Human Resources

Recent efforts to recruit nurses have highlighted a problem with supply. It’s becoming a proper chore these days, getting hold of the right staff for your service. As a manager…

The Nobel Laureate Sir Tim Hunt was sacked earlier this month for making sexist comments at a Conference in Korea. “Let me tell you about my trouble with girls,” he…

A statement that I’ve heard regularly throughout my working career, is ‘my manager never says thank you for what I do at work’. I’ve probably even felt this in my…

Are you up to date with the recent changes to zero hours contracts and National Minimum Wage compliance? In the run up to the election, zero hours contracts were a…

A recent survey has shown that elderly and disabled people are being put at risk because of inadequate training for care workers. The research included more than 1,000 care workers…

I often talk to employers, and a common concern is unwittingly discriminating during the recruitment process. Is what they are saying going to end up leaving them in trouble? Now,…

Often the recruitment process is viewed as a ‘hold up’. It takes time to advertise a vacancy, shortlist and then interview candidates, and unfortunately there isn’t a quick overnight fix.…

A recent survey has found that four fifths (85 per cent) of the 2,600 people that were polled have been drunk in the workplace in the last year. 31per cent…