Payroll provider withdraws wages from thousands of clients’ employees
Is there anything a company do worse than failing to pay its employees? Thousands of employees in the US have found there is
Tube workers to take industrial action over violence levels
Transport for London workers on the District Line have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action in protest at the growing levels of violence from passengers.
Oxford University retirement policy facing fresh challenge
A second Oxford University professor this year is challenging the institution over its retirement policy...
France faces tough battle over pension reform
Paris has been crippled by public transport strikes today in response to moves by the French government to implement pension reform.
Quarter of employers ‘let down’ by apprenticeship providers
A quarter of HR and L&D managers have been let down by their apprenticeship training provider.
City banker wins sexism case for unequal pay and victimisation
A financial product manager for the French bank BNP Paribas has won her case for direct sex discrimination, victimisation and...
Out-of-hours GP who had limited company was a worker, rules EAT
A recent judgment has highlighted the urgent need for a reliable tool for organisations to determine employment status, a law...
Shorter working week would be ‘unrealistic’, report finds
A blanket shortening of the working week would be unrealistic in the UK as it would not meet the needs...
Consultation into NHS pensions flexibility launched
A new consultation into NHS pension changes designed to enable senior clinicians to work additional shifts without facing prohibitive tax...
Personnel Today Awards 2019 shortlist: Apprenticeship Employer of the Year
We profile our finalists for the Apprenticeship Employer of the Year category at the Personnel Today Awards 2019.
Suicidal NHS worker threatened with legal action awarded £92k
A former NHS worker who was threatened with legal action after reporting feeling suicidal has been awarded £92,000 in compensation...
Number of BAME directors ‘flatlines’
The number of black, Asian and minority ethnic board directors of major UK companies has “flatlined” over the past year,...
No-deal Brexit: Mini factory staff may be forced to take unpaid leave
Workers at the Mini plant in Oxfordshire could be forced to take at least two weeks’ unpaid leave and have...
In-depth
Automation and AI: how it will actually affect the workplace
Is there any consensus over the effects of the spread of AI over the next few years and is HR well placed to play its part in reshaping the workforce?
Duty of care and the employee accused of wrongdoing
All HR professionals are familiar with the stress and anxiety associated with a grievance or disciplinary process. Ashleigh Webber examines...
How employees are using social activism to make their voices heard
With traditional union membership in decline, employees are finding new ways to voice their opposition to corporate decisions, as shown...
Recruiting Now
Brexit
No-deal Brexit: Mini factory staff may be forced to take unpaid leave
Workers at the Mini plant in Oxfordshire could be forced to take at least two weeks’ unpaid leave and have...
No-deal Brexit could send NHS ‘toppling over the edge’
A no-deal Brexit would send the NHS – “our nation's greatest institution” – into a state of chaos, health service union Unison has warned.
Anger at Johnson’s politicisation of police recruitment launch
The chief constable of West Yorkshire Police has criticised the prime minister for making a political speech about Brexit while...
Personnel Today Awards 2019
Personnel Today Awards 2019 shortlist: Apprenticeship Employer of the Year
We profile our finalists for the Apprenticeship Employer of the Year category at the Personnel Today Awards 2019.
Personnel Today Awards 2019 shortlist: HR Team of the Year
The 2019 Personnel Today Awards take place on the 19 November. In a series of articles profiling all our finalists,...
Final Personnel Today Awards 2019 shortlist unveiled
The shortlist for the Personnel Today Awards 2019 is now complete with employers such as AXA, BT and IBM making the final cut alongside public sector organisations within the NHS and local authorities
Apprenticeship levy
Quarter of employers ‘let down’ by apprenticeship providers
A quarter of HR and L&D managers have been let down by their apprenticeship training provider.
Personnel Today Awards 2019 shortlist: Apprenticeship Employer of the Year
We profile our finalists for the Apprenticeship Employer of the Year category at the Personnel Today Awards 2019.
Apprenticeship providers turn SMEs away due to levy fund shortage
A shortage of apprenticeship funding means that a quarter of smaller firms have been turned away by training providers, while...
Gender pay gap reporting
Should salary history questions be outlawed?
Ending employers' ability to ask candidates about salary history could help tackle gender and ethnicity pay gaps but how best to achieve this?
Never mind the gender pay gap: here’s the gender pensions gap
There have been exhaustive discussions on the gender pay gap, but what about the huge chasm between women’s pension wealth...
Employers should have to ‘opt out’ of offering flexible working, says MP
Flexible working should be offered by default for any job and employers should “opt out” if a job cannot be...
Wellbeing
Union campaign to support terminally ill workers takes to the road
The TUC’s campaign to protect terminally ill workers – Dying to Work – begins a national roadshow today from the...
Violence and abuse against shop workers reaches ‘epidemic’ proportions
A Co-op funded report has called for government action to prevent crime against retail workers, claiming it has reached ‘epidemic’...
Technology and employee wellbeing – what does the future hold?
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Webinars
Digitising HR records: the first steps towards intelligent automation (webinar)
ON-DEMAND | Find out how West Midlands Ambulance Service digitised its HR records as the first step in a journey towards intelligent automation...
Transforming culture: How to bring people with you through change (webinar)
ON DEMAND | Look at any HR trends right now and the focus is on workplace culture. Or explicitly, having a culture that supports transformational change...
‘Open-source learning’ – a new approach to sharing knowledge (webinar)
Open-source is a well-known concept in software development, but what lessons might learning and development professionals be able to draw...
Shared parental leave
Shared parental leave: enhanced pay is key to take-up
Employers that enhance shared parental pay are twice as likely to receive shared parental leave requests as those who offer...
Shared parental leave: what impact has it had?
What impact has shared parental leave had on your organisation over the past year? XpertHR is conducting a survey of...
Budget 2016: shared grandparental leave proposals to be unveiled in May
The first consultation on the extension of shared parental leave to grandparents will be launched in May, Chancellor George Osborne...
Benefits
Technology and employee wellbeing – what does the future hold?
PROMOTED CONTENT | Employee wellbeing is not a new phenomenon – in fact, it has been...
Petition calls for pet bereavement leave
A woman who claims she lost her job on the same day her dog died is calling for the right...
Employee perks at a 12-year low
Corporate cost-cutting has made perks less attractive for businesses to provide, causing their value falling to their lowest level since 2006-7.
Opinion
EU settled status: how employers can help their European staff
Last week Personnel Today ran an opinion piece which criticised the EU Settlement Scheme, the process that EU, EEA or...
Does gender pay gap reporting legislation need more teeth?
The original aim of gender pay gap reporting was to shed light on pay discrepancies and apply enough pressure to...
Are HR professionals lacking employee relations skills?
As the CIPD’s Festival of Work starts in London, complete with speaker and breakout sessions galore on all the new...
Global HR
France faces tough battle over pension reform
Paris has been crippled by public transport strikes today in response to moves by the French government to implement pension reform.
Banks need to transfer more staff to EU for no-deal Brexit
Banks need to “step up” their plans for the UK leaving the EU without a deal, the European Central Bank...
1.2 million jobs to be lost in Europe with no-deal Brexit
If the UK were to leave the EU without an agreement 1.2 million jobs across the Continent would be be...
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