Opinion

The chance to lead the marathon HR effort needed to stage the 2012 Olympic Games should be a golden opportunity for HR.

The HR community says it is sorely disappointed with the government's decision to scrap the Operating and Financial Review (OFR) regulations, fearing the move could relegate people issues to the bottom of the boardroom agenda

HR professionals and marketers have many things in common - one of them being a concern about how their profession is viewed

Every office has one: the person who moans and whines their way through the working week, making life hell for everyone else.

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Employers fear that the introduction of 24-hour drinking later this week is going to give their businesses a right old hangover

Sir Gus O'Donnell may be setting targets for diversity, such as the gender pay gap and the proportion of women in senior management, but what impact will this have on the significant under-representation of men in the Civil Service and in local authorities? (Personnel Today, 8 November).

HR has fought for some time for recognition of its strategic contribution to an organisation.

HR needs to show confidence that it can cope with whatever challenges it faces.

Great to see that bullying in the workplace is falling (Personnel Today, 1 November).

Proposals to introduce six months' paternity leave have all the hallmarks of New Labour policy – an eye-catching, headline-grabbing idea that will have very little real effect

Are most HR directors doddering old fools, or simply stupid kids? Of course not. And that's no way to talk about colleagues with age legislation coming in next year. Yet there must be some explanation for what looks a lot like dithering incompetence

The fact bullying is on the decline is testament to HR's efforts in trying to stamp this problem out.

Fact: the UK is in the grip of an obesity epidemic. We have the fastest-growing obesity rate of all developed countries

The fact we have devoted this week's issue to workplace health is an indication that if you're not working on the wellbeing of your employees, then you should be