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

Employment groups have demanded that the Government take action on youth unemployment after figures released today showed that there are more than one million young people out of work in the UK. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) data  More...
16 November 2011 10:17

Nearly half (46%) of organisations gather background information on potential candidates for senior management roles using methods including criminal record disclosures and the use of candidate-checking agencies. This is according to XpertHR's   More...
16 November 2011 00:00

Social care staff at housing association Family Mosaic will be told to accept "massive" pay cuts or lose their jobs. This is according to public sector union Unison, which said that the London- and Essex-based housing association intends to dismiss   More...
15 November 2011 15:48

The UK jobs market is set to experience a "slow, painful contraction" in the final quarter of this year, with many employers putting their hiring activity on hold due to ongoing economic uncertainty, according to the Chartered Institute of Personn  More...
14 November 2011 10:36

Employers scaled back their use of temporary workers in the run up to the introduction of the Agency Workers Regulations, according to research by the CBI and recruitment consultancy Harvey Nash. The CBI Employment Trends Survey, which surveyed 462   More...
14 November 2011 00:00

The Government has confirmed that it will introduce a consultation on so-called "protected conversations". Prime Minster David Cameron outlined the proposals, under which employers will be able to hold conversations with underperforming colleagues,   More...
11 November 2011 15:44

Bad management could be costing UK businesses more than £19 billion in lost working hours every year, according to a survey published today by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). The CMI's report suggests that three-quarters of employees waste   More...
10 November 2011 14:57

More than half of employers believe that they have an important role to play in helping ex-offenders back into the workplace, according to a report published today. The survey, Employers' perception of best practice in prison education , from C  More...
09 November 2011 12:04

The number of people leaving their main job has almost halved over the last 13 years, suggesting that the labour market is considerably less dynamic than it has been in the past. The latest research, published today by the Office for National Stati  More...
09 November 2011 12:00

The UK job market has contracted for the first time since July 2009 with a reduction in the number of permanent placements, according to the latest Report on Jobs from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG. The October 2011 re  More...
09 November 2011 09:00

The Government has been accused of using misleading figures in an attempt to manipulate public opinion in the debate over public sector pensions . The accusation came from Britain's largest union, Unite, which said that Chief Secretary to the T  More...
08 November 2011 00:00

Town and cities in northern England have the highest proportion of 16- to 24-year-olds not in employment, education or training - so-called "NEETs" - according to research published today. Great Britain urban average: 16.1% Source:  More...
04 November 2011 11:33

FTSE companies have today been praised for making some progress in putting women in board-level positions, but it was stressed that more work needs to be done if boardroom diversity is to be achieved at the rate proposed by the Government. Speaking  More...
03 November 2011 16:46

EXCLUSIVE  The Unison ballot, in which members voted yes to a strike over public sector pensions, could be "fatally flawed", meaning that employers could put a stop to the planned "day of action" on 30 November.   More...
03 November 2011 15:58

Large employers need to prioritise mental health as a boardroom issue, putting it on a par with physical health, according to a report by mental health charity Mind. The Taking care of business study, published in September, was the result of  More...
03 November 2011 12:56

Public sector unions have said that they are "firmly committed" to continuing preparations for a planned day of industrial action at the end of the month, despite a new offer from the Government on pensions. The Government set out details of its new  More...
03 November 2011 09:13

Charity Macmillan Cancer Support has brought out a new toolkit for employers to help them better support people with cancer. The Essential Work and Cancer Toolkit features an employer's guide produced in collaboration with the Chartered Institute of  More...
02 November 2011 16:56

More than half of employers are taking measure to manage stress at work, according to early findings from the 2011 XpertHR stress management survey. The findings, released today to coincide with National Stress Awareness Day , found that 52.2%   More...
02 November 2011 15:02

The Government has announced a significant tightening up of the legislation around dangerous driving, with drivers who seriously injure others now risking much longer jail sentences. The move in October by the Ministry of Justice has created the off  More...
02 November 2011 11:56