A gay barrister who found references to his "batty boy mate" in a case file has had his claim of sexual orientation discrimination upheld at the employment appeal tribunal (EAT). Lee Bennett, who worked at law firm Bivonas at the time of the incident  More...
10 February 2012 08:00

Making sure that more people with disabilities or learning difficulties, and those from minorities, are able to benefit from apprenticeships is a priority for the Government, according to skills minister John Hayes. At the launch  More...
09 February 2012 12:29

Jobs data published today points to a modest uplift in the number of permanent appointments, although figures relating to temporary placements and pay offerings suggest that the job market is still experiencing difficulties. The Report on Jobs, publ  More...
08 February 2012 12:01

London will play host to the 2012 Employer Branding World Series Summit on 21 March and Personnel Today and TMP Worldwide are official partners for the event. The "2012 Employer Branding World Series" Summits bring together emplo  More...
07 February 2012 15:26

Small businesses will be offered £1,500 to take on their first young apprentices, as part of a government drive to boost apprenticeship numbers. To coincide with National Apprenticeship Week, Prime Minister David Cameron today announced a round of g  More...
07 February 2012 15:11

A round-up of the latest HR appointments. Ray Harrison has been appointed to the newly created role of head of training and development for the consumer affairs division of Barclays Bank. Harrison was previously head of training for Barclaycard and   More...
07 February 2012 09:32

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has unveiled guidance aimed at improving the quality of apprenticeships, to coincide with the start of National Apprenticeship Week. The guidance, called "Apprenticeships that Work", is desi  More...
06 February 2012 12:19

Around 3,000 staff who were made redundant from just under 200 Woolworths stores across the country will not receive a share of the payout of up to £67.8 million awarded to other employees due to the small size of the workforce in their branches.   More...
03 February 2012 10:57

Changes to health and safety regulations on reporting accidents may relieve the burden on employers by cutting the amount of incidents that firms have to report to authorities, a legal expert has said. This week, the Government published change  More...
02 February 2012 13:24

Public listed companies should have to outline their policy on their staff's alcohol use as an explicit requirement, according to Alcohol Concern. The charity has today written to business secretary Vince Cable to call for greater focus on alcohol i  More...
02 February 2012 00:01

Are you wondering how the 1 February change in award limits and amounts payable under employment law  may affect your business? Personnel Today sets out five things that employers need to know about the new award limits coming into force. The   More...
01 February 2012 10:47

The majority of employers would like to see tax breaks introduced in order to encourage firms to invest in private medical insurance, new research argues. More than 1,000 HR executives were polled by healthcare provider Simplyhealth and more than   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