Business performance

Public sector employers could face retention woes when the government introduces a pay freeze for the most senior civil servants,...

The Ministry of Defence’s HR chief has echoed calls from his Whitehall peers to make the public sector HR function...

The result of a ballot on a nationwide postal strike is expected to be released today (8 October).A series of...

Senior prosecution officials’ bonuses could lead to miscarriages of justice, the Times has reported.An investigation by the paper has revealed...

Lloyds Banking Group is drawing up plans for a multi-million pound incentive plan for its top managers, the Times has...

This week the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) fined six recruitment agencies a total of £39.3m for price fixing and...

Musculoskeletal disorders account for almost half of all sick absence, the Work Foundation has revealed.The Fit for Work Europe report,...

IT giant IBM has pushed back its final salary pension scheme closure by one year amid a prediction that up...

The City has responded to Alastair Darling’s plans to restructure bankers’ bonuses, claiming that his plans will undermine the financial...

High street photographic retailer Jessops has announced a restructuring aimed at saving jobs. Under the terms of the restructuring, Jessops...

Peter Mandelson used his keynote address at the Labour Party Conference today to call on employers to continue to train...

About 40,000 teaching assistant jobs must be cut to prevent schools wasting taxpayers’ money, according to a government report.A review...

Now in its ninth year, the Top 40 Power Players aims to recognise HR’s most prominent and influential professionals; those...

Lack of cash for training places is delaying employers’ recovery from the recession, the Association of Learning Providers (ALP) has...

A mentoring initiative has been launched to help women become non-executive directors.The initiative, Women for Boards, aims to help increase...