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Many changes are planned for this year. John Charlton explores how they might influence employment practices. Employment law fans must be looking forward to the rest of 2012 with gusto: it promises much on the legislative, consultative, industrial r  More...
01 February 2012 09:00

Wellbeing specialist Dr Bridget Juniper considers evidence-based management and the role it can play in developing an effective employee wellbeing strategy. Increasingly, we hear that HR and management academics use the term "evidence-based manageme  More...
01 February 2012 09:00

Nearly two-fifths (38%) of employers believe that there are too few graduates to fill entry-level vacancies, despite high youth unemployment rates, new research has found. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that unemployment among   More...
01 February 2012 00:01

Motorists suffering from a heavy cold or flu risk a major loss of concentration when behind the wheel, putting themselves and other road users at risk, new research has suggested. A poll by insurance company Young Marmalade in association wit  More...
31 January 2012 12:30

Organisations that use employee referral schemes fill one-eighth (13%) of their vacancies through this method, new research has found. XpertHR's survey on employee referral schemes found that 69% of employers used staff referrals as part of their rec  More...
31 January 2012 12:01

Cancer patients are less active after treatment, despite such physical activity bringing with it significant health and recovery benefits. One patient in three admitted to being less physically active after their cancer treatment , accordi  More...
31 January 2012 12:00

In a typical week, workers spend on average five hours and 41 minutes a day sitting at their desks and seven hours sleeping each night, according to the latest research on sedentary working lifestyles. The research, led by Dr Myanna Duncan from  More...
31 January 2012 11:30

The Government has launched a new "Health for Work" sickness absence advice line that, it is hoped, will encourage smaller employers to better support workers on sick leave. The free advice line will be run by NHS Plus and provides help and s  More...
31 January 2012 09:30

The fit note is providing an important "nudge" to get managers to instigate conversations with their staff to discuss the best way to help get individuals back to work, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has argued. Accordin  More...
31 January 2012 09:00

The Government launched a major initiative in January to tackle what it termed the UK's "compensation culture" and to free small and medium-sized enterprises "from the stranglehold of health and safety red tape". Prime Minister David Cameron said tha  More...
31 January 2012 09:00

Organisations with more than 250 employees will have to designate a data protection officer to ensure that they deal with the personal information of staff and customers correctly, under reforms proposed by the European Commission. The Commission ai  More...
30 January 2012 16:04

The Department of Health (DH) has scrapped the role of chief nursing officer (CNO), replacing the position with two roles: a principal adviser on public health nursing and a CNO for its new NHS Commissioning Board. Professor Viv Bennett, former depu  More...
30 January 2012 15:00

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chief executive Stephen Hester may have bowed to public pressure and waived a £1 million bonus, but how much can executive pay really be reined in? Employment lawyer Emma Sanderson looks at Vince Cable's proposals to limit b  More...
30 January 2012 13:17

Jackie Orme is to step down from her duties as chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), it was announced today. Orme, who is on long-term sick leave undergoing treatment for cancer, intends to return t  More...
30 January 2012 13:11

The number of directors and senior managers prosecuted for health and safety failings has rocketed in the past five years, according to unofficial figures released to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) . The report in Safety & Health  More...
30 January 2012 13:00

The NHS Plus occupational health network will launch a web-based clinical governance system in March 2012, designed to help OH teams raise standards. The Management of Health at Work Knowledge system (MOHAWK) will initially be available for NHS prov  More...
30 January 2012 10:30

An independent panel of government advisers has recommended that the effectiveness of NHS managers and leaders in supporting the mental and physical health and wellbeing of their staff be included as a key element of their performance appraisals. Th  More...
30 January 2012 10:00

The vexed question of TUPE and companies in administration has again come into the spotlight in the Court of Appeal in Key2Law v De'Antiquis . When a liquidator sells a business, neither the liquidator nor the purchaser need worry about TUPE becaus  More...
30 January 2012 00:01

The second and final day at Learning Technologies provided delegates with more big ideas and practical learning and development (L&D) tips. Martin Couzins provides a review of day two. Jaron Lanier, the man who coined the term "virtual   More...
27 January 2012 16:20

Engagement is one of those terms that is often referred to as a "fluffy" HR issue. But according to David MacLeod, chair of the Government-sponsored Employee Engagement Task Force and non-executive director of the Ministry of Justice, it is not just "th  More...
27 January 2012 08:29