A snapshot poll of 2,000 workers has painted a picture of families coping with rising levels of stress at home and at work. A combination of financial pressures, heavy workloads and long hours is leading to fractious home lives for many, with stress  More...
01 December 2011 08:51

Daily long-distance commuting can be detrimental to a person's health, a study carried out in Sweden has concluded. The research has argued that commuting by car or public transport, compared with walking or cycling, is tied with negative effects on hea  More...
01 December 2011 08:50

The Chancellor of the Exchequer's autumn statement has delivered some bleak news for the public sector, with higher job losses than previously forecast and confirmation that pay awards in the sector will be restrained to an average of 1% for each of the  More...
29 November 2011 16:01

Businesses with fewer than 50 employees will not have to auto-enrol staff into pension schemes until 2015, the Government has confirmed. Minister for pensions Steve Webb confirmed in Parliament today that auto-enrolment for small businesses will be   More...
28 November 2011 16:43

The Government has announced plans to cut health and safety red tape in half over the next three years by combining, simplifying and reducing existing regulations. Minister for employment Chris Grayling said today that the Government will launch an i  More...
28 November 2011 15:07

The shortlist of entrants for the 2012 RAD Awards has been announced, following a judging process that moved the judges to remark on the extremely high standard of this year's entrants. The awards, which for 22 years have celebrated the best in recr  More...
25 November 2011 16:47

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has unveiled a £1 billion package aimed at tackling youth unemployment through the creation of 400,000 work and training placements. The "youth contract" initiative will offer subsidies of £2,275 to employers in Engl  More...
25 November 2011 11:47

Minister for employment relations Edward Davey last night commended the "fantastic work" of the organisations shortlisted for Personnel Today's new award for Innovation in Dispute Resolution in a speech at the ceremony. The award, sponsored by medi  More...
24 November 2011 15:48

The Co-operative Group was named overall winner at the Personnel Today Awards last night for its attempts to get more people with learning disabilities into the workplace. The company scooped the top prize at the ceremony at the Park Lane Hilton in Lond  More...
24 November 2011 00:01

Employee support for public sector cuts has fallen but many still believe striking public workers will lose sympathy if they cause disruption, a report has found. According to research by the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD),   More...
24 November 2011 00:01

Just 2% of organisations think that their global mobility functions and talent programmes are aligned, despite nine in 10 (90%) believing that such integration is important. This is according to research from professional services firm Deloitte  More...
24 November 2011 00:01

The Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) has appointed an interim managing director in the long-term absence of chief executive Jackie Orme. Dr Sue Upton, who is currently the CIPD's membership and marketing director, will be res  More...
23 November 2011 16:37

The Government has today confirmed plans to overhaul key areas of employment legislation, following a consultation on resolving workplace disputes and the outcome of the "Red Tape Challenge" review of employment law. The proposals were outlined this  More...
23 November 2011 13:13

Proposed "protected conversations" will not shield employers from discrimination claims, employment relations minister Edward Davey has confirmed this morning. A consultation into protected conversations, which would allow employers to rai  More...
23 November 2011 12:25

A government-commissioned review of sickness absence has recommended that an independent assessment service should take over return-to-work assessments from GPs. The Independent Review of Sickness Absence also proposes that employers that take   More...
21 November 2011 14:30

A former court worker who last month became the first person to be convicted under the Bribery Act 2010 has been jailed for six years. Munir Patel was convicted of bribery and misconduct in a public office after admitting that he received  More...
18 November 2011 13:58

The number of employers freezing pay has crept up in the three months to the end of October 2011, with almost three pay packets in 10 (28%) frozen, compared with 25% in the last rolling quarter. This is according to the latest pay analysis from  More...
18 November 2011 10:09

Employees are less inclined to take up the option of flexible working and are instead prone to "presenteeism" due to pressure they feel because of the ongoing economic uncertainty. This is according to telecommunications company O2, which has publis  More...
18 November 2011 09:52

Businesses will be able to bid for a share of a £250 million fund for vocational training programmes in the new year, as part of a government scheme designed to bring more skills into the workforce. The Government announced that the fund will be open  More...
17 November 2011 10:49

Live online learning technologies - such as virtual meetings and classrooms, and video-conferencing - are becoming increasingly popular, with more than three-quarters of employers using them in 2011. This is according to the benchmark study carried   More...
17 November 2011 09:53