‘Conclusive link’ between happiness and productivity
It has long been suggested that happy workers are more productive, but now research from the University of Oxford has...
Mentoring key to building diverse leadership
Businesses where women occupy more than 30% senior leadership roles are more likely to nurture ambition, with a quarter (27%)...
UNLEASH 2019: Engagement and team agility to be explored
The role technology can play in driving more efficient and rewarding work will be a key theme at next week’s...
Worker exploitation commonplace in supermarket supply chains
Poor pay, exploitative working conditions and human rights abuses are commonplace in the supply chains for major supermarkets
CIPD’s Peter Cheese: HR’s role in improving mental health
On World Mental Health Day, HR teams have been reminded of the scale of the mental ill health “epidemic” and...
Personnel Today Awards 2019 shortlist: Employee Engagement Award
The 2019 Personnel Today Awards take place on the 19 November. In the latest in our series of articles profiling...
Details of first wave of police recruitment unveiled
The Home Office has published police recruitment targets for every force in England and Wales for 2020-21.
Under the campaign,...
Talent management
Amazon to deliver keynote address at Employee Benefits Live 2019
Ben Farmer (pictured), head of HR, UK corporate, at global retail and technology organisation Amazon, will deliver a keynote address...
New teachers to receive £6,000 boost to attract the ‘best’
Starting salaries for teachers will reach as much as £30,000 by the 2022-23 academic year under a range of plans announced today.
Could DNA testing be the key to developing talent?
DNA testing for ancestry and medical insights has become increasingly popular as the technology matures, but what impact could it have on talent development at work?
Managing change
John Lewis to reduce leadership team by a third
John Lewis Partnership is to consolidate its executive leadership team from 225 to around 150 as it restructures to manage...
Automation could widen gender pay gap
There is a risk that automation in the workplace will widen the gender pay gap and increase inequality, an in-depth study has found.
‘Good quality’ jobs should be measure of industrial success
The UK needs to manage industrial change far better than in the past if the economy is to harness new technology, become greener and provide better livelihoods
Corporate social responsibility
Worker exploitation commonplace in supermarket supply chains
Poor pay, exploitative working conditions and human rights abuses are commonplace in the supply chains for major supermarkets
How employees are using social activism to make their voices heard
With traditional union membership in decline, employees are finding new ways to voice their opposition to corporate decisions, as shown...
Is ethical leadership under threat from populism?
Ethical leadership, fairness and equality are seen as vital qualities for successful organisations. But in the age of populism what if leaders no longer buy into this?
Outsourcing
MyPayrollHR boss charged with $70m bank fraud
Michael Mann, chief executive of MyPayrollHR, has been arrested and charged with fraud. Three weeks ago, the New York payroll provider ceased trading...
Payroll provider withdraws wages from thousands of clients’ employees
Is there anything a company can do worse than failing to pay its employees? Thousands of employees in the US have found there is
An in-depth guide to HRO: How is HR outsourcing changing?
HR outsourcing (HRO) has matured. Once little more than a cost-cutting exercise, outsourcing your HR – or specialisms within it...
