Productivity

The controversial Agency Workers Directive (AWD) has been hanging over the British workplace for almost all of the new millennium...

The strained relationship between doctors and NHS managers is affecting patient outcomes, according to research.The study, led by professor Ian...

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)  has welcomed the government’s decision to cut public service targets. Up to 80...

Employers that encourage their staff to play team sports have higher levels of employee satisfaction, research has shown.The link was discovered...

With one-third of staff working non-standard hours, another survey points to the challenges faced by UK employers in dealing with...

A government strategy to cut red-tape for front-line workers so public services can work more efficiently has been launched by...

Late-sleeping Brits are causing the UK economy up to £619m in lost productivity, new research has found.

A survey conducted...

Employers should make use of the skills that disabled employees have to offer, said work and pensions secretary John Hutton at...

The unanimous agreement that climate change must be tackled has been widely acclaimed as the biggest achievement of  G8 summit...

Employers are footing a £400m annual bill for their employees to make personal calls using company mobiles, according to a...

Almost half of working Brits eat their launch at their desks, compared with a third of their European counterparts. A...

Managers spend three-and-a-half years of their lives reading irrelevant e-mails, a survey has found. Research by Henley Management College has...

Skills envoy Sir Digby Jones has warned UK businesses that unless they rise to the challenge of the new global...

Eight out of 10 employers claim they are actively tackling pay gaps between men and women, research has found. A...

News that not a single employer has, so far, signed up to the skills pledge, as recommended by the Leitch...