All PT Content

The gender pay gap may be narrowing, but why?

20 Mar 2019

With the gender pay gap reporting deadline imminent, Personnel Today analysis finds that early results point to a narrowing of...

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }

Unemployment leads young people to value more than pay

20 Mar 2019

Young people who have had a spell out of work value “intrinsic” aspects of employment such as learning new things...

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }

Strategic workforce planning is a necessity, not a ‘nice to have’

20 Mar 2019

With automation likely to see many jobs displaced in the near future, employers need to prepare now to find areas where workers' existing and emerging skills will be needed

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }

‘Don’t fund level 6 and 7 apprenticeships’ say learning providers

20 Mar 2019

Training providers have called on the government to remove the highest and degree level apprenticeships from the scope of funding...

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }

Apprentices need more help with how to dress for work

20 Mar 2019

Employers are four times more likely to worry about how their apprentices dress for work than they would about graduates,...

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }

Top employers’ support for working parents is “invisible”

19 Mar 2019

A number of employers including Asos, IBM, Lidl and Facebook are completely ‘invisible’ when it comes to publicising their support...

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }

Tech jobs enjoy UK boost but banking roles fare better in EU

19 Mar 2019

There is evidence of a “jobs merry-go-round” in European centres as Brexit approaches, according to recruitment company Robert Walters...

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }

Putting a stop to the misuse of NDAs

19 Mar 2019

After the government this month outlined plans to outlaw the unethical use of non-disclosures agreements, Michael Hibbs looks at situations...

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }

Managers feel ill-equipped to support staff mental health

18 Mar 2019

Six in 10 managers are not receiving enough help from their organisation to support the mental wellbeing of their staff,...

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }

Women in stressful jobs more likely to receive diabetes diagnosis

18 Mar 2019

Women in mentally-tiring jobs are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who suffer from little or no...

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }

April 2019 employment law changes: Seven things for HR to do

18 Mar 2019

Every April, HR professionals are faced with a raft of amended employment laws and deadlines for their organisation to meet....

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }

Removing pregnant police officer from front line was discrimination

18 Mar 2019

A case where a pregnant police officer was taken away from front line duties and placed in a desk-based role ...

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }

‘Business lacks transparency over parental support’

18 Mar 2019

LinkedIn has claimed to have revealed evidence of a “disconnect” between employers and employees over the issue of flexible work, as most working parents feel their employers are not fully open about their parental policies. 

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }

Workforce Planning: A strategic approach to addressing your future workforce requirements

17 Mar 2019

PROMOTED CONTENT | In a nutshell, workforce planning is a systematic approach that ensures you have the right people with the right skills ...

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }
older carer

Carers should receive ‘paid leave and a right to return to work’

15 Mar 2019

Nearly three in five carers in England and Wales are aged 50 years and over, and one in five people aged 50 to 69 years are informal carers.

Continue Reading Comments { 0 }