Opinion

As I take on the presidency of the Society of Personnel Officers in Government Services (Socpo), I am often asked why the public sector is thought of as different

Given the government's success with childcare vouchers, there is a strong argument for allowing similar tax breaks for staff with caring responsibilities (for example, those who have elderly relatives to look after)

We are delighted to launch the call for entries to the Personnel Today Awards 2006.For those of you who have...

What skills do you need to work in HR? A strong sense of empathy? Good people skills? A diplomatic nature and strategic mindset?

Age discrimination legislation has been dubbed the biggest piece of social engineering for 20 years

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...