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HR Magazine Pay Practices Survey: Tell us your views to win £300 Amazon vouchers

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

For some staff it is the training or the opportunities they have for career development that sees them come to work each day.

Is the pursuit of graduates with a 2:1 degree undermining diversity?

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:00:00 GMT

Is it time to kill off the 2:1, 300-plus UCAS-point approach to graduate recruitment? It undermines employers' diversity policies and leads to the talent pool becoming a talent puddle, argues Sian Harrington (University of Wales, Swansea, 1986-1989).

Interview with TNT's HR director Sue Barnes and head of people development Malcolm Pickup

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:30:00 GMT

TNT Express's UK HRD, Sue Barnes, and head of people development, Malcolm Pickup, have a refreshingly simple view of HR. It involves new ways of looking at common HR issues to tackle change, as Peter Crush reports.

Sky staff get on their bikes

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

As part of its sponsorship of the GB cycling squad and to promote the benefits of cycling, Sky encouraged staff participation in the gruelling L'Etape du Tour event as a health and engagement tool.

Exclusive: HR directors not pushed hard enough to understand return on investment of healthcare

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Specially-commissioned research by HR magazine and Simplyhealth finds HRDs want to do more to understand the ROI of their healthcare benefits spend, but they are not being pushed hard enough to by CEOs or FDs. Peter Crush reports.

HR Leaders Club: How HR directors are perceived is up to them

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Personal brand was the topic of the HR Leaders Club meeting in July. How you are perceived is under your control, the audience was told.

Employee benefits: HR professionals are left dazed and confused by the growing variety of products health cash plans offer

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

When Aviva, the world's fifth-largest insurance company, decided to re-enter the health cash plans market last November (it offers 100% reimbursement for the two most popular claims - dental and optical cover - up to the value of £250), it was yet more evidence that the 100-year-old health cash plan concept is enjoying something of a revival. Against expensive private medical insurance, inflation-proof cash plans are proving popular, with providers such as Medicash reporting direct business up 67% in the first half of 2009, while corporate-only provider Health Shield saw an 82% increase during the same period.

Auto-enrolment into company pension schemes means staff could see their slice of the cake get significantly smaller

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Next month ushers in the two-year countdown to the biggest change in pensions provision history since the introduction of the 'old age pension' of five shillings a week 100 years ago - auto enrolment and the creation of the National Employment Savings Trust (or NEST).

How does the business partner model work for learning and development professionals?

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

For years learning and development professionals have felt sidelined while HR departments have introduced the successful business partner model. But as L&D experts now develop business partner status too, a certain amount of professional friction is arising.

HR Round table: Doubt over learning and development professionals' ability to deliver the skills needed for future growth?

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

With a revival in recruitment still hanging in the balance (one survey finds there has been a 21% fall in the number of public-sector job postings since the General Election), it seems HRDs who have stripped their organisations to the bone will continue to rely on the skills of existing employees for some time to come, rather than buying them in from elsewhere. And yet a study of 500 senior managers by Capital Learning & Development reveals 70% fear the inadequate skills of their staff will hold them back as the UK emerges from recession. And the finger of blame is pointed firmly at HR with 46% of business leaders casting doubt on their learning and development (L&D) department's ability to deliver the skills needed to help their organisation grow.