HR strategy

Nice pictures on the office walls will not only prevent Gen Z quitting, they will also boost employee productivity to new heights – apparently.

The factors that are driving return-to-office mandates are less to do with productivity and more to do with investor pressure and the desire for more control.

As the Office of the Whistleblower Bill moves to a second reading, how should employers prepare for a shift in the regime?

June's top 10 features employers' questions about when and how to carry out redundancy consultation.

Employers should opt to make necessary reasonable adjustments for more vulnerable workers, for example to allowing employees to work from home or offer flexible working hours.

Employee ownership has gone up by more than 1,600% since 2014, according to figures from the Employee Ownership Association.
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While more than half of HR professionals expect an increase in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), two-thirds feel do not feel fully prepared.

Technology on its own cannot solve the UK's productivity issues. Only properly aligned leadership and a new mindset when it comes to using AI will achieve that, argues Molly Sands.

World Productivity Day is marked by the sniffing of lemons, CVs for bots and the imminent arrival of a novel all about an HR manager who isn't what she seems …

Following years of growth, the number of nursing and midwifery professionals coming to work in the UK falls by nearly a third.

More than half of senior professionals in UK financial services believe their employer will place less emphasis on DEI and ESG in the future.

One-third of businesses plan job cuts after increase in national insurance contributions (NICs), with one in five having done so already.

‘Good work’ and focusing on wellbeing are the levers needed to get people back into work, according to CIPD chief...

FCDO staff told they should consider resigning if they disagree with the UK government’s position on Israel’s conduct in Gaza.

So much work happens virtually and via screens that employees increasingly report feeling lonely. Mark Leisegang examines how employers can...