A round-up of the latest HR appointments. Yell, the business search engine, has announced the appointment of Linda Kennedy in the new role of group human resources director. Previously, Kennedy worked as chief change officer at mobile operator Everyt  More...
17 January 2012 11:14

More than 100 major UK businesses have signed up to a government initiative that proposes asking for CVs without the name or the school details of candidates in order to remove the risk of discrimination during the application process.   More...
12 January 2012 15:16

Almost one-third (29%) of organisations have no plans to deal with disruption caused by this summer's London Olympics, despite the majority expecting to experience some form of disruption during the Games. This is according to BT's Race to the Line   More...
11 January 2012 12:05

Figures released today point to a modest reduction in permanent placements as well as the first reduction in temporary placements for two and a half years. The figures are included in the latest Report on Jobs, published by the Recruitment and Emplo  More...
11 January 2012 11:56

There have been further developments today in the debate over the impact of immigration on levels of unemployment in the UK. Research published today by the Government's Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) points to an association between non-EU migra  More...
10 January 2012 16:43

A former NHS worker has been awarded £933,115 in compensation after an employment tribunal found that he had been subject to racial discrimination and unfair dismissal. Elliot Browne was a divisional director at Central Manchester University NH  More...
10 January 2012 14:36

Employers need to review staff communications about the economic pressures on pay in order to keep them motivated when awards are constrained, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has warned. The CIPD's Employee Atti  More...
04 January 2012 11:34

Job opportunities were 17% higher in December 2011 compared with the same period in 2010, and were more than one-fifth higher than in December 2009, according to figures published today by reed.co.uk . The most recent Reed Job Index data h  More...
03 January 2012 15:51

On 1 January 2012, new rules on the VAT treatment of certain benefits provided under salary-sacrifice schemes will come into force. The changes follow a ruling in the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that, where an employer operates a salary-sacrific  More...
31 December 2011 13:50

Figures from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) appear to refute claims that employers will lay off large numbers of temporary workers this week to get around the requirements of the new Agency Workers Regulations (AWR). The December  More...
22 December 2011 13:50

Details have been published of planned changes to the limits and amounts payable under employment legislation. The changes, due to take effect from 1 February 2012, include an increase in the maximum award for unfair dismissal, from £68,400 to £72,3  More...
20 December 2011 16:11

All new apprenticeships for 16- to 18-year-olds will last for at least one year, as part of a series of reforms aimed at strengthening apprenticeships announced yesterday by skills minister John Hayes. Within the new measures, the Gov  More...
20 December 2011 12:09

Despite the pressure on budgets caused by the downturn, more than four employers out of five are continuing to protect staff with competitive health and benefits packages, latest research has suggested. The study, by insurer Unum and Personnel  More...
20 December 2011 10:30

The Government is undertaking a consultation to gauge views around relaxing the restrictions placed on the work that can be undertaken by HIV-positive healthcare workers . The move was unveiled by Chief Medical Officer for England Dame Sally Davies  More...
20 December 2011 09:27

The Government has announced that it is committed to simplifying health and safety guidance for small businesses by the summer in 2012, as well as ensuring that properly managed low-risk businesses need no longer be visited by inspectors. It will al  More...
20 December 2011 09:00

A new government-funded "mental health in work" support service has been launched by specialist employer Remploy. The £4.8 million contract between the Department for Work and Pensions and Remploy Employment Services will see Remploy delivering ment  More...
19 December 2011 10:27

More than 100,000 cancers - equivalent to one-third of all those diagnosed in the UK each year - are being caused by smoking, unhealthy diets, alcohol and excess weight, according to research by the charity Cancer Research UK. The review of cancer a  More...
19 December 2011 09:27

Trading standards body the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to decide by the end of March whether or not to refer the private healthcare sector to the Competition Commission to investigate its practices. The OFT said in December 2011 that it had provi  More...
19 December 2011 08:27

The response from employers and health specialists to the Löfstedt review was predominantly positive but cautious. Judith Hackitt, chair of the Health and Safety Executive, said that the "insightful" report would "go a long way to refocusing health   More...
16 December 2011 15:27

The psychological therapy received by NHS patients with anxiety and depression in England and Wales is, in general, of a good standard, albeit that it is hampered by substantial variations in quality, the first national audit of NHS-funded psychological  More...
16 December 2011 15:27