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Top HR professionals employed by multinational companies earn an average salary of £220,000, according to research on leading companies. The study, based on interviews with staff at 50 organisations including …
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UK employers have been told that company Internet policies should include a warning about the addictive potential of the World Wide Web. The advice comes in the wake of a …
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Employers will be given access to fast-track advice from tribunals on whether Tupe applies to staff transfers, under far-reaching proposals due later this year. The DTI is set to issue …
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Employers should get senior staff to sign Working Time opt-outs to avoid being caught out by the regulations, lawyers warned this week. Employment law firm Wragge & Co said changes …
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A leading HR guru is to set up a consultancy promising a quantified improvement to business performance. Rhiannon Chapman, former HR director of the Stock Exchange and a former chief …
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The question of when staff being transferred to a new employer are covered by Tupe, and exactly what rights are within the remit of the regulations has been dragging on …
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Bullied employees are twice as likely to approach their trade union for help as the company personnel department, according to analysis by two leading experts. Research published last week by …
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The Greater London Authority is pushing ahead with the recruitment of arguably the capital’s most high-profile HR department ahead of the mayoral election next month. The GLA is recruiting a …
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University careers services are old-fashioned, out of touch and failing to match suitable candidates to jobs, the country’s top graduate recruiters believe. Members of the Association of Graduate Recruiters who …
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A hospital trust has issued all staff with guidelines setting out how they can expect to be treated by management. The people management document, produced by the Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals …
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Three-quarters of firms have formal gender policies but only one in ten have a costed business case for working on gender issues, according to a report by Opportunity Now. The …
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HR professionals from Rolls-Royce, Rover Group and Securicor are among a slew of high-profile appointments to the Central Arbitration Committee. Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers announced the appointments last …
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Representatives of the DTI’s flagship Partnership Fund have defended the allocation of funds by its independent assessment committee. A letter to Personnel Today (4 April) drew attention to the fact …
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Tesco has announced the creation of 20,000 jobs worldwide, about 8,000 of which will be in the UK. The news came as the supermarket chain announced a 10.8 per cent …
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Thousands of public-sector employees could lose out on the chance to remain in the generous local government pension scheme (LGPS) when transferred out to contractors. In a major deal between …