Opinion

Hats off to Bob Fawthrop, chief executive of outsourcing company Morgan Chambers, who has just recruited Rory Murphy, one of the UK’s leading unionists, as its HR director.

The French and Dutch rejections of the EU Constitutional Treaty were in part a reflection of the real concerns about...

Ever since we switched directors over to car allowances, there’s an increasing variety of metalware at the posh end of...

Britain's economic record of the past five years, unlike our arch-rivals, shows technology really does have a creative streak

If an employee complained to their employer that they were being bullied, intimidated and harassed by their department manager, that...

I’ll let you in on a family secret: HRH senior also swam in that sea of trouble called human resource...

HSBC reckons it is good at understanding world cultures and acknowledging our differences - so then why doesn't it understand the concept of a fair day's pay for a fair day's work?

Employer abuse of the opt-out is the main reason why the Working Time Directive, despite all its faults, is necessary

Our irascible insider HR Hartley on the DTI's name game

HR’s image is a subject that crops up again and again at conferences and seminars. This year’s HR Forum on...

Today (17 May) marks the start of the International Quality and Productivity Centre's (IQPC) fifth annual Shared Services Week. It's hard to believe that we've been talking about shared services for five years in a never-ending quest to find the Holy Grail of HR shared services.

Now that the general election is over, many in HR may be wondering just how many of the government's people-focused pledges will become a reality

If the Labour government had been a private company on 5 May, it would have seriously questioned its HR strategy...

It seems that women are having second thoughts about the wisdom of working and raising a family

Wage dynamics in emergent markets still amaze me.I was in Mumbai recently, conducting interviews for two senior roles there. During...