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‘Give women a fair chance to lead’ urge psychology experts
The low number of women in senior positions in organisations could be down to a lack of understanding of leadership...
Caravan park staff not entitled to NMW for night call outs
Workers who were on call during the evening were conducting “time work” and should have received an hourly rate under...
Half of staff fear Brexit redundancies within a year
Almost half of employees think their employer will make redundancies over the next year, fearing Brexit will result in financial instability.
Outsourcing: How the IWGB nearly overturned collective bargaining rules
Last month the High Court dismissed a case which would have seen outsourced workers able to negotiate pay and conditions - but the fight still has legs
Investor votes down appointments in firms that lack gender diversity
One of the UK’s biggest investors voted against the re-election of more than 100 chairs last year because the organisations...
Morrisons granted permission to take data breach case to Supreme Court
Morrisons has been granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court after it was held vicariously liable for a major...
Academics forced to sign NDAs to cover up bullying and harassment allegations
Dozens of academics have been forced to sign non-disclosure agreements to stop bullying, discrimination and sexual misconduct allegations coming out,...
Should we rethink our working hours to boost productivity?
UK employees work on average two-and-a-half weeks longer than their EU counterparts over the course of a year, new analysis...
Brexit bringing out the best in strategic HR planning, says survey
HR functions are taking a long-term, strategic approach to growing the value of their people – and the challenges of...
Gore, nudity and leadership lessons: an HR guide to Game of Thrones
A business psychologist looks behind the gore and Machiavellian manoeuvres of the HBO show's main characters to, not entirely seriously, ponder their leadership qualities
Driven to distraction: How can we tackle our waning attention spans?
Our collective attention span is disappearing as more and more channels of information make demands on our time. This is...
Shared parental leave and pay – equalising opportunities?
With reports citing that only 1% of those eligible took a period of shared parental leave in 2018 it is...
‘Extend whistleblowing protections in line with new EU law’
The government is being urged to adopt new EU whistleblowing legislation, to avoid the risk of UK whistleblowers being left behind.
Government hails increase in disabled people in work
There are 930,000 more disabled people in work today than in 2013, according to new Department for Work and Pensions figures, an increase of an average of 500 more people per day.
City firm IMF settles sexual harassment case
Nathalie Abildgaard who took on her former employer over sexual harassment has been paid £270,000 ($492,000) by the City firm, which opted to settle just prior to a further legal hearing.
