Why the BHS v Burchell decision is still relevant 40 years on
In 1978, in British Home Stores v Burchell, the Employment Appeal Tribunal outlined several factors that should be considered when...
Pay awards fail to rise above inflation
The median pay rise awarded by employers was 2.5% over the past three months – a level that has remained...
Four ways of presenting your gender pay gap: which works best?
Last week, the Government Equalities Office released a report suggesting that people need more support when interpreting gender pay gap...
Employment regs: what happened to the ones that got away?
Keeping on top of employment law developments can feel like a full-time job for HR professionals, but that’s just the...
Employers need to break recruitment traditions to boost diversity
Businesses need to “think outside the box” when recruiting if they want to improve diversity across their workforces – especially...
Tier 2 visas: how the NHS exemption will benefit other sectors
The removal of doctors and nurses from the cap on Tier 2 visas for highly-skilled workers has been welcomed and...
7 tips on people analytics HR can count on
People analytics can revolutionise the way organisations recruit, develop, engage and retain their staff. Richard Justenhoven from cut-e offers seven...
Recruitment drive for judges to tackle rise in employment cases
The Judicial Appointments Commission is to recruit 54 new judges in a bid to tackle a backlog of cases in...
1,500 jobs expected to be lost in Virgin Money takeover
Around 1,500 jobs are expected to be lost in the £1.7bn takeover of Virgin Money by Clydesdale Yorkshire Banking Group...
AI’s impact on recruitment, HR and the workforce (webinar)
This Wednesday at 2:00pm - register now to hear how intelligent automation is changing the way HR operates, how we recruit and the way we work...
Why companies could be set for a flexible working revolution
Working flexibly can be great for morale and productivity but many companies are held back by cultural obstacles. Mark Grant...
Doctors and nurses to be excluded from Tier 2 visa cap
NHS doctors and nurses will be excluded from restrictions to the number of visas granted to skilled non-EU migrant workers,...
Union wins go ahead for Deliveroo collective bargaining case
A High Court judge today granted permission for Deliveroo couriers to challenge a previous ruling that they could not be...
Gender pay gap reporting
Four ways of presenting your gender pay gap: which works best?
Last week, the Government Equalities Office released a report suggesting that people need more support when interpreting gender pay gap...
Gender pay gap: PwC bans male-only candidate shortlists
Accountancy giant PwC will no longer allow shortlists of candidates for any jobs in the UK that consist only of...
Government reveals “pitiful” FTSE 350 excuses for lack of gender diversity
The Government has revealed what it described as the “worst” explanations FTSE 350 chairs and CEOs have given for a...
Personnel Today turns 30
30 years in HR: How careers have changed and where they’re heading next (webinar)
ON-DEMAND | How are organisations changing and what does it mean for HR?
Personnel Today turns 30: How the new publication drove progress
Movers and shakers behind the first editions of Personnel Today in the late 1980s helped the profession to find its...
30 landmark employment law judgments
Since its first issue on 9 February 1988, Personnel Today has reported on a staggering number of developments in employment...
GDPR
Top 10 HR questions May 2018: GDPR special category data
Many HR professionals will have spent months preparing for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Now it is finally in...
Five policies HR needs to revise ahead of the GDPR
With Friday’s GDPR deadline looming, employers have undoubtedly been spending the last few weeks reviewing the data they store about...
GDPR and payroll: 10 points to consider on personal data
Handling payroll by its very nature requires processing a lot of personal data on employees. What actions do HR and...
Brexit
Employment regs: what happened to the ones that got away?
Keeping on top of employment law developments can feel like a full-time job for HR professionals, but that’s just the...
Civil Service employment surges as Brexit looms closer
Office for National Statistics figures released this week show that there were 11,000 more civil service posts in March this...
Home secretary to propose universal immigration system after Brexit
Home secretary Sajid Javid has reportedly “torn up” plans to offer European migrants preferential access to the UK after its...
Apprenticeship levy
Employers need to break recruitment traditions to boost diversity
Businesses need to “think outside the box” when recruiting if they want to improve diversity across their workforces – especially...
Apprenticeship starts continue to fall a year after levy introduced
There has been a steady decline in the number of apprenticeships begun after the apprenticeship levy was introduced last year....
Manufacturers call for more time to use apprenticeship levy funds
The Government should extend the timeframe employers have to spend their apprenticeship levy funds from 24 to 48 months –...
Wellbeing
Five ways to support employees during Ramadan
As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan draws to a close this week, Ayesha Salahuddin from PWC looks at how...
Two in five GPs plan to quit by 2022 amid workload concerns
Two in five GPs in England plan to leave the profession in the next five years, as more than 90%...
How HR can help stressed employees cope
With Mental Health Awareness Week putting stress in the spotlight, HR teams are reminded of how they can play an...
National living wage
Pay awards fail to rise above inflation
The median pay rise awarded by employers was 2.5% over the past three months – a level that has remained...
Carphone Warehouse closes stores as Pret staff get £1000 bonus
Carphone Warehouse is to close 92 stores after the retailer became the latest to issue a profit warning, amid continuing...
MPs press for action over Sainsbury’s pay and contract review
Prime Minister Theresa May has been urged to take action over an “array of deplorable decisions” that MPs say will...
Webinars
AI’s impact on recruitment, HR and the workforce (webinar)
This Wednesday at 2:00pm - register now to hear how intelligent automation is changing the way HR operates, how we recruit and the way we work...
Seven ways video can transform your company culture (webinar)
Wednesday 27 June 2018, 16:00 BST
While the use of online video outside the workplace continues to rise, many businesses...
Webinar: Closing the gender pay gap
ON-DEMAND | In XpertHR's 60-minute webinar Naeema Choudry, a partner at Eversheds Sutherland, and Anne Hurst, a senior diversity and inclusion specialist at PwC LLP, ...
The Personnel Today Awards 2017
Personnel Today Awards 2018 deadline extended
The deadline to enter the Personnel Today Awards 2018 has been extended until 22 June, giving you another two weeks...
Taking centre court: How HR director of the year Vicky Williams improved LTA’s game
As we launch the 2018 Personnel Today Awards, we profile some of the individuals and teams who were crowned the...
All set for the Personnel Today Awards 2018?
The Personnel Today Awards 2018 are unveiled today, celebrating the very best in HR. Is your HR team at the...
Fit for Work
Fit for Work service scrapped in workplace health policy overhaul
The Government has scrapped its Fit for Work service, blaming “low referral rates”. The service will come to an end...
Fit for Work assessments to be scrapped
The Government has announced that Fit for Work assessment services will close next spring, following low referral rates.
Employers, employees...
Maintain employee wellbeing to reduce absence
PROMOTED| Our work and personal lives are merging increasingly in the modern world. Working 9–5 has become 24/7.
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
Employee benefits: don’t get caught out when submitting HMRC forms
Employers who paid employee expenses or benefits during the 2017/18 tax year have until 6 July to submit their paperwork...
Occupational health research round-up: May 2018
Hand hygiene and asthma control
A study of US nurses has discovered a link between the frequency of hand and...
How employers need to embrace flexible working to retain talent
With the UK on the brink of a skills shortage, employers need to embrace flexible working to retain talented staff...
Opinion
Why fatherhood holds the key to solving the gender pay gap
The introduction of gender pay gap reporting has shifted the onus of responsibility for solving the gender pay gap to...
Gender equality: ‘Men and women are not the same and won’t be’
Jordan Peterson has HR in his crosshairs with his strident criticism of efforts to close the gender pay gap and...
L&D needs to stop creating and start curating
L&D is operating in a climate of rapid change. The demand is constantly put on us to be agile, to...
Global HR
Home secretary to propose universal immigration system after Brexit
Home secretary Sajid Javid has reportedly “torn up” plans to offer European migrants preferential access to the UK after its...
Tier 2 visa reforms: what would employers like to see?
With a review of the Tier 2 visa system for non-EU nationals promised by home secretary Sajid Javid, Rachel Harvey...
EU workers posted abroad to be entitled to local pay rates
Workers posted to another EU country will be entitled to the same rate of pay and working conditions as their...
- Let’s get physical: Why engaging employees means more than an email
PROMOTED | Engaging everyone in your organisation in your benefits offering is easy, surely? You send out a carefully .... Find out more - How having a dog-friendly office can help your business get ahead
PROMOTED | How having a dog-friendly office can help your business get ahead
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