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The shift towards a 24-hour society is leading to extended operating hours in an increasing number of organisations, according to a report from Incomes Data Services. IDS says such pressures …

The push to bring in an offence of corporate killing is gathering pace with a Labour MP launching a campaign to get the legislation on to the statute books. Andrew …

A third of financial companies are not aware they need to change the way they provide services to the public to comply with legislation outlawing disability discrimination, a survey found. …

Employers are having trouble getting hold of the long-awaited guidance on the Working Time regulations issued by the DTI at the end of March. As Personnel Today went to press …

Companies which scan employees’ e-mails to check they do not carry inappropriate or defamatory material could fall foul of the Human Rights Act, legal experts believe. The Act, due to …

Software giant Microsoft last week granted new stock options to all 34,000 full-time employees, aiming to compensate them for the stock’s 40 per cent dive this year. Analysts said Microsoft’s …

British Nuclear Fuels’ HR director Roger Leek is to leave the company as part of a “clean sweep” of top-level management. The move follows two damning safety reports on the …

Copies of the new Investors In People standard are available on the revamped IIP web site. The new standard was officially launched on 13 April, although the proposed version had …

ICI’s learning and education manager Paul Dent believes a major benefit of e-learning is its capacity to provide access to learning around the world, even in countries which do not …

For every benefit of e-learning, there seems to be an equally strong reservation. How will these obstacles be overcome? The E-learning Conference and Exhibition in London on 7-8 June will …

Although knowledge management is a key issue for organisations, it means different things in different parts of the world. Which will win out- the IT-led US approach or the more …

English may be the dominant language of international trade, but Britain may soon be stirred out of its complacency. Alison Thomas anticipates the findings of a major new inquiry into …

The UK qualifications system is need of a shake-up, according to Jeff Brooks Imagine an alien training and development specialist arriving on Earth, anxious to develop a portfolio career. The …

Some people are prepared to go to enormous lengths in search of personal development – even literally around the world. Travel may broaden the mind, but what does it achieve …

A recent international survey provides new benchmarks for training practices, reveals some interesting national differences and suggests that a comprehensive training strategy is lacking around the world. By Gene Johnson …