Is blind recruitment truly gender blind?
More and more employers are turning towards blind recruitment methods such as removing names from CVs to reduce bias. But...
Working when the clocks go forward: how should employers handle losing an hour?
The clocks go forward an hour at 1:00am GMT on Sunday 31 March 2019. But what does this mean for...
Pensions auto-enrolment: is just the end of the beginning?
April 2019 sees the last legally required increase to auto-enrolment pension contributions, and it’s now seven years since they were...
Pimlico Plumbers worker loses his claim for £74,000 in holiday pay
An engineer who won a Supreme Court case against Pimlico Plumbers – establishing that he was a worker and not...
Employers lack data needed to analyse ethnicity pay gap
Ninety-five per cent of employers have not analysed their ethnicity pay gap, with many lacking the data that will enable...
Business leaders’ top concern is moving to a hybrid AI-human workforce
Two-thirds of business leaders fear that their organisation could become irrelevant if they fail to move to a “hybrid” workforce....
Lorraine Kelly defeats HMRC at IR35 tax tribunal
The television presenter Lorraine Kelly has defeated HMRC at an IR35 tax tribunal after successfully appealing a tax bill of...
Pay awards will remain stable at 2.5% for 2019
Employers predict that pay awards for 2019 will remain at the same level as in 2018, according to analysis by...
The gender pay gap may be narrowing, but why?
With the gender pay gap reporting deadline imminent, Personnel Today analysis finds that early results point to a narrowing of...
Unemployment leads young people to value more than pay
Young people who have had a spell out of work value “intrinsic” aspects of employment such as learning new things...
How to Exercise Efficiently From Home with Treadmills
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Strategic workforce planning is a necessity, not a ‘nice to have’
With automation likely to see many jobs displaced in the near future, employers need to prepare now to find areas where workers' existing and emerging skills will be needed
‘Don’t fund level 6 and 7 apprenticeships’ say learning providers
Training providers have called on the government to remove the highest and degree level apprenticeships from the scope of funding...
Personnel Today Awards 2018
Personnel Today Awards 2018: The Film
Watch all the winners collect their Personnel Today Awards trophies and find out what it’s like to be recognised...
Personnel Today Awards 2018 winners: Morecambe Bay Hospitals take top trophy
UHMBT scooped the "best of the best" award at the 2018 Personnel Today...
The going is good for William Hill’s HR Team of the Year
William Hill took first place in the Personnel Today Awards 2018 race for HR Team of the Year. in recognition...
Brexit
Tech jobs enjoy UK boost but banking roles fare better in EU
There is evidence of a “jobs merry-go-round” in European centres as Brexit approaches, according to recruitment company Robert Walters...
April 2019 employment law changes: Seven things for HR to do
Every April, HR professionals are faced with a raft of amended employment laws and deadlines for their organisation to meet....
Will immigration costs deter talent after Brexit?
How the UK manages Brexit may hang in the balance this week, but one certainty is that costs will rise...
GDPR
Employers lack data needed to analyse ethnicity pay gap
Ninety-five per cent of employers have not analysed their ethnicity pay gap, with many lacking the data that will enable...
Local government worker prosecuted for sharing CVs with partner
A former local government officer has been prosecuted for passing personal information about job applicants to his partner.
Kevin Bunsell...
Nine New Year’s resolutions for HR
You may be eating more healthily, exercising more or doing dry January, but for HR professionals returning to work, legal...
Apprenticeship levy
‘Don’t fund level 6 and 7 apprenticeships’ say learning providers
Training providers have called on the government to remove the highest and degree level apprenticeships from the scope of funding...
Apprentices need more help with how to dress for work
Employers are four times more likely to worry about how their apprentices dress for work than they would about graduates,...
Spring statement: minimum wage review and early apprenticeship reforms
All the employment highlights from the Chancellor's spring statement...
Gender pay gap reporting
The gender pay gap may be narrowing, but why?
With the gender pay gap reporting deadline imminent, Personnel Today analysis finds that early results point to a narrowing of...
April 2019 employment law changes: Seven things for HR to do
Every April, HR professionals are faced with a raft of amended employment laws and deadlines for their organisation to meet....
‘Business lacks transparency over parental support’
LinkedIn has claimed to have revealed evidence of a “disconnect” between employers and employees over the issue of flexible work, as most working parents feel their employers are not fully open about their parental policies.
Wellbeing
What if employees could access their wages early?
Apps that allow employees to access their salary before payday are attracting high-profile investors and signing up major employers. But...
Tricky sickness issues – employers’ questions answered (webinar)
Tuesday 26 March 2019, 11:00am GMT
Handling the tricky issues that can arise when an employee is on sick leave...
Top 10 HR questions February 2019: Redundancy, FTCs and maternity leave
When faced with the need to make redundancies, how should an employer decide which employees to select?
Redundancy exercises bring...
Webinars
Tricky sickness issues – employers’ questions answered (webinar)
Tuesday 26 March 2019, 11:00am GMT
Handling the tricky issues that can arise when an employee is on sick leave...
Retaining talent by supporting older workers (webinar)
Organisations are increasingly recognising the value of older workers in filling skills shortages and the benefits that having mixed-age teams...
Employee engagement: the importance of recognition (webinar)
Recognition is closely associated with employee engagement, and a lack of recognition can have a detrimental impact on the workforce....
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
‘Business lacks transparency over parental support’
LinkedIn has claimed to have revealed evidence of a “disconnect” between employers and employees over the issue of flexible work, as most working parents feel their employers are not fully open about their parental policies.
Employee experience gains importance in benefits offer
More than half of employers plan to develop their “employee experience” in a bid to boost engagement, recruitment and retention.
Apprenticeships should be opened up to single parents
Most single parents are being locked out of apprenticeships because of a lack of part-time opportunities and the difficulty of supporting children with such low pay.
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
Men’s parental leave is key to women’s progression
On International Women’s Day, Lauren Touré looks at how encouraging men to share parental responsibilities can have a profound effect on female career progression.
New EU employment law to be reviewed by Parliament post-Brexit
Theresa May will today unveil how the UK government will handle emerging EU laws concerning workers’ rights after Brexit.
The...
Freelancer platforms add to global work insecurity
The hiring of workers anywhere in the world through global freelancer platforms means that limiting immigration will not necessarily protect...
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