When the Agency Worker Regulations 2010 (AWR) were announced, there were concerns that their implementation would be met with a lack of compliance and countless tribunals. However, since the Regulations became law in October 2011, organisations across t  More...
02 November 2012 17:37

Cyberbullying has become as common in the workplace as "conventional" bullying, according to a study by academics from the University of Sheffield and Nottingham University. Eight out of 10 respondents to the survey reported that they had experien  More...
02 November 2012 15:10

A recent gathering in Wales brought together GPs and occupational health teams to discuss the impact of fitness-for-work statements on sickness absence at various organisations. Occupational health practitioners provide their feedback on the event.  More...
01 November 2012 09:00

Social media has grown phenomenally in recent years. Facebook now has more than 300 million users and Twitter more than 55 million. Steve Baker, head of recognition and incentives at Grass Roots Projectlink, considers the importance of social   More...
24 October 2012 16:55

Almost half (47%) of employees expect to work longer to ensure they have enough money after retiring, according to a survey by professional services company Towers Watson. Just two-fifths (38%) of workers were confident that they would have suf  More...
23 October 2012 10:05

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) dismissed 672 people last year for unsatisfactory attendance, a Freedom of Information Act (FOI) request has revealed. Average sick days per department Department Average numb  More...
19 October 2012 15:17

Email, instant messaging and social media have become the favoured methods of communication for many organisations. However, Doug Shaw, founder of consultancy What Goes Around , argues that a lack of face-to-face communication can reduce  More...
18 October 2012 16:13

Friday 2 November is the final deadline for entering the 2013 RAD Awards. The deadline will not be extended this year, so make sure you get your entries in on time. The categories: Best Use of Print Advertisement Best Use of Digital Media   More...
16 October 2012 13:35

One manager in four has a "catastrophically" bad style of leadership and could be damaging productivity in their teams, a study has warned. A survey by management consultancy Orion Partners found that 24% of employees thought their bosses were over-  More...
12 October 2012 13:55

Plans to allow parents to share maternity leave entitlement will be delayed until October 2015 due to fears over the impact that they will have on businesses. This is according to today's report by the Daily Telegraph  on the Government's prop  More...
12 October 2012 13:55

Claudia Schlossberger (pictured) has joined brewing company Carlsberg Group as senior vice president of global human resources, where she will be responsible for 41,000 employees. Schlossberger moves from retailer Metro Group, where she held the positio  More...
10 October 2012 10:06

Falling absence levels may point to a rise in presenteeism rather than successful absence management strategies, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Research by the CIPD and private health insurer SimplyHealth f  More...
09 October 2012 10:07

Yves Duhaldeborde, director of organisational surveys and insights at Towers Watson, explains why HR professionals must help inject innovation, creativity and confidence back into their organisations to help employees feel assured of their career option  More...
08 October 2012 12:35

Should employers support employee health beyond simply managing absence? Welfare reform and the sickness absence review have placed employers right in the centre of managing absence. What impact can health benefits have on this, asks Emma Page? Acco  More...
08 October 2012 09:38

Security solutions provider G4S is in the news again, but this latest story is unrelated to its recent Olympics crisis. This time, it concerns two tragic workplace fatalities. On 1 October, in a BBC documentary looking into the Government's use of   More...
05 October 2012 13:21

Finance directors always have an eye on the bottom line. But when it comes to cutting costs, the only HR initiative they are likely to be receptive to is reducing headcount. So how can you persuade them that improving your staff's benefits package   More...
04 October 2012 11:09

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill will change the face of current whistleblowing legislation, according to employment lawyer Nick Pritchett. The Bill's intention appears to be to close the much-criticised loophole that allows disclosur  More...
03 October 2012 16:01

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has said that the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) have had a limited impact on the use of temporary workers, despite warnings elsewhere that they have been a "drag on job creation". According to res  More...
02 October 2012 10:02

Shares in companies that are part-owned by their employees continue to outperform the FTSE All-Share index, according to research published today. The Employee Ownership Index (EOI), published by law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse, compared companies   More...
01 October 2012 14:31

Government assessments of people's fitness to work have revealed what occupational health practitioners have known for a long time: a minority of individuals that are on sickness leave are only pretending to be ill. Jane Fairburn looks at how occupation  More...
01 October 2012 09:00