Workforce planning, also commonly known as “succession planning” is the process whereby employers ensure that it has enough people with the right skills and leadership potential to step into business-critical positions at the right time.
A lack of succession planning has led most of the UK’s largest listed companies to chose external candidates as their new chief executive, a trend not seen elsewhere in Europe or in the US.
Petition calling on government to stop plan to ban agency staff in NHS attracts thousands of signatures.
Thousands of jobs will be unlocked across healthcare with ‘graduate guarantee’ to ensure jobs for every newly qualified nurse and midwife.
The Accounts Commission showed the absence rate among non-teacher staff rose to an average of 13.9 days in 2023-24 compared with 10.8 in 2010-11.
A third of resident doctors have no specialty training job secured for next month, according to a survey, while half...
Research shows how productivity takes a dip during the summer months, and not just because team members are on holiday.
Dentists from overseas are being forced to work in McDonald’s due to bureaucracy preventing them working in the UK.
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Compared with 2024, the number of directors that cited succession planning as a difficult issue to oversee has more than doubled in the US.
With surveys suggesting hiring confidence is at a low, Simon Fowler proposes a pragmatic and long-term approach to managing headcount.
Day-one unfair dismissal and sick pay rights among small firms' greatest concerns about Employment Rights Bill, FSB survey shows.
Nichola Hay examines how a greater emphasis on skills rather than predefined roles can create a more dynamic and flexible workforce strategy.
Number of nurses and midwives who can practise in UK has reaches record 841,000, but international recruitment slows, according to NMC.
Number of urses quitting within the first decade of their job has increased by 43% according to RCN analysis of NMC data.
Government launches consultation on how reforms around zero-hours contracts should apply to agency workers.
