Mental health support: moving beyond the hashtag
A new framework from Acas has highlighted how employers, managers and individuals all have a role to play in tackling...
Capita ends exit payments for graduates on training scheme
It has emerged that last month Capita scrapped its policy of charging thousands of pounds in exit fees to graduates...
Corporate governance code encourages board-level diversity and transparency
A new corporate governance code, which aims to improve public trust in business, has urged employers to establish a culture...
Fall in EU worker migration ‘bad news for employers’
The CIPD has warned that today’s falling migration figures will further hamper employers’ ability to recruit EU workers.
EU migration...
One in five diabetics disciplined for taking time off
More needs to be done to educate employers about their responsibilities to diabetic workers, it has been claimed, as it...
Care workers not entitled to minimum wage when sleeping
Care workers who sleep overnight at a client’s home are not entitled to the national minimum wage while they are...
Tesco staff file 1,000 equal pay claims
One thousand former and current Tesco employees have lodged claims for equal pay, according to the law firm handling the...
What’s going wrong with the apprenticeship levy?
More than a year after the apprenticeship levy came into effect, most agree that it is not going according to...
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How does gender pay gap reporting affect transgender employees?
The new gender pay gap reporting laws currently make no mention of transgender or non-binary employees – employers can only...
Government confirms end to freedom of movement: with potential exceptions
Completely free movement of people will end as the UK leaves the EU, a government white paper has confirmed today....
Trump cap firing puts workplace policies in the spotlight
As protests greet Donald Trump’s arrival in the UK, Michael Hibbs looks at the recent news from Canada, where a...
Police complain about accommodation ahead of Trump visit
Police officers brought in to ensure US president Donald Trump’s visit to the UK runs smoothly have complained about the...
Gender pay gap reporting
How does gender pay gap reporting affect transgender employees?
The new gender pay gap reporting laws currently make no mention of transgender or non-binary employees – employers can only...
UK employers outshine global competitors in gender pay equality
Almost six in 10 UK employers are taking action to address their gender pay gap in response to the new...
One in six employers may have misreported gender pay gap
As many as one in six organisations have reported their gender pay gap incorrectly, according to independent data analysis.
Statistician...
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 June 2018: Sporting events and background checks
What kind of background checks can employers carry out before taking on a new employee, and has this been affected...
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...
Brexit
Fall in EU worker migration ‘bad news for employers’
The CIPD has warned that today’s falling migration figures will further hamper employers’ ability to recruit EU workers.
EU migration...
Government confirms end to freedom of movement: with potential exceptions
Completely free movement of people will end as the UK leaves the EU, a government white paper has confirmed today....
Sajid Javid: no ‘automatic right’ for EU citizens to work post-Brexit
EU citizens would not have any “automatic right” to work in the UK after the Brexit transition period, Sajid Javid...
Apprenticeship levy
What’s going wrong with the apprenticeship levy?
More than a year after the apprenticeship levy came into effect, most agree that it is not going according to...
Growing your business with apprenticeships (webinar)
Thursday 19 July 2018, 14:00 BST
Hiring an apprentice is a productive and efficient way for any business to cost-effectively...
Employers can transfer apprenticeship funds to multiple businesses
Employers will be able to transfer up to 10% of their apprenticeship levy funds...
Wellbeing
Mental health support: moving beyond the hashtag
A new framework from Acas has highlighted how employers, managers and individuals all have a role to play in tackling...
Police complain about accommodation ahead of Trump visit
Police officers brought in to ensure US president Donald Trump’s visit to the UK runs smoothly have complained about the...
Employees taking less time off sick, yet costing employers more
Employees took less time off sick last year, yet the bill faced by employers for this absence still went up,...
National living wage
Card Factory among minimum wage underpayment employers
Card Factory, Odeon & UCI Cinema Group and Wyevale Garden Centres have been named among 239 employers found to have...
MP to challenge ‘ageist’ national living wage in Commons
A Labour MP is urging the government to end the exclusion of under 25s from the national living wage after...
National living wage rises will hit head office, not shop floor
Rises in the national living wage will cause job losses at retail head offices, rather than in customer-facing roles, a...
Webinars
Growing your business with apprenticeships (webinar)
Thursday 19 July 2018, 14:00 BST
Hiring an apprentice is a productive and efficient way for any business to cost-effectively...
Managing mental health in the workplace (webinar)
It is important to have the strategies, tools and initiatives in place to promote good mental wellbeing at work. Embedding...
Seven ways video can transform your company culture (webinar)
ON DEMAND | While the use of online video outside the workplace continues to rise, many businesses are not using video to its...
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
Counting the cost of occupational cancer
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health’s (IOSH) “No Time to Lose” campaign has been working since 2014 to reduce...
Why wellbeing in the workplace must start from day one
For a sustainable and meaningful approach to employee wellbeing, employers need to start from day one of employment with an...
Why a Brexit-fuelled government collapse may be bad news for occupational health
Whatever you may feel about Brexit, there is an argument that occupational health practitioners should be willing and hoping Theresa...
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
Managing global mobility in a fast-changing world
Posting employees globally offers them invaluable experience and breaks down borders in organisations. But how can employers keep up with...
How employee benefits can keep gig workers engaged
As more organisations choose to use ‘gig’ workers, the workforce is becoming increasingly isolated. But how do employers keep them...
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...
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
Government confirms end to freedom of movement: with potential exceptions
Completely free movement of people will end as the UK leaves the EU, a government white paper has confirmed today....
Sajid Javid: no ‘automatic right’ for EU citizens to work post-Brexit
EU citizens would not have any “automatic right” to work in the UK after the Brexit transition period, Sajid Javid...
Managing global mobility in a fast-changing world
Posting employees globally offers them invaluable experience and breaks down borders in organisations. But how can employers keep up with...
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