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    Is too much focus on employee engagement becoming a burden?

    by Colin Price 10 Jul 2015
    by Colin Price 10 Jul 2015

    Employee engagement is a key performance metric for thousands of organisations. But could too high a focus on whether or...

    • Business performance
    • CIPD
    • Early careers

    CIPD Manchester 2014: changing perspectives

    by Martin Couzins 10 Nov 2014
    by Martin Couzins 10 Nov 2014

    Key lessons for employers to take away from last week's CIPD annual conference in Manchester highlighted by Martin Couzins...

    • Business performance
    • The HR profession

    Closer collaboration between HR and finance gets results

    by Jo Faragher 13 May 2014
    by Jo Faragher 13 May 2014

    The relationship between HR and finance has become a lot closer and more collaborative over the past three years, according...

    • Stress
    • Business performance
    • The HR profession

    “Appraisals don’t work,” says former BBC HR director Lucy Adams

    by Jo Faragher 15 Apr 2014
    by Jo Faragher 15 Apr 2014

    Lucy Adams, the former HR director of the BBC, has slammed the annual appraisal process, claiming they don’t work and...

    • Business performance
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    Pay awards remain stuck at 2%

    by Rob Moss 26 Jul 2013
    by Rob Moss 26 Jul 2013

    Pay awards in the UK remained at 2% in the second quarter of the year, according to pay analysis from...

    • Business performance
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    Leadership development must be part of ‘skills for growth’ strategy, says report

    by Laura Chamberlain 28 Feb 2012
    by Laura Chamberlain 28 Feb 2012

    The Government should make leadership development a key part of its “skills for growth” strategy in order to improve the UK’s...

    • Business performance
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    Bad management costing business billions

    by John Eccleston 10 Nov 2011
    by John Eccleston 10 Nov 2011

    Bad management could be costing UK businesses more than £19 billion in lost working hours every year, according to a...

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    International Labour Organisation warns of new, deeper jobs recession

    by Personnel Today 1 Nov 2011
    by Personnel Today 1 Nov 2011

    The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said that the global economy is on the verge of a new and deeper jobs recession...

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    More small firms laying off staff due to low business confidence

    by Nick Martindale 18 Oct 2011
    by Nick Martindale 18 Oct 2011

    Small firms are in firing rather than hiring mode as business confidence plummets, according to the Federation of Small Businesses...

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    CBI calls for ‘all-action’ budget to stimulate growth and jobs

    by Personnel Today 7 Mar 2011
    by Personnel Today 7 Mar 2011

    The CBI has called on George Osborne to boost exports, investment and jobs with an “all-action” budget on 23 March.In...

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    Absence increase has negative impact across businesses

    by Personnel Today 31 Jan 2011
    by Personnel Today 31 Jan 2011

    This winter’s heavy flu outbreak cost firms as much as £181 million a week in January, according to one absence...

    • Absence
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    Swine flu: guidance and advice for employers and HR

    by Personnel Today 5 Jan 2011
    by Personnel Today 5 Jan 2011

    Another outbreak of Swine flu has hit the UK, and is expected to hit employees and employers severely.  With significant rise in the...

    • Absence
    • Agency workers
    • Business performance

    Snow: A guide for employers on pay, leave, safety and employee rights during severe weather

    by Personnel Today 1 Dec 2010
    by Personnel Today 1 Dec 2010

    Snow, ice and extreme temperatures continue to plunge the UK into chaos, meaning that HR and employers have more people-related...

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    Doctors’ bonus scheme to be reviewed

    by Helen Gilbert 20 Aug 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 20 Aug 2010

    Employers’ groups and unions have cautiously welcomed a review of an NHS scheme that could see the bonuses of top...

    • Business performance
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    UK employers lag behind US in maximising profit from their people

    by Mike Berry 26 Jul 2010
    by Mike Berry 26 Jul 2010

    UK businesses are lagging behind their US counterparts at maximising profit from their investment in people, according to research by...

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