Opinion

Not all workplace disputes can be settled by the 'win/lose' outcome that employment tribunals provide. Mediation could be the answer

Many people now work for networks rather than one organisation. Dynamic new arrangement or ploy for evading responsibility?

 Everyone, including the government, has assumed that what the working population wants is the choice to make their own decision...

Forging strong employer-trade union partnerships is as vital to successful employee relations in 2005 as it was three decades ago

You could see his dilemma: employees available 24-hours a-day versus the potential cost of 'BlackBerry thumb'

Like kumquats and mangoes, management theory does not really flourish in British soil, so we have always imported it from the US, and to a lesser extent Japan. Much of it has been hard to digest for reasons often ascribed to British pragmatism, although British philistinism may be as much to blame. Yet perhaps we never fully appreciated the delicacy and richness of what little home-grown stuff we do produce.

Recent publicity surrounding a claim by approximately 1,500 female hospital workers in North Cumbria should prompt managers to reassess the risk that current pay structures may have created, and address any imbalances. No doubt lawyers will come in for a certain amount of criticism for the expense this may cause, but they cannot be blamed for creating the inequality.

I had an inkling of what Lord H might want to discuss when I glimpsed the newspaper headline on his desk 'Bonking Boeing boss booted'.

The news that HR professionals are less likely to cope with life's most unsettling events than any other profession isn't in itself surprising, but it is worrying.

I was at a dinner last week with a handful of HR directors, and the main topic of conversation was 360-degree feedback. Is it worth using? Should it be standardised? Can technology help? How can it be rolled out and, probably the hardest to answer, should it be linked to remuneration, or used purely as a developmental tool?

Although some pitfalls remain, fixed-term contracts could be back in favour

Is your benefits package relevant? Have you checked your firm’s benefits, on a country-by-country basis? Do you know what your...

HR Hartley on human capital accounting

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Yesterday, Personnel Today presented the Department of Trade and Industry with the HR profession's response to the draft consultation on Operating and Financial Reviews.