Growing entrepreneurship: is it good for the workers?
During Global Entrepreneurship Week, Nigel Meager looks at what the rise in self-employment might mean for job quality.
India and the UK: a golden opportunity?
Sam Swift casts an eye on the Indian labour market, and ponders where the world's second biggest country is heading.
Workplace stress: an ongoing issue
On National Stress Awareness Day, Sally Wilson considers current initiatives with a bearing on the stresses of working life.
Work-life balance – a win-win situation
How can employers and individuals foster good work-life balance? Andrea Broughton considers the challenge set by National Work Life Week.
Will EU rhetoric be a match for the reality of youth unemployment?
On International Youth Day 2015, Kari Hadjivassiliou looks at whether EU policy initiatives can rise to the challenges of youth unemployment.
How are our graduates faring?
Emma Pollard digs into the latest data on graduate destinations to find out what is happening after students finish their degrees.
Productivity tops the next government’s to do list
Jim Hillage, in reaction to statistics released today by the ONS, has published his thoughts on why productivity will be a priority for the next government.
Using mediation to deal with conflict at work
Conflict in the workplace is a fact of working life at some point for most people. Dealing with conflict and in particular stopping it from escalating, ultimately to an employment tribunal, is a difficult task and yet an essential one, as conflict can cause a significant amount of disruption and upheaval for both those involved and their colleagues.
Bad News’ and its Impact on Engagement
It seems that every week brings another bad news story to damage the reputation of many of our best-loved institutions. The NHS is still reeling from the body-blow of the shocking findings of the Francis Report on the failings in Mid-Staffordshire. The Co-operative Bank has been found lacking, and its chair is in disgrace. There have been high-profile care home scandals, our MPs are still not forgiven for dodgy expenses claims - and we even have horsemeat in our beef-burgers.
Social media and HR: avoid the pitfalls and reap the benefits
Social media is much on everyone's minds at the moment; Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter have become everyday communication tools for many of us, not only in our private lives, but also in our working lives. This throws up certain challenges for HR, some practical and some ethical, mostly linked to the blurring of the boundaries between work and private life.