Editors Blog

BBC examines The Trouble with Working Women

The BBC is dipping its toe into the thorny issue of the gender pay gap and workplace equality, with a two-part series beginning tonight (Monday).The Trouble with Working Women sees newsreader and mum of three Sophie Raworth team up with...

Posted by Mike Berry on May 18, 2009 3:56 PM

Ban Bullying at Work Day gets dumped

The Ban Bullying at Work campaign, which also encompasses a national awareness day held in November, is to be cancelled because of a lack of funding. I received a letter from the organisers, the Andrea Adams Trust, citing a lack...

Posted by Mike Berry on March 27, 2009 8:05 AM

Workplace disputes must be nipped in the bud

The fact the Tribunal Service has reported a massive increase in the number of claims appears to have riled some in the HR profession. And it is touching that so many people are concerned that too many 'frivolous' cases are...

Posted by Tony Pettengell on March 23, 2009 11:13 AM

Absence management | Could the Royal Mail model deliver for you?

So the Royal Mail has turned itself around. Four years ago, almost 12,000 of its employees were absent at any one time. Since 2004, the group has reduced its absence rates from 7% to 4%, saving it an estimated £227m....

Posted by Jo Faragher on June 12, 2008 10:37 AM

Equality | HR holds the key to women getting a fair deal

Another week, another body of evidence to show that women are getting a raw deal in the workplace. News that anyone working flexibly ­- of which the vast majority are women ­- are still being passed over for promotion may...

Posted by Dawn Spalding on May 6, 2008 10:26 AM

The Apprentice | Pregnant pause please Sir Alan

Sir Alan Sugar's views on women in the workplace - and how they should be upfront in job interviews about their intention to start a family - are well publicised. The boardroom Gruffalo believes employment laws are damaging to women...

Posted by Mike Berry on April 8, 2008 9:47 AM

Diversity | Be in it to win it

As our story in this week's Personnel Today magazine points out, employment minister Stephen Timms is urging HR "to recognise and embrace the scale of the opportunity that an approach to greater diversity in recruitment can provide". While most in...

Posted by Dawn Spalding on April 7, 2008 4:49 PM

Valentine's Day | No love lost here...

Valentine's Day is one of those annual events that gives certain companies and PR agencies an opportunity to unleash a barrage of highly tenuous press releases relating to employment law. The same thing happens at Christmas, Easter, April Fools' Day...

Posted by Mike Berry on February 12, 2008 9:40 AM

Workplace disputes | Mediation skills crucial to HR

News of the clampdown on unnecessary tribunals could not have come soon enough. The number of employment tribunal cases rose from 115,039 in 2005-06 to 132,577 last year. And with the exception of race discrimination, all areas had an upward...

Posted by Dawn Spalding on February 11, 2008 9:19 AM