HR strategy

Staff at Argos are being offered a tax-free childcare scheme as part of the retailer's push to improve the work-life balance of its staff.

Parents returning to work continue to get a raw deal as employers cling to outdated work practices.

We read every week that one of HR's key challenges is talent management. But, in my view, we'll never manage our talent properly until we change this British attitude to success

High street health and beauty retailer Boots has signed a £16m seven-year payroll and HR outsourcing contract with supplier Northgate HR

The UK is making roaring progress towards closing the productivity gap with its principal EU competitors, according to research from the Department of Trade and Industry

Questions have been raised about the cultural compatibility of French cosmetics giant L'Oeral and UK retailer The Body Shop, which have announced plans to merge in a deal worth £652m

Pensions A-Day sneaks up unannounced.

The Society of Personnel Officers in Government Services has changed its name, become a limited company and will be led by a full-time, salaried chief executive.

Entrepreneurial spirit in the UK is being crushed by workplace environments that are dominated by secrecy, suspicion and risk averse cultures

When it comes to modernising HR, many public sector organisations are right up there with their private sector counterparts. Helen Kelly reports

Deutsche Bank has already boosted revenues by about £1.3bn through its ongoing two-year programme to offshore back-office jobs to India, according to press reports

HR managers' shock revelation likely to surprise bosses.

The BBC is still facing the threat of industrial action over plans to outsource some of its HR services to Capita in a £130m deal.

World's biggest public sector IT project under fire from National Audit Office.

Most UK companies either don’t measure the performance of their recruitment process or do so in an arbitrary way which does not provide any useful information, according to new research.