Human Resources

Following the naming and shaming of 70 businesses for not paying the National Minimum Wage (NMW) the Business Minister has made clear her department is “working hard in areas where…

Money motivates – a least that is the popular view. It is partially a myth. In reality, it is fair reward that motivates and, even more specifically, unfair reward that…

We only have to look around our workplaces to get an idea of the demographics of the UK workforce. A report by the BITC has called for ‘employers to offer…

I remember a Tribunal case some years ago, where the supervisor was deemed to have discriminated against an employee who was deaf and who depended on sign language. The investigation…

A recent survey taken by the Recruitment and Employment Federation (REC) suggests that recruiters should ‘improve their hiring strategy to consider the most talented in the over 55s age group’.…

Historically, many reports have highlighted the existence of bullying in the NHS, the Care Quality Commission and in business generally. There are reams of web pages devoted to helping ‘victims’…

A recent article published by the CIPD states that ‘UK employees spend more than a third of their time at work feeling stressed’. This worrying article highlights to us again…

Bupa have undertaken some research which shows that out of 2000 people almost two thirds (64 per cent) of British workers claim that they are too busy to take a…