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MacLeod Review fails to tell HR anything new

After 10 months' work, the much feted MacLeod Review has concluded what the vast majority of the HR community has known for years: that employee engagement makes business sense.Given the tough economic climate it may seem strange to some that... Read...

Published 17 Jul 2009 4:27 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Employee Relations, hr, Human Resources, macleodreview, employeeengagement
Heyday retirement age case reaches final stage

Today marks what is hopefully the final stage of a three-year legal challenge against the default retirement age of 65.The so-called Heyday case begins at the High Court where the government will attempt to make the case why its social... Read More.....

Published 15 Jul 2009 10:06 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: employers, Human Resources, Equality, retirementage, heyday, dra
LinkedIn saved Microsoft £60,000 in recruitment costs

Microsoft's recruitment costs have been slashed thanks to LinkedIn. What's more, it's not alone according to a report on Personnel Today's sister site Computer Weekly by Karl Flinders: Will LinkedIn and Second Life kill the recruitment...

Published 8 Jul 2009 4:34 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Recruitment, recession, barkers, linkedin, secondlife, microsoft
Personnel Today Awards slideshow

I've created a slideshow of the Personnel Today Awards 2008 using Smilebox. I think it really gives a flavour of the event and what we can look forward to this year. Make a Smilebox slideshow... Read More...

Published 7 Jul 2009 8:10 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Human Resources, personneltodayawards
Workplace Commission idea worth exploring

I'm attracted by the CIPD's idea of merging the plethora of employment and skills quangos into a single Workplace Commission.CIPD public policy director John Philpott is right when he says the quangocracy operating in the UK employment policy...

Published 7 Jul 2009 3:53 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Politics, Skills, cipd, employment, johnphilpott, quangos
'Nameless CV' proposal comes back to haunt HR

Just as you thought you'd heard the last of the 'nameless CV' proposal, it is rearing its ugly head again. Angry HR professionals opposing the idea wrote to us back in May slamming the proposal for job applications to be... Read More...

Published 6 Jul 2009 7:10 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: employers, Human Resources, Recruitment, discrimination, equalitybill, cvs
Support for scrapping the retirement age grows

The Government Equalities Office has launched a consultation on banning age discrimination in accessing goods and services.The measures are included in the Equality Bill and cover how the legislation will enable things that are beneficial to continue...

Published 30 Jun 2009 8:09 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: employers, Equality, equalitybill, retirementage, agediscrimination
What does the future hold for HR?

Mystic Meg was unavailable for comment and anyway, I would question how reliable her answer to this question might be. If you're interested in what the answer really is, it's worth you registering for our upcoming webinar, in association with...

Published 26 Jun 2009 10:36 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Human Resources, futureofhr, webinar, oracle
Michael Jackson fans pull sickie over singer's death

Michael Jackson is dead. As the news broke late last night it shocked thousands of fans across the globe. And if the Twitterati is anything to go by, some die-hard fans will take the day off work, too distracted to... Read More...

Published 26 Jun 2009 1:55 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Human Resources, michaeljacksondeadfanskingofpopneverlandthrillerbeatitbilliejeanlatimestmzworksicknessabsencecipd
Equality campaigners call on government to improve the gender imbalance

Two weeks after the cabinet reshuffle which caused six women to walk out of Gordon Brown's inner circle of ministers, equality campaigners remain concerned the government is sending the wrong message to employers about gender equality. Lynne Featherstone...

Published 19 Jun 2009 5:28 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: government, hr, Equality, women, cabinet, fawcettsociety, workingfamilies, liberaldemocrats, gender
Public sector HR must brace itself for storm ahead

After escaping virtually unscathed by the worst of the recession so far, HR teams in the public sector must now brace themselves for a storm heading their way.Official labour market figures show that public sector employment actually increased by 250...

Published 19 Jun 2009 4:22 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Public Sector, pay, hr, unions, pensions, jobcuts, publicsector
Local unemployed secretly hired for Banksy exhibition

Banksy's latest exhibit, daringly launched in the Bristol Museum, has been staffed in part by local jobless sourced through Jobcentre Plus. The notorious graffiti artist, who worked with the museum curator to set up an exhibition featuring 100 of...

Published 16 Jun 2009 3:55 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Recruitment, Unemployment, banksy, unemployed, jobcentreplus
Stringer ruling further muddies the water of sick pay procedure

The long-awaited House of Lords Stringer ruling was supposed to clarify the muddy waters of holiday pay procedure. Instead, it has complicated things still further, leaving employees on long-term sick leave at risk of being 'managed out' by employers...

Published 12 Jun 2009 4:59 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Human Resources, sickleave, law
Women's leadership: It's time to re-write the recipe books

The continuing tube strike in London today threw the Women's Leadership Network Conference into an initial state of disarray - with both speakers and delegates AWOL. But Penny de Valk, CEO of the Institute for Leadership and Management, still took...

Published 10 Jun 2009 9:54 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: hr, Leadership, management, tubestrike, instituteforleadershipmanagement, womensleadershipnetwork
Carers and the Equality Bill

At an event last night held by membership forum Employers for Carers to help celebrate the launch of Carers Week. Nearly one in seven UK workers are carers (according to the 2001 census), with official estimates that claim as many as one in three people...

Published 10 Jun 2009 4:49 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Diversity, corporate social responsibility, discrimination, ehrc, equalitybill, carers, governmentequalitiesoffice

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MacLeod Review fails to tell HR anything new

Heyday retirement age case reaches final stage

LinkedIn saved Microsoft £60,000 in recruitment costs

Personnel Today Awards slideshow

Workplace Commission idea worth exploring

'Nameless CV' proposal comes back to haunt HR

Support for scrapping the retirement age grows

What does the future hold for HR?

Michael Jackson fans pull sickie over singer's death

Equality campaigners call on government to improve the gender imbalance

Public sector HR must brace itself for storm ahead

Local unemployed secretly hired for Banksy exhibition

Stringer ruling further muddies the water of sick pay procedure

Women's leadership: It's time to re-write the recipe books

Carers and the Equality Bill