Why it’s time to shake-up leadership training
To develop leaders with the talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges, employers need to ensure the skills of all of their...
Employers’ long-hours culture risks losing talent, says charity
Pressure from managers to work beyond contracted hours and unrealistic workloads are causing resentment among parents trying to combine work...
Could universal basic income ever take off in the UK?
Universal basic income has been described as everything between a utopian ideal and “dangerous nonsense”, but with a trial due...
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...
Report pinpoints how to accelerate flexible working and gender diversity
A report published today sets out to “speed up culture change” act as a blueprint for change and ensuring that...
Almost half of manufacturers concerned about post-Brexit hiring
Almost half of UK manufacturers are worried about accessing skills once...
Shareholder discontent grows over executive pay
This year’s annual general meeting season has been marked by several significant rebellions by shareholders over senior employees’ pay and...
Sharp fall in job vacancies as restaurant sector suffers decline
A downturn in the restaurant sector has led to a decline in job vacancies of 11% over the past six...
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...
Consultation into private sector tax avoidance a ‘fatal blow’
Freelance and contractor bodies have called a new Government consultation into IR35 tax reform a “fatal blow” to the UK’s...
Government dress code guidance dismissed as ‘Janet and John’
The Government today issued guidance for employers on how they can ensure dress codes are not discriminatory. They do not...
Tier 2 visas: Why employers can’t get the skilled labour they need
The quota on Tier 2 (General) visas has been reached for several consecutive months, which is causing serious issues for...
Legal & General launches fund to boost gender diversity
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has set up a fund to benefit organisations with higher levels of gender diversity,...
Gender pay gap reporting
Report pinpoints how to accelerate flexible working and gender diversity
A report published today sets out to “speed up culture change” act as a blueprint for change and ensuring that...
Legal & General launches fund to boost gender diversity
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has set up a fund to benefit organisations with higher levels of gender diversity,...
Businesses need to work together to close gender pay gaps
Employers need to work together to tackle broader industry-wide challenges in order to close the gender pay gap, PwC has...
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
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...
The top 10 questions April 2018: taxation of termination payments and GDPR
New rules on the taxation of termination payments came into force in April 2018. All payments in lieu of notice...
How will the GDPR affect the processing of employee health information?
With the GDPR due to come into effect later this month, HR departments need to be careful when processing data...
Brexit
Almost half of manufacturers concerned about post-Brexit hiring
Almost half of UK manufacturers are worried about accessing skills once...
Occupational health’s reforming voice needs to be heard
It is early days yet for the Government’s expert review of occupational health. But with the political “noise” of Brexit...
Nine in 10 recruiters say hiring strategies hit by Brexit
With less than a year to go until Brexit, 96% of HR professionals and recruiters have said it is having...
Apprenticeship levy
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 –...
Apprenticeship starts fall by a quarter in six months
The number of people beginning an apprenticeship fell by almost a quarter (24%) in the first six months of the...
Low-skilled roles rebranded as apprenticeships to receive levy funding
Employers stand accused of rebranding existing low-skilled roles as apprenticeships in order to make use of funding available through the...
Wellbeing
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...
It’s not just about mental health awareness
With the proliferation of recent reports on mental health and stress in the workplace, Mental Health Awareness Week couldn’t be...
Would flexible access to salaries help financial wellbeing?
Could giving employees access to their salaries as they earn, rather than making them wait until pay day, be the...
National living wage
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...
More than 200,000 workers to get back pay after NMW investigations
HM Revenue and Customs has secured back pay for more than 200,000 workers who did not receive the minimum wage,...
Wagamama and Marriott Hotels failed to pay national minimum wage
Wagamama, Marriott Hotels and TGI Fridays are among almost 180 employers that have been named by the Government for failing...
Webinars
Webinar: Closing the gender pay gap
With the first set of gender pay gap reports now published, you may be looking at the steps that your...
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?
Improving your gender pay gap – delivering diversity in leadership teams (webinar)
ON DEMAND | Register now for this free Personnel Today webinar on 25 April 2018...
The Personnel Today Awards 2017
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...
HR Director of the Year: LTA’s Vicky Williams serves an ace
The Lawn Tennis Association’s Vicky Williams was triumphant at this year’s Personnel Today Awards, with a convincing win of 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
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...
Working mothers increase by almost 50% over 40 years
The proportion of working-age mothers in paid work increased by almost 50% over four decades, according to the Institute of...
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
Migration Advisory Committee recommendations: Do the claims stand up?
Last month, the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) released its interim report on EEA workers in the UK labour market. Karen...
Business travel, working abroad and mental health: a wake-up call
More roles now involve business travel with increasing risks and stress for employees. Julian Eyears, medical director of occupational health...
EU migrants to receive right to settle during Brexit transition
The Government has changed its position on the rights of EU migrants arriving during the Brexit transition period and will...
- 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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