HR practice
Why SMART objective setting is not working
Managers have been advised to use SMART objective-setting at work for years. Although it’s an oft-used acronym we’ve lost sight...
Teams of teams: a new era for performance management
Most organisations recognise that measuring performance is essential for making decisions around reward and staffing. But how can they use...
Flexible working has plateaued, study finds
The number of people using flexible working arrangements has flatlined since 2010, despite the right to request flexibility being extended...
Employee relations
Outsourced Whitehall support workers to strike over low pay
Cleaners, receptionists and security guards at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)...
Employee ‘class actions’ on the rise: what does this mean for employers?
The courts have seen a significant rise in the number of employment claims brought by large groups of individuals. The...
Six employment law decisions that will shape 2019
Which employment law decisions will shape 2019? We outline six of the most significant cases in the pipeline – from...
Diversity and equal opportunities
Law firm tops LGBT-inclusive employer rankings
International legal giant Pinsent Masons has been named the most inclusive employer in the UK by LGBT equality charity Stonewall...
Study finds ‘alarming’ bias against minority ethnic candidates
Research has uncovered an “alarming” level of discrimination against job seekers from minority ethnic backgrounds, who need to send an...
Glasgow City Council workers secure £500m equal pay deal
Thousands of female council workers in Glasgow could receive payouts reaching more than £500m after their union representatives agreed a...
Learning and development
Why SMART objective setting is not working
Managers have been advised to use SMART objective-setting at work for years. Although it’s an oft-used acronym we’ve lost sight...
Disability ‘woefully absent’ from leadership agendas
While leadership teams increasingly embrace the challenges of gender and ethnic diversity, research has shown that disability is absent from...
More than nine in 10 want more flexibility on apprenticeship spending
Nine out of 10 (92%) employers want more flexibility in how they can spend their apprenticeship levy allowance, with some...
Pay and benefits
Outsourced Whitehall support workers to strike over low pay
Cleaners, receptionists and security guards at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)...
Government rejects call to lower gender pay gap reporting threshold
MPs have accused the government of being too “timid” to hold businesses to account for their gender pay gaps after...
Gender pay gap reporting 2019: Only half of employers are improving
With less than three months left for large employers to publish their second tranche of gender pay gap data, Jo...
Recruitment and retention
High-growth firms crowd out competition for talent
The UK’s efforts to boost productivity while ironing out regional inequalities in job creation may be fundamentally at odds, according...
Study finds ‘alarming’ bias against minority ethnic candidates
Research has uncovered an “alarming” level of discrimination against job seekers from minority ethnic backgrounds, who need to send an...
Staff shortages could swallow up extra NHS funding
Even with the extra funding announced in the health service’s Long Term Plan, NHS trusts are unlikely to meet performance...
Strategy
High-growth firms crowd out competition for talent
The UK’s efforts to boost productivity while ironing out regional inequalities in job creation may be fundamentally at odds, according...
Employees will share data if it makes them more productive
Almost nine in 10 employees would be happy for their employers to collect data on them if it meant their...
Outsourced Whitehall support workers to strike over low pay
Cleaners, receptionists and security guards at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)...
Technology
Employees will share data if it makes them more productive
Almost nine in 10 employees would be happy for their employers to collect data on them if it meant their...
Talent pool fails to keep pace with rapid rise of AI
A shortage of talent is slowing the uptake of AI systems prompting a need for organisations to devise training programmes...
‘Ghosting’ in recruitment: a growing candidate trend
In the world of modern dating, few things leave the sting of confusion and despair as much as being ghosted....
Global
Employment study debunks migrant worker myth
Immigrants have been among the main beneficiaries of the employment boom but not at the expense of workers born in...
Ireland on track to end zero-hour contracts
The Irish government has said it will end most zero-hour contracts in the country by summer as its Employment (Miscellaneous...
Visa applications for non-EU nationals: What HR needs to know
As HR professionals try to grapple with the settled status pilot scheme for EU permanent residence applications, there is now...
