A new ‘flexi-job’ apprenticeship will allow apprentices to work with a number of different employers in their chosen sector.
Jo Faragher
Jo Faragher
Jo Faragher has been an employment and business journalist for 20 years. She regularly contributes to Personnel Today and writes features for a number of national business and membership magazines. Jo is also the author of 'Good Work, Great Technology', published in 2022 by Clink Street Publishing, charting the relationship between effective workplace technology and productive and happy employees. She won the Willis Towers Watson HR journalist of the year award in 2015 and has been highly commended twice.
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KPMG has been using a ‘set distribution’ or ranking approach to assessing employees’ performance. Like annual appraisals, this strategy has fallen out of favour in recent years, but why?Â
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Remote working is an ‘aberration’, according to Goldman Sachs boss David Solomon, and needed correcting in order to safeguard collaboration.
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Eldred starts new role in April, having previously worked as global head of HR transformation at Goldman Sachs. He will sit on the firm’s executive operations group.
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TV and radio presenter Kaye Adams has won a case at the tax tribunal after judges ruled that the BBC...
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Hampton-Alexander review: Final report shows female directors up by 50%
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherThe number of female directors in FTSE 100 companies has increased by 50% in the last five years, according to the Hampton-Alexander review.
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More than half of employers plan to hire new staff over the next three months, according to the latest Labour Market Outlook from the CIPD.
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There are now no all-male boards in FTSE 350 companies, according to campaign group the 30% Club.
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The pension deficit left by the collapse of high street giant is around £150m more than initial estimates.
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The Resolution Foundation says almost two million workers have been out of work or receiving furlough for six months.
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Pay rises have fallen to their lowest level since summer 2020, according to data analysis from XpertHR.Â
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Two university leaders are under formal investigation by the Office for Students after accusations of bullying staff.
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Organisations can use the pandemic to reset and emphasise their values, according to Kanya King, founder of the MOBO (Music...
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One in five working people are still going into work some or all of the time, according to a poll...
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Employers ‘missing a trick’ on awareness of rights during pandemic
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherEmployers could do more to make working parents aware of their rights to leave and financial support during the pandemic, a study has claimed.