HR directors' pay - Paid and displayed
Peter Crush, 02 February 2010
Public-sector HRDs on £150,000 or more will need Treasury approval, said the Government before Christmas.
Features
John Terry and Ashley Cole: How to act when an employee's activities outside the workplace damages team morale within it
Jessica Corsi, 12 March 2010
The media scrum surrounding two high-profile England international footballers is any employer's...
The UK must rethink its approach to nurturing talent in order to adapt to the global economy
Tony Manwaring, 12 March 2010
The UK faces a huge challenge because of the globalisation of value...
Providing a comprehensive programme of employee benefits will be very costly - true or false?
Paul White, 11 March 2010
Employers can shy away from adding to their benefits programme for cost...
Think carefully before sacrificing employee benefits for short-term savings
Paul White, 05 March 2010
Looking at the benefits budget from an outsider's perspective, it's relatively easy...
Recession brings problems that make workforce planning a must
Dilys Robinson, 05 March 2010
Experience from previous recessions suggests the recovery of full employment lags a...
Analysis
Tough, new sentencing guidelines for corporate manslaughter offences put health and safety centre stage
Alison Gray, 08 March 2010
New guidelines issued by the Sentencing Guidelines Council in February have raised...
HR budgets - Challenge of doing more with less
David Woods, 01 February 2010
While one survey shows HR job vacancies rising faster than in any...
What do the election manifesto campaigns mean for HR?
Marc Woolfson, 11 January 2010
And they're off. The return of Parliament from the Christmas break marked...
Case Studies
Increasing number of companies recognise the benefits of offering sabbaticals
Andrew Clark, 22 February 2010
Sabbaticals are growing in popularity for UK companies as they can benefit...
National Apprenticeship Week: McDonald's case study
David Woods, 02 February 2010
After being unemployed for more than years, the death of her husband...
Learning and Development Case Study: Heinz - A training scheme full of beans
Mary Carmichael, 01 February 2010
After identifying the need to shift its training from external suppliers to...
Reviews
Would I want to work as an event organiser for the BBC?
Mark Rice, 01 February 2010
Bland marketing hides a role that is too good to miss.
Review of Juggling the Big 3 by Jennifer Overhaus
Robert Halton, 12 January 2010
"How do I get on in this place?" is not an uncommon...
Opinion
When budgets are tight you have to target training with precision to get the best return on investment
Richard Barkey, 10 March 2010
As we emerge from recession, employees who have been sitting tight for...
Why has coaching held up in recession as discretionary development activity has been cut?
Alison Carter, 09 March 2010
There is nothing more important in Britain's boardrooms than recession and recovery....
Poll
Latest Issue
March 2010
Line managers are less critical of HR than they were a year ago - will this continue?
B&Q's HR director explains the company's focus on 18-24 year-olds
Can the science of analytics create super workforce planning?
CSR must be seen as an investment, not a business cost
