Employees, employers and the Government are increasingly looking to resolve workplace disputes early, avoiding the need for formal or legal processes. Mediation is proven to save time, money and stress, but the implementation of a fully integrated workp  More...
18 February 2013 12:22

Because of the acceleration in the rate of change across the business landscape, we now see major changes occurring within months instead of years. The past few years have seen some of the most significant changes, including the global recession, major   More...
08 November 2012 16:25

Workplace culture and job satisfaction have a big impact on wellbeing and absence. OH practitioners should address this, argues Anna Harrington. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recognises mental health as a state of wellbeing in which "e  More...
03 May 2011 14:23

Our weekly HR news and analysis audio programme includes: 98% of those losing their jobs in the three months to August are men; Is HR partly to blame for some of the banks' troubles? And Personnel Today launches a new campaign to  More...
17 October 2008 15:50

Prof Coggon, president of Faculty of Occupational Medicine, explains why occupational health practitioners need to be concerned with employees' ill health which is not caused by work. Listen to the interview with Professor Coggon Or sub  More...
23 January 2008 10:53

There's a danger that coaches could find themselves dealing with issues best handled by counsellors or psychotherapists. Anyone commissioning coaching should know how to deal with this potential conflict. As the deployment of workplace coaching has i  More...
19 June 2007 00:00

Rowing across the Atlantic pushed Olympic gold medal-winning rower James Cracknell to draw on reserves of mental strength he never even knew he had. Addressing Personnel Today's HR Directors Club breakfast briefing in Birmingham, Cracknell - who  More...
17 November 2006 08:00

Firms are being urged to work 'smarter' by taking part in Work Wise Week in May.  More...
30 March 2006 08:49

Private sector workers have a greater sense of pride in their workplace and its management.  More...
03 August 2005 09:05

Employers offered advice on dealing with post-terror attack trauma at work.  More...
08 July 2005 13:06

Out go the big presentations. In come Alf Turner's plans for British Gas staff and, in turn, its customers  More...
28 September 2004 10:36