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Employers should ensure they are familiar with the entitlements of staff who are pregnant or new mothersCompanies often run into problems on the question of the entitlements of workers who …

Earlier in the year I wrote about the new Part-Time regulations and how to plan for them (Personnel Today, 15 February). The final version of the regulations has now been …

With the rise in staff tribunal claims, even best-practice employers are turning to the benefits of liability cover. But how do you choose the policy that’s best for your firm?Recent …

Pressure to downsize and the need to free HR departments in individual countries for added-value work led IBM to create a European service centre.Tim Stevens, IBM director of employee relations …

QualificationsCross-border recognition of qualifications is patchy. The Commission is producing legislation to improve this situation.Cultural and language differencesManagement styles differ hugely between different countries, particularly over whether confrontation or consensus …

Absence from work is higher among women than men, but Stephen Bevan, Institute for Employment Studies associate director, thinks more could be done to reduce the problemRecent surveys of sickness …

Employers are paying HR contractors a fifth more than their own personnel staff, according to exclusive research for Personnel Today.The findings also show more than a third of companies surveyed …

HR professionals are today facing the most far reaching changes to employment relations in a generation without clear guidance from government.Experts are warning that employers are in danger of inadvertently …

It is in the interest of European business to promote its own model for employee relations in the face of increasing globalisation, TUC general secretary John Monks told an HR …

Staff at a leading childcare charity have voted overwhelmingly in favour of union recognition.In a ballot of the 4,515 strong workforce at NCH Action for Children, 79.5 per cent voted …

Unions have reported a surge in the number of voluntary agreements in the run up to the statutory recognition law.The TUC said this week that there are now “more voluntary …

Here we go again. The HR profession once again finds itself facing the implementation of far reaching changes to employment legislation without clear guidance being available.We have the regulations and …

Statutory Trade Union Recognition is the final part of the 1999 Employment Relations Act. Almost all other rights introduced under the law, including parental leave, the part-time work regulations and …

High street brands are to be targeted by unions now the new legislation on union recognition is in place.The TUC denies there is a “hit list” of employer scalps to …

More than 2,000 delegates from 62 countries attended the eighth Human Resources World Congress in Paris.The four-day event attracted HR professionals from countries as far a field as Venezuela, Singapore, …