Financial Conduct Authority discriminated against worker with kidney disease
Tribunal finds poor appraisal score was discriminatory.
Union chief calls for positive discrimination for BAME women
A union boss in Wales has called for positive discrimination in favour of black and ethnic minority women applying for...
Drop in EU migrants prompts urgent call for immigration transition period
The number of EU citizens moving to the UK to work has continued to fall, prompting business bodies to reiterate...
Bank holidays: five things employers need to know
Most of the the UK has eight permanent bank holidays per year: New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May...
One in eight reluctant to hire women who may become pregnant
One in eight (12%) employers would be reluctant to hire a woman who could become pregnant and one in seven...
Jargon puts off half of graduate jobseekers
Half of UK workers are put off applying for a role because of jargon in a job description, according to...
Guide to recruiting Generation Z
PROMOTED CONTENT |There are numerous myths around Generation Z - the newest generation to enter the workforce...
Pay awards hit 10-year high
Pay awards reached their highest level in a decade at 2.6%, but it may be too soon to say whether...
Ryanair attempts to block pilot strikes
Ryanair has lost its bid for a last-minute High Court injunction to block pilot strikes scheduled to begin today (Thursday)....
13% fall in CEO pay in 2018 revealed
Median pay for chief executive fell by 13% between 2017 and 2018, according to an annual assessment of FTSE 100 pay packages released today.
Costa Coffee franchisee’s training cost deductions ‘unfair’, staff claim
Employees at a Costa Coffee franchise in Essex claim they have had £200 deducted from their final payslips to cover...
In-house recruitment managers invited to have their say
In-house recruitment managers have been invited to have their say on their priorities for this year in order to determine...
Final Personnel Today Awards 2019 shortlist unveiled
The shortlist for the Personnel Today Awards 2019 is now complete with employers such as AXA, BT and IBM making the final cut alongside public sector organisations within the NHS and local authorities
In-depth
Duty of care and the employee accused of wrongdoing
All HR professionals are familiar with the stress and anxiety associated with a grievance or disciplinary process. Ashleigh Webber examines...
How employees are using social activism to make their voices heard
With traditional union membership in decline, employees are finding new ways to voice their opposition to corporate decisions, as shown...
When does keeping tabs on working time overstep the line?
A recent ECJ case means employers will need to more closely track employee time at work. But when does concern over employees' wellbeing turn into spying on them?
Recruiting Now
Brexit
Drop in EU migrants prompts urgent call for immigration transition period
The number of EU citizens moving to the UK to work has continued to fall, prompting business bodies to reiterate...
MPs slam Priti Patel plan to end freedom of movement
The rights of EU nationals in the UK will dramatically change from 31 October if there is a no-deal Brexit, under new plans to end freedom of movement
Banks need to transfer more staff to EU for no-deal Brexit
Banks need to “step up” their plans for the UK leaving the EU without a deal, the European Central Bank...
Personnel Today Awards 2019
Final Personnel Today Awards 2019 shortlist unveiled
The shortlist for the Personnel Today Awards 2019 is now complete with employers such as AXA, BT and IBM making the final cut alongside public sector organisations within the NHS and local authorities
Personnel Today Awards 2019 deadline extended
The deadline for entries to the Personnel Today Awards 2019 has been extended until 21 June, due to popular demand....
‘People wouldn’t admit they worked here’: Transforming Morecambe NHS trust
Furness General Hospital hit the headlines in 2013 following a number of tragic baby deaths in its maternity unit. Ashleigh...
Apprenticeship levy
Apprenticeship providers turn SMEs away due to levy fund shortage
A shortage of apprenticeship funding means that a quarter of smaller firms have been turned away by training providers, while...
Degree apprenticeship pay rising quicker than graduate pay
Pay for degree-level apprenticeships is rising more rapidly than that of traditional graduate roles, with more employers choosing to offer...
Apprenticeship levy has ‘failed’ to increase workplace training
The government has made an “empty promise” in saying the apprenticeship levy would increase the amount of money employers spend...
Gender pay gap reporting
Never mind the gender pay gap: here’s the gender pensions gap
There have been exhaustive discussions on the gender pay gap, but what about the huge chasm between women’s pension wealth...
Employers should have to ‘opt out’ of offering flexible working, says MP
Flexible working should be offered by default for any job and employers should “opt out” if a job cannot be...
Automation could widen gender pay gap
There is a risk that automation in the workplace will widen the gender pay gap and increase inequality, an in-depth study has found.
Wellbeing
Top 10 HR questions July 2019: Spent convictions
There are limits to the circumstances in which employers can take a candidate’s past criminal convictions into account when deciding...
Duty of care and the employee accused of wrongdoing
All HR professionals are familiar with the stress and anxiety associated with a grievance or disciplinary process. Ashleigh Webber examines...
Disability benefit extended after Supreme Court ruling on mental health
A landmark Supreme Court judgment could mean that people who find social situations debilitating will now be eligible to claim...
Webinars
Digitising HR records: the first steps towards intelligent automation (webinar)
ON-DEMAND | Find out how West Midlands Ambulance Service digitised its HR records as the first step in a journey towards intelligent automation...
Transforming culture: How to bring people with you through change (webinar)
ON DEMAND | Look at any HR trends right now and the focus is on workplace culture. Or explicitly, having a culture that supports transformational change...
‘Open-source learning’ – a new approach to sharing knowledge (webinar)
Open-source is a well-known concept in software development, but what lessons might learning and development professionals be able to draw...
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
Petition calls for pet bereavement leave
A woman who claims she lost her job on the same day her dog died is calling for the right...
Employee perks at a 12-year low
Corporate cost-cutting has made perks less attractive for businesses to provide, causing their value falling to their lowest level since 2006-7.
How businesses can support the NHS and help employees
Businesses should take a more proactive approach to their employees' health and help take the strain off the NHS.
Opinion
EU settled status: how employers can help their European staff
Last week Personnel Today ran an opinion piece which criticised the EU Settlement Scheme, the process that EU, EEA or...
Does gender pay gap reporting legislation need more teeth?
The original aim of gender pay gap reporting was to shed light on pay discrepancies and apply enough pressure to...
Are HR professionals lacking employee relations skills?
As the CIPD’s Festival of Work starts in London, complete with speaker and breakout sessions galore on all the new...
Global HR
Banks need to transfer more staff to EU for no-deal Brexit
Banks need to “step up” their plans for the UK leaving the EU without a deal, the European Central Bank...
1.2 million jobs to be lost in Europe with no-deal Brexit
If the UK were to leave the EU without an agreement 1.2 million jobs across the Continent would be be...
Five paradoxes of global remote working
As workforces become more dispersed and global, it’s easy to assume employees can manage on their own and take charge...
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