Controversial professor slams HR as ‘dangerous’ and prone to ‘stupid decisions’

A world-famous professor has criticised the Human Resources function, labelling it an ethics department that uses unbelievably dangerous hiring methods. Speaking on last weeks... Read more »

Majority of tech firm vacancies are NOT for technical talent

When thinking about huge tech firms such as Google, Apple, or Facebook, you might think that most of their vacancies will be in the ever-competitive engineering and technology departments. However, research... Read more »

Sir Philip Green embroiled in new harassment case

Chairman of the Arcadia Group Sir Philip Green is the subject of a police investigation after reports surfaced claiming the business magnate groped a pilates instructor under his employment. The incident... Read more »

The business benefits of being a purposeful organisation

Benefex, a vendor interested in the business benefits of improving the employee experience, recently hosted a roundtable to discuss the mechanics of becoming a purposeful organisation. Gethin... Read more »

Workplace culture: keeping staff reassured during uncertain economic times

Anxiety can understandably set in among your staff when times are looking economically threatening, and Brexit is painting a particularly sobering picture. At the time of writing, the UK House of Commons... Read more »

How Openreach improved staff engagement through innovative training

Two years ago, Openreach wasnt meeting Ofcoms minimum service levels, and employee engagement scores were low. So the telecoms company decided to overhaul its training strategy and invest... Read more »

‘Typo’ leaves 250 out of work with no compensation

A simple typo from Companies House had caused 250 people to lose their jobs and they wont be receiving a pay-out in compensation. Wales Online reports that back in 2009, Companies House... Read more »

‘Too busy to be sick’: study reveals worrying presenteeism

Despite the workplace health and wellbeing trend being a core priority for UK HR practitioners over the last few years, it seems that employees working in SMEs are still putting personal illness... Read more »

Gender pay gap grows at hundreds of UK firms

Four in 10 companies have reported that their gender pay gap has grown larger since the last time they published it, the BBC reports. The broadcaster looked at the company's median pay gap... Read more »

L&D teams feeling growing pressure to measure impact of learning

Nearly 70% of learning and development (L&D) teams report feeling pressure from leadership to measure learning's impact, according to an annual survey by LEO Learning and Watershed. However, many firms... Read more »
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