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    Social media and employee voice: go with the flow or fight the tide?

    by Brendan Barber 17 May 2016
    by Brendan Barber 17 May 2016

    Social media appears to be the ideal platform for employers to harness employees’ voices, but many organisations are hesitant about...

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    Penguin Random House HRD: “Degrees are a lazy sifting tool”

    by Peter Crush 25 Apr 2016
    by Peter Crush 25 Apr 2016

    Penguin Random House this year joined a select group of employers to remove the requirement for a degree for new...

    • Candidate experience
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    • Early careers

    Havas People and NOMS take top prize at 2016 RAD Awards

    by Rob Moss 1 Feb 2016
    by Rob Moss 1 Feb 2016

    A campaign to recruit prison officers has won the coveted Work of the Year prize at the 2016 RAD Awards....

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    Use of Yammer and Jive increases engagement, finds XpertHR

    by Personnel Today 20 Jan 2016
    by Personnel Today 20 Jan 2016

    Internal social media platforms such as Yammer and Jive are on the radar of more than one-third of organisations as...

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    Employers can monitor private messages, ECHR rules

    by Jo Faragher 13 Jan 2016
    by Jo Faragher 13 Jan 2016

    Employers can justify reading workers’ private online messages, after a judgment yesterday in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)....

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    Employee engagement: telling stories through pictures

    by Cath Everett 18 Dec 2015
    by Cath Everett 18 Dec 2015

    Despite sites such as Instagram and Pinterest enjoying huge popularity with consumers, organisations are yet to fully embrace the power...

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    Performance reviews: the benefits of getting social with feedback

    by Cath Everett 15 Dec 2015
    by Cath Everett 15 Dec 2015

    A growing number of employers are ditching the annual performance review in favour of more regular chances to recognise staff....

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    Referrals lead to better quality hires, finds Jobvite

    by Cath Everett 16 Nov 2015
    by Cath Everett 16 Nov 2015

    Although employee referrals make up a small proportion of propsective candidates for roles, according to Jobvite, they lead to better...

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    Halloween in the workplace: five legal issues to scare employers

    by Stephen Simpson 26 Oct 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 26 Oct 2015

    Halloween is becoming an increasingly extravagant and high-profile event in the UK, having traditionally lagged behind US celebrations each October....

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    Airport worker dismissed over treatment of colleague who “unfriended” her on Facebook

    by Stephen Simpson 17 Aug 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 17 Aug 2015

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has overturned a tribunal decision that an employee was unfairly dismissed after placing an image...

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    Social media misconduct: fair dismissal for Facebook boasts of getting drunk while on standby

    by Stephen Simpson 10 Aug 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 10 Aug 2015

    An employment tribunal was wrong to conclude that a Scottish Canals employee was unfairly dismissed after he posted Facebook comments...

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    Social media engagement: building a more collaborative workforce

    by Cath Everett 21 Jul 2015
    by Cath Everett 21 Jul 2015

    Using social media specifically to heighten employee engagement is not as established as its other uses, despite the potential for...

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    Smarter use of tech can help create “HR superheroes,” says IBM

    by Michael Carty 1 Jul 2015
    by Michael Carty 1 Jul 2015

    Using HR tech, social media and collaborative working can help HR flourish during times of rapid change, delegates at the...

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    Tribunal watch: £406,000 for architect subjected to maternity discrimination

    by Stephen Simpson 22 Jun 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 22 Jun 2015

    Reports suggest that an employment tribunal has awarded £406,000 to an architect who was subjected to sexist bullying and marginalised...

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    Tribunal watch: Dismissal for forwarding pension proposals a “monstrous overreaction”

    by Stephen Simpson 15 Jun 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 15 Jun 2015

    An employee who discovered a draft document about proposed changes to the pension scheme on his employer’s shared drive and...

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