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Employment law changes coming up
New rules on strikes, gender pay gap reporting and the minimum wageThe government’s employment law agenda, unveiled in yesterday’s Queen’s speech, has two distinct strands: greater restrictions on...
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Employees still let down by poor performance management, finds CIPD
Latest Employee Outlook survey reveals employers fail to set clear objectivesPerformance management is increasingly seen as the bedrock of HR practice – but many organisations are providing only...
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Waitrose finds hidden talent by ‘going back to the floor’
Retail group's Helping Hands initiative connects staff across all levelsBusy work schedules and increasing pressure to ‘just get the job done’ can mean that many of us are guilty of focusing our...
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Queen’s speech 2015: the highlights for HR
Conservatives promise ‘a government for working people’Trade union reform, ‘full employment’ and immigration were just some of the significant issues aired in the Queen’s speech at the state opening of...
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‘Pink LinkedIn‘ launches to help employer find talented LGBT candidates
Founders hope network will help ‘reduce fear of coming out at work’Employers will be able to enhance their visibility as an inclusive organisation by joining a recently launched website dubbed the...
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‘SMEs have the advantage in recruitment’, says HR director
Agility of smaller firms makes all the difference in the war for talentRecruitment is definitely the order of the day, with almost half (43 per cent) of the businesses surveyed in the CIPD’s Labour...
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A new Bill of Rights would not exempt tribunals from European Convention
And repealing the Human Rights Act would not affect privacy rulesIn the Queen’s speech the new Conservative government did not, as widely expected, announce plans to replace the Human Rights Act 1998...
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Rail strike back on after union rejects second pay offer
RMT union members plan June walkouts Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union have scheduled a 24-hour walk out starting at 5pm on Thursday the 4th of June, followed by a further 48...
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How a Brexit from the EU could change employment law
The government may see quick wins but the repeal of core rights 'seems unlikely'In the Queen’s Speech, the government announced plans to introduce a European Union Referendum Bill for an in/ out...
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Government accelerates plans to double free childcare for working parents
But nursery group warns system is ‘at tipping point’ under current provisionPlans to double the amount of free childcare available to all working parents of three and four-year-olds will come into...
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Job vacancies exceed job hunters in majority of cities, finds analysis
Report reveals best and worst UK cities to find workResearch has found job vacancies now outnumber jobseekers in three in five UK cities, with results also highlighting the five best and worst places...
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Devolution bill could change Scottish employment law
Will employers be facing two sets of rules north and south of the border?Prior to the general election result, and following the Scottish independence referendum, the implications for employment law of...
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Tech-savvy young people ‘dislike’ online training, CIPD research shows
Understand how Gen Y wants to develop to uncover future talentEmployers have been urged to pay more attention to developing young workers in their own organisations as CIPD research highlighted the...
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Hunt unveils crackdown on ‘rip off’ charges for NHS agency staff
Agency body REC rejects 'scapegoating' and calls for better workforce managementNHS spending on temporary staffing agencies will be capped to stop recruitment firms charging “rip off” rates, health...
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What the Immigration Bill means for employers
Measures to control net migration could extend beyond current proposalsPrime Minister David Cameron announced last month that the Queen’s Speech would include the introduction of a new “far reaching”...
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Opinion: Are your leaders brain-fried?
Neuroscience offers an alternative that produces better results, argues Jan HillsHow has your week been? Many of the leaders I know say that most weeks they have extended periods when they are tired,...
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Online talent platforms could ‘revolutionise’ the global labour market, says...
But HR needs to cultivate real analytics and social media skills to take advantageOnline talent platforms such as LinkedIn have the ability to improve job outcomes for up to 540 million people...
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HR's checklist for dealing with substance misuse in a workforce
Drug dependency needs careful handling and proactive managementAn employee's use of illegal drugs, whether at work or at home, can affect relationships with colleagues, increase absence, reduce...
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Severe cuts to civil service put future skills at risk, warns NAO
Report highlights problems of ‘generation gap’ in wake of hiring freezeWhitehall is at risk of not having the talent and skills needed to face future challenges after significant, “unsustainable” cuts...
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Home working boom means 4.2 million UK staff now shun the office...
... and 1.8 million more employees want to join them, research has revealedThe number of UK employees working from home has grown by 800,601 since 2005, taking the total to 4.2 million, according to...
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