Opinion

The annual CEO Briefing released earlier this month by the Economist Intelligence Unit (Personnel Today, 7 March) had three significant messages for HR

So, Barclays is asking its legal suppliers for diversity information to ensure their workforce demographics are at "an acceptable standard" (Personnel Today, 21 February)

I need to rant about the appalling standards of recruitment practised by companies and the agencies that represent them.As HR...

I was speaking to the finance director of a medium-sized company recently, and he proudly told me that he only had four HR staff (including the people director) for his workforce of 2,500.

How is an all-women HR team at Ford's Dagenham plant an example of diversity in the workplace (Personnel Today, 21 February)?

The row between British Airways and in-flight caterer Gate Gourmet last summer is likely to go down in HR history as a textbook example of an industrial dispute gone wrong

Most moves to improve the diversity of an organisation - as long as they are within the law - are applauded. It is largely accepted that it makes good business sense to weave diversity through the fabric of corporate culture.

Viewpoint from Andy Cook, managing director, Marshall-James.net

The trouble with well-meaning anti-discrimination legislation is that it draws attention to vulnerable members of staff, and turns them into...

I need to rant about an HR manager who ranted about the price of training (Personnel Today, 24 January) and HR managers who (embarrassingly) lack any commercial know-how

The recent news that more than a third of employers have no idea what goes on in coaching sessions will not surprise those who have been calling for a more strategic approach to workplace coaching

Martin Tiplady, director of HR, Metropolitan Police

Bob Crow. Two words that strike fear into the heart of anyone who uses London Underground. With strike being a...

Viewpoint by Margaret Hodge, minister for employment and welfare reform

The ‘people are our greatest assets’ clich is so often trotted out in results meetings and investor briefings, but making...