Equal pay strike hits Glasgow schools and services
Hundreds of schools and nurseries are closed in Glasgow after around 8,000 workers began a two-day strike over a long-running...
Public sector workers could face variable pay rises
Public sector workers could have wage increases based on their performance or where in the country they work, the chancellor...
Employers need support around whistleblowing argues charity
Whistleblowing support charity Protect celebrates its 25th anniversary with a benchmarking tool that aims to help organisations build trust and...
Morrisons payroll data breach judgment a ‘wake-up call’ for business
The Court of Appeal has upheld the judgment finding Morrisons vicariously liable for the leak of payroll data by a...
One-HR employment law review (webinar)
Book your place now - 6 December 2018
Barrister Kevin Charles scrutinises the latest developments in employment law including whistleblowing, minimum wage and more...
Directors must pay £2m in landmark whistleblowing case
Two individual directors have been held liable for the unfair sacking of a whistleblower for the first time, in a...
Royal Opera House to appeal against musician’s hearing loss ruling
The Royal Opera House has been granted permission to challenge a landmark High Court ruling in favour of a musician...
CBI: Businesses losing patience as Brexit talks stall
Eight out of 10 businesses feel the lack of clarity emerging from the Brexit talks is having a negative impact...
Could a consultant help HR unravel digital innovation?
There’s an explosion of start-ups offering HR tech solutions, but how on earth can organisations keep up with the pace...
Proposed requirement to publish family-friendly policies: implications for employers
The government is exploring the possibility of a new law requiring employers with more than 250 employees to publish details...
Personnel Today Awards 2018 shortlist: Graduate Scheme of the Year Award
Not many employers can optimise their graduate recruitment programmes to attract and nurture the very best talent. The shortlisted organisations...
World of Learning 2018: Four engagement hacks for L&D teams
Melanie Lepine, group head of learning, development and talent at Domestic and General told delegates at the World of Learning...
Around 17,000 firms have not published modern slavery statements
The Home Office is writing to the chief executives of around 17,000 organisations that have not yet published a modern...
Gender pay gap reporting
Proposed requirement to publish family-friendly policies: implications for employers
The government is exploring the possibility of a new law requiring employers with more than 250 employees to publish details...
One in four gender pay gap reports non-compliant
A quarter of gender pay gap reports submitted for the 2018/19 reporting period are non-compliant, according to independent analysis.
HR...
Six in 10 women consider gender pay gap when job hunting
Nearly two-thirds (61%) of women would take an organisation’s gender pay gap into consideration when looking for a new job,...
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: Compliance cheat sheet for HR departments
HR can play an important part in ensuring compliance with the GDPR, helping to avoid thousands of pounds in fines...
How on-demand data officers can help fill the knowledge gap
Data is an invaluable resource for driving commercial decision-making yet a dearth of people with the requisite skills in the...
How does the GDPR apply to businesses outside the EU?
Organisations are still getting to grips with their obligations under the new General Data Protection Regulation. But if you operate...
Brexit
CBI: Businesses losing patience as Brexit talks stall
Eight out of 10 businesses feel the lack of clarity emerging from the Brexit talks is having a negative impact...
Brexit transition period could be extended by ‘a matter of months’
Theresa May has suggested that the transition period after Brexit could be extended by “a matter of months”.
Preparing for...
Farmers should not get ‘privileged’ access to workers after Brexit
The chair of the Migration Advisory Committee has said that UK farmers should no longer get “privileged” access to low-skilled...
Apprenticeship levy
Why the public sector must embrace apprenticeships
Requirements for public sector employers to ensure a certain percentage of their workforce is apprentices may pose some organisational challenges,...
Personnel Today Awards 2018 shortlist: Apprenticeship Employer of the Year
How are employers making the most of training budgets since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy? Shortlisted companies in our...
Apprenticeship provider 3aaa goes into administration
A national training organisation that claims on its website to have “created more opportunities than any other apprenticeship provider” has...
Wellbeing
MPs promote benefit of group income protection in improving wellbeing
MPs have highlighted the role that financial support schemes, such as group income protection (GIP), can play in alleviating stress...
Strategies for supporting mental health at work (webinar)
Providing support for mental wellbeing at work can reap rewards, but HR teams often find it difficult to gain traction...
Mental health presenteeism on the rise
People are more likely to turn up to work despite a mental health problem according to an annual survey of...
National living wage
Nearly half of zero-hours workers want regular shifts
Almost half of people on zero-hours contracts want to work more hours and in a more regular shift pattern, but...
TUC study highlights low earnings and slams ‘sham’ self-employment
Almost half of self-employed people aged over 25 are earning less than the minimum wage, according to new research.
The...
Record number of workers on national minimum wage being underpaid
HM Revenue and Customs identified a record £15.6m in national minimum wage underpayment in 2017/18.
More than 200,000 workers were...
Webinars
One-HR employment law review (webinar)
Book your place now - 6 December 2018
Barrister Kevin Charles scrutinises the latest developments in employment law including whistleblowing, minimum wage and more...
Strategies for supporting mental health at work (webinar)
Providing support for mental wellbeing at work can reap rewards, but HR teams often find it difficult to gain traction...
Performance management to fit the modern workplace (webinar)
Wednesday 7 November 2018 | Many organisations are acutely aware that their current performance management process is not fit for purpose.
Fit for Work
Why occupational health has a pivotal role in tackling mental ill health
Brett Hill explains why he believes occupational health managers have a pivotal role to play in improving mental health, and...
Time to listen up on age-related hearing loss
As our workforce ages, and employers become more reliant on older workers, age-related hearing loss will become an increasingly important...
Two in five over-50s expect ill-health to force them out of work
Four million UK workers aged over 50 expect poor health and health problems to be the main reasons they stop...
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
Mercer announces it will offer trans benefits under private medical scheme
Benefits consultancy Mercer has announced it will offer a suite of trans benefits as part of its private medical scheme...
Christmas employee rewards: How to go one bigger this year
PROMOTED | Making your employees feel happy and valued is essential. And with Christmas being the season of goodwill and giving, there is no better time to recognise your employees for their hard work throughout the year.
Personnel Today Awards 2018 shortlist: Employee Benefits
The outstanding shortlisted entries in this tightly contested category have used employee benefits strategically, positively affecting organisation performance and demonstrating...
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
Brexit transition period could be extended by ‘a matter of months’
Theresa May has suggested that the transition period after Brexit could be extended by “a matter of months”.
Preparing for...
Brexit: How can HR keep EU workers in the UK?
As the Brexit negotiations approach their final months, Louise Haycock provides a pragmatic analysis of what employers can do to...
Top 10 HR questions August 2018 – Brexit and executive pay ratios
While progress has been made in some areas of the Brexit negotiations, including agreement on the rights of EU citizens...
- Promoting workplace wellbeing
PROMOTED | The cost of mental and musculoskeletal ill-health in the workplace in terms of .... Find out more - In the future, Millennials will inherit the earth. And the Finance department.
PROMOTED | A new initiative by ACCA – the global accountancy body – has highlighted 10 .... Find out more
