Employee relations
Big payouts boost number of tribunals
High-profile sex discrimination cases with large payouts for City workers could be partly responsible for the increase in employment tribunals...
Turning appraisals around
For 360-degree feedback to have real impact, it must be integrated into development plans. Margaret Kubicek looks at how to make this work
Facing NHS problems head-on
Andrew Foster, HR director at the NHS, talks to Mike Berry about managing vast numbers in the world's third largest workforce
Dispensing with the disposable
Long-term relationships at work are back in vogue as employers tire of the disposable workforce. Or so the facts suggest
When an invitation to resign can backfire
Inviting
an under-performing employee to resign with a favourable compensation package
may be seen as a quick and effective way...
All aboard
Underlying the changes has been a more open approach to communication between all levels and departments. Whereas information had been...
From absence to attendance
Sickness absence is no longer a medical issue for employers, it is a strategic one.
Time to listen
Top 10 questions you need to consider before the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2005 take effect from next March.
Bigger numbers add up for finance union
This summer, financial services union Unifi merges with Amicus to create one of the UK's biggest trade unions. Michael Millar asks Unifi's joint general secretary, Rory Murphy, about the impact this will have on employers and on the future of the unions
Believing in the workers
The Archbishop of Canterbury believes portfolio working is no kind of job for a person of integrity. He's right - up to a point
Bully boy tactics
Tribunals and becoming more adversarial and too many frivolous claims are getting through. Roisin Wollnough asks whether the system is failing employers
How to make work more meaningful
There is more demand for greater 'meaning' at work. Linda Holbeche highlights key findings from a new study, and looks at how HR can help employers to build better relationships with their employees
Stop the press
No company wants to be in the headlines for losing an Employment Tribunal case with an employee. Follow our three-point...
Retail therapy
UK companies will soon have to set up works councils and consult employees before organisational changes are made – a...
Transfer trivia
Is the Code of Practice on public sector staff transfers really preventing two-tier workforces?
Entries are now open. But don’t delay – as the closing date for submissions will be Friday 03 July.
