Learning & development
Royal Mail loses appeal against agency worker decision
Royal Mail and Angard lose their appeal over definition of agency workers and the employment rights the group is entitled to.
Shifting sales: How can organisations boost remote sales teams?
Teams of field sales people have had to adapt quickly to running meetings and chasing leads virtually rather than in...
Employers to receive £1k bonus for bringing staff back from furlough
Government announces CJRS "bonus", kick-start scheme for 16 to 24-year-olds and other initiatives to boost jobs...
Chancellor to announce kickstart scheme for jobs
The chancellor is due to announce a £2bn “kickstart jobs scheme” today in the hope it will stem youth unemployment...
One-fifth do not train line managers in health and safety
One in five organisations do not train their managers in health and safety, despite the view that they are often...
Firms to be given £1,000 per work experience trainee to stimulate youth employment
Employers in England will be given £1,000 for each work experience placement.
Government must act to prevent mass youth unemployment
Measures need to be urgently implemented to avoid mass youth unemployment, and should include employers being incentivised...
Bias behind failure to select women for FTSE boards revealed
Flawed selection procedures and entrenched bias are combining to minimise the numbers of women on FTSE company boards...
HR in a pandemic: How three companies dealt with a surge in demand
For organisations up and down the country, Covid-19 has put considerable strain on HR. Many in the profession are facing...
BAE Systems: Why Covid-19 hasn’t stopped us taking on apprentices
Although most organisations have frozen recruitment while they focus on recovery, BAE Systems is bucking the trend by going ahead...
We must harness technology to tackle unemployment
With jobseekers facing uncertainty from a potential recession and increased automation, Ksenia Zheltoukhova argues that we must harness – rather...
HR priorities switch as pandemic heralds a new future
The advent of Covid-19 has seen a major switch in HR priorities, a new survey has found, with the ‘future...
Apprenticeships ‘not delivering’ social mobility
Apprentices from disadvantaged backgrounds face barriers at every stage of their learning journey, and the government and employers can no...
Pinsent Masons scoops four awards at first virtual People in Law awards
Pinsent Masons scooped up four awards – including the coveted Grand Prix award – at this year’s People in Law...
‘Urgent action’ needed on lack of black people in senior roles
New research reveals almost no movement since 2014 on number of black people who hold leadership positions in the UK.
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