For many years there has been a general consensus that Europe and the UK have different approaches to employment law. This consensus is that the UK tends to emphasise individual rights whereas Europe favours a more collective age  More...
10 January 2011 13:02

New plans to develop a universal qualification and training framework for health and safety professionals across Europe have been unveiled. The European-Union-funded EUSAFE project has been set up to try to create a universal European framework of qu  More...
01 January 2011 15:46

The job market recovery recorded in 2010 is set to stall in early 2011, according to figures released today. The Totaljobs Barometer's analysis of recruiter and jobseeker activity shows that the supply of jobs has grown by almost one-fifth (19%) sinc  More...
28 December 2010 00:01

The Council of the European Union has rejected plans to extend maternity leave to 20 weeks on full pay due to the financial implications for member states. A large majority of ministers said that the requested extension of the minimum maternity leave  More...
08 December 2010 14:26

As we emerge from the recession, it would be fair to assume that third sector organisations such as anti-poverty charity Oxfam would be under immense pressure to focus on financial outputs, leaving HR as an afterthought. With job shortages boosting volu  More...
08 December 2010 11:33

Albron Catering BV v FNV Bondgenoten and another FACTS Employees of Heineken International Group were employed by Heineken Nederlands Beheer, a service company that permanently assigned staff to various operating companies within the group. Mr Ro  More...
07 December 2010 10:29

UK companies are more at risk of missing talent opportunities than organisations in the US and Western Europe due to not managing succession planning on a global basis. Less than half (47%) of UK-based international companies manage success  More...
25 November 2010 00:01

Online survey service SurveyMonkey has identified the most common questions asked by HR professionals when conducting employee feedback. The top questions bosses asked their staff related to employee morale and the effectiveness and empathy of mana  More...
03 November 2010 13:43

Trade union members working at seven Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) sites in the UK are today demonstrating against the company's European-wide restructuring, which they claim is being pushed through without proper consultation. Up to 120 well-paid UK j  More...
27 October 2010 13:16

Nearly two-thirds (65%) of companies are facing problems attracting employees with the critical skills needed to help them recover from the economic crisis, according to an international survey by Towers Watson. The Towers Watson 2010 Global Managem  More...
13 October 2010 11:49

For the second year running, internet giant Google has topped a poll of most-liked business employers. The World's Most Attractive Employers 2010, published by employer branding company Universum, is a global talent attraction index, based on respons  More...
28 September 2010 11:37

Employers have been urged to review their staff retention programmes to ensure that their best employees don't jump ship as the economy begins to pick up. The call came after a pan-European survey of more than 7,500 workers, by consultancy Aon Consul  More...
13 September 2010 15:15

Multinational companies making changes to their defined-benefit (DB) pension schemes are cutting back on their contributions, according to new international research. One-third of respondents said they were looking to make changes to their schemes in  More...
02 September 2010 12:04

A round-up of HR-related stories in today's newspapers. Britain faces a "brain drain" of talented professionals after it emerged that one-fifth of expats based in this country are considering returning home, according to a study of 4,100 expats   More...
01 September 2010 09:23

A new law banning companies from using social networking sites like Facebook to vet potential new employees is being mulled over by the German Government, reigniting the debate on whether or not employers should snoop on employees' private lives. Th  More...
31 August 2010 00:01

A second consultation on the EU Working Time Directive (WTD) will take place in the autumn, the European Commission (EC) confirmed this week. Attempts to revise the legislation failed last year and in March the Commission began a major revi  More...
13 August 2010 15:37

Self-employed workers are to gain maternity and pension benefits under a new EU law. The Directive on self-employed workers and assisting spouses aims to improve the social protection rights of millions of women in the labour market and boost femal  More...
05 August 2010 16:34

The European Parliament is leading the legislative reform of bankers' bonuses. Last month, MEPs approved some of the strictest rules in the world on bankers' bonuses. Caps will be imposed on upfront cash bonuses and at least half of any bonus   More...
03 August 2010 16:20

Depending on who you want to believe, sickness absence is either falling fast because of the recession, or the downturn has led to a glut of sick days with stressed-out workers across Europe concocting more and more excuses not to come in. Three surv  More...
28 July 2010 17:12

UK businesses are lagging behind their US counterparts at maximising profit from their investment in people, according to research by professional services firm PwC. The PricewaterhouseCoopers Trends in Human Capital report analyses data from more   More...
26 July 2010 08:53