HR practice

Brent Council has cut its annual average absence rate by three days in the past three years by using outsourced OH services. Pat Keating explains how

Levels of reported sickness absence at the National Assembly for Wales fell sharply last year – a potential productivity saving...

Nearly nine out of 10 people just back from their summer holiday would relish the prospect of taking a career...

Trish Embley, partner in employment group, Pinsent Mason, and Christine Pratt, managing director of HR and diversity management and founder of the National Bullying Helpline, share their views

HR professionals must be more proactive if they are to head off a predicted rise in bullying claims, following the...

This case hinged on whether the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (PHA), which was introduced primarily to combat stalkers, could...

In Khan v Heywood and Middleton Primary Care Trust, the EAT held that rule 25 of the Employment Tribunal Rules...

Anne-Marie Balfour advises employers of their obligations towards employees who are breastfeeding

Cash isn't everything when transferring staff to a new location. Savvy employers can offer support with the softer issues too, reports Margaret Kubicek.

Dianne Thompson, chief executive of the National Lottery, has been awarded the Chartered Management Institute’s (CMI) annual Gold Medal for...

CBI calls for temporary ban on migrant workers from Romania and Bulgaria.

Car dealer Ford Retail has cut long-term sick leave among its workforce by a massive 83% since hiring its first...

Four-fifths (79%) of the HR practitioners contacted by IRS said their organisation had taken steps to deal with poor performance...

The IRS research shows that under-performing employees are more likely to be absent from work, fail to meet their work...

HR professionals are deeply sceptical of line managers’ ability to handle under-performing employees, according to a survey by Personnel Today’s...