are in the midst of a talent crunch. They struggle to hire, nurture and develop the right talent at scale, and it is having a significant negative impact on their...
View ArticleOpinion: The challenge of shaping public sector HR is ours to own
A new kind of HR leader is needed to guide us through turbulent waters, writers new PPMA president Sue EvansWhen I start any new role, I find it helpful to set out what I’d like to achieve during my...
View ArticleCulture is key to curing ‘killer’ office lifestyles
Businesses must avoid email and increase autonomy, say experts, as report labels sedentary working ‘as deadly as smoking’Organisations need to initiate a workplace cultural revolution to get employees...
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