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Six in 10 managers pressured to work extra hours unpaid, research shows
Excessive workloads and smart phone technology enabling ‘overtime culture’Almost half of managers in the UK work an extra day in unpaid overtime every week, according to research from the Institute of...
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Five things we learned at The Economist Talent conference
PM hears the latest thinking from HR on attracting and retaining talentAt The Economist Talent Management conference this month, PM heard how new approaches to hiring and holding onto skilled...
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The tricky business of employee reinstatement after an unfair dismissal
When can tribunals order employers to take back claimants or return them to their former roles?It is very rare in unfair dismissal cases for an employment tribunal to make an order compelling an...
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Kingston's Dispute Resolution PgCert - a short course to help you in the long...
Why this course?Mediation is fast developing in many countries and is part of the civil justice system of England and Wales through the Civil Procedure Rules, which encourages the use of mediation....
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Wages have dropped further than official data shows, says think tank
Average pay could be up to 30 per cent lower than thoughtThe decline in average pay for all British workers since 2008 could be as much as 20 to 30 per cent worse than existing estimates show, a think...
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Lack of jobs and skills threaten economic recovery, warns UKCES
‘Urgent action’ needed to tackle three major barriers to growthBusinesses need to act now to tackle “deep-rooted” employment challenges in the UK economy, the UK Commission for Employment and Skills...
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Two African cities top chart of costliest places to live
London rises up the ranking to 12th place in Mercer surveyLuanda in Angola is the world’s most expensive city to live in for the second year in a row followed by Chad’s capital N’Djamena and Hong Kong,...
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Medical evidence needed for misconduct dismissal
Employers should have consulted doctors before dismissing a cancer patient with post-traumatic stressIn the recent case of Perth & Kinross Council v Gauld the Employment Appeal Tribunal had to...
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Did you miss Everton’s presentation at the CIPD HR Software Show?
Clare Archibald, HR Manager and Rachael Jones, HR Officer from Everton Football Club spoke openly about their transition from using restrictive Excel spreadsheets, to embracing the latest technological...
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Government appoints older workers’ employment champion
Ros Altmann set to challenge ‘downright inaccurate perceptions’ of the over-50sThe government has appointed the economist and policy expert Dr Ros Altmann CBE as business champion for older workers.The...
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Are your employees ‘anxiously attached’ to their work emails?
We need decisive action to stop the slide into always on working, says Mandy RutterAsk your boss if you really need to take your work mobile on holiday and the likely answer will be, "oh well, no, it's...
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Push to get claimants on mental ill-health benefits back to work
Government considers change to welfare systemBenefits claimants declared unfit for work because of mental ill-health will be offered treatment to get them back into work under pilot schemes being...
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Dealing with lies in job applications
How can employers protect themselves when candidates embellish or fabricate their CVs?In difficult economic times, job applicants may try to gain a competitive edge by embellishing their achievements...
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Police recruiters consider people with minor convictions
Met Police aim for diversity in drive to hire 5,000 constables by 2016The Metropolitan Police has announced it is relaxing strict recruitment rules to allow people with minor convictions to apply to...
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Staff-to-patient ratio cannot be safely applied across NHS, says NICE
But upper limit of eight patients per nurse to trigger safety vigilanceThe NHS will not face specific patient-to-nurse ratios but an upper limit of eight patients per nurse will trigger a heightened...
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MPs urge employers to help improve UK’s foreign language skills
Jobs left unfilled due to lack of multi-lingual candidates, report shows A group of MPs have called on government to take “sustained action across the UK to revive national competence in languages”.The...
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Forming a strategy on holiday pay
Employers should assess the risk of claims now in advance of imminent court rulingsAccording to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), commission should be taken into account when...
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Employment reaches highest levels since 2005, finds ONS
Experts warn record rates hide underlying labour market issuesEmployment in the UK is at its highest level since 2005 reaching a rate of 73.1 per cent, according to figures from the Office for National...
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CIPD announces winners of the Recruitment Marketing Awards 2014
Clever use of social media nets ‘Grand Prix’ awardCampaigns with innovative use of social media triumphed at last night’s Recruitment Marketing Awards.The annual gala rewards the best in creative...
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Network Rail faces largest ever equal pay claim, backed by TSSA
Case lodged as male bosses set to collect more than a million in bonusesMore than 30 female managers at Network Rail have launched what could become a multi-million pound equal pay claim backed by the...
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