Learning & development

Nursery chain Bright Horizons has just announced a £10m investment in recruitment, retention and training. HR director Janine Leightley tells Personnel Today why this is important.

B&Q and Screwfix employees are to receive a pay rise in April, as their parent company seeks to attract and retain staff in a competitive labour market.

The Institute of Directors has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer urging the government to create tax incentives for...

Organisations will often blame bad decisions on an employee having a ‘bad day’. But it is possible to anticipate employees’...

Giulia Villirilli examines what it takes to become an ethical leader and why it's good for business...

Employees’ ability to see things from another perspective should be considered before they are selected for a mentoring scheme.

A report finds FTSE 100 firms do not provide enough information to evidence what they are doing around skills investment, diversity and inclusion or wellbeing.

Men still dominate management and leadership positions, and less than two-thirds of employers make an effort to ensure that women...

Employers need to take “urgent action” to ensure workers have skills such as problem-solving and critical thinking in the future,...

Sound judgement and effective decision-making are among the top qualities that HR and recruitment leaders see in people who volunteer...

Like many initiatives triggered by the Covid pandemic, Kickstart was rushed and has failed to deliver predicted benefits.

When one of the world’s most powerful women tells you that you sound stupid it’s not going to be feedback...

Apprenticeships can improve diversity of thought within an organisation and set up employees in early careers with the skills needed...

More than 44% of black women do not believe they are offered the same career advancement opportunities as their non-black female colleagues.

Mid-sized businesses say they will need to hire this year to support their growth objectives, but many are still struggling to find candidates with the right skills.