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Top tips to make the move from operational HR to a strategic role
Unleash your inner HR business partner and embrace long-term planningIt wasn’t long ago, in a recent edition of People Management magazine, that we were debating whether the HR business partner model...
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NHS performance drops as staff struggle to cope, says think tank
Report shows budget cuts and increasing pressures have taken their toll on workforceThe performance of the NHS has “slipped” in the past two years, as efficiencies are becoming “harder to deliver” and...
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How employers should react to bad behaviour outside the workplace
Organisations need a set of rules to avoid knee-jerk reactionsThe increased reporting of incidents via social media, such as those recently involving Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur fans, raises the...
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Nepotism ‘alive and well’ in the workplace, research shows
‘Social mobility has barely changed since the 18th century’, says Debrett’s The cliché ‘it’s not what you know but who you know’ is alive and well – and depressingly so in 21st century Britain –...
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Change of mind set necessary for tackling workplace conflict
Training managers in dispute resolution techniques could avoid costly tribunalsMany HR professionals must be wondering why they are still dealing with so many time-consuming and costly grievance and...
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IoD questions credibility of ‘dysfunctional’ Sports Direct board
Firm lacks sufficient checks and balances to scrutinise leadersIn an unusual move, the Institute of Directors (IoD) has singled out a specific company for having a ‘dysfunctional’ board, adding the...
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Workers remain dissatisfied despite rises in pay, finds CIPD
Latest Employee Outlook shows average increase is two per cent Wages might finally be going up, but research from the CIPD finds employees do yet not feel satisfied with their level of pay.The report –...
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Employer bodies criticise Labour plans to curb zero-hours contracts
Plans to limit length of controversial contracts is ‘heavy handed’The starting pistol for the general election has only just been fired, but already the gloves are off as critics lined up to blast...
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Shared parental leave arrives with risk of discrimination claims
Employers enhancing maternity pay may need to do the same for menNew shared parental leave and pay rights apply to the parents of babies due, or children matched for adoption, on or after 5 April...
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Please stay on the line, your career is important to us
Don’t lose key talent by keeping schtum during organisational change, warns Susanne JacobsA friend of mine left her job today. She loved her job, had been recognised by her industry through...
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Latest holiday pay decision leaves gaps on calculation
Questions remain over reference periods and rolled-up payThe most recent judgment in the case Lock v British Gas Trading was eagerly awaited as it was hoped it would provide definitive guidance on how...
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Are you making the most of your managers?
Innovators share latest thinking for boosting management quality Managers are vital to the success of any organisation with numerous studies showing that line managers have a huge affect on company...
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Shared parental leave and pension changes come into force
But complexity of new rules may deter take upThe arrival of the new financial year saw two highly anticipated pieces of HR legislation finally come into force over the weekend – pension freedoms for...
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Majority of NHS chief officers ‘paid more than recommended salary’
Clinical commissioning groups defy pay guidance for top executivesMore than half of all chief officers and chief finance officers in GP-led clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) receive salaries above...
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Microsoft launches hiring programme targeting autistic recruits
‘People with autism bring strengths we need’, says employerSoftware giant Microsoft has announced a recruitment programme specifically targeting those who are autistic.The firm is partnering with The...
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Don’t entrust your staff to Dr Google when it comes to mental illness
Employees facing stress and depression need more support at work, argues Cary CooperEvery two seconds somebody Googles the word depression in the UK. I was amazed when I first read this statistic from...
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Employees picking up extra duties for free still comes at a price
Royal household staff balloted for industrial actionIt may be difficult to understand why an employee would ever agree to work for free, but it can be attractive to those looking to expand their skills...
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Major employers pledge 16,000 new apprentices
Conservatives plan three million new roles within five yearsDavid Cameron will today announce that more than 16,000 new apprentices will be trained over the next five years as part of deals agreed with...
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Why you should praise employees more
Positive feedback could be a more powerful motivator than money, says Jan HillsI have been writing quite a bit lately about feedback and why most of it doesn’t work. Feedback is at the very heart of HR...
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Employees’ ‘right to know’ must be balanced against privacy rights
European convention can protect individual identities in tribunal claimsWhere confidential or salacious details are part of a tribunal claim it is possible to apply for a restricted reporting order,...
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