Delay on provision of services age-ban angers campaigners and fuels employer anxiety over costs

Research demonstrates that well trained interviewers, using structured approaches, can dramatically improve the quality of an organisation’s selection decisions

A year after the Davies Report, more women are joining boards, but progress remains slow, and UK companies still reject quotas. Could a female version of old-boy style networking prove to be a viable alternative?

As HR director for IBM in the UK and Ireland, Jane Marsh believes diversity is key to the organisation’s continuing to reinvent itself, imagine the future and help to create a ‘smarter planet’

A radical restructuring – achieved with input from staff – put Amey on a solid basis to go for future growth, and helped it scoop top prize in the 2011 CIPD People Management Awards

Research demonstrates that well trained interviewers, using structured approaches, can dramatically improve the quality of an organisation’s selection decisions

As HR director for IBM in the UK and Ireland, Jane Marsh believes diversity is key to the organisation’s continuing to reinvent itself, imagine the future and help to create a ‘smarter planet’

Trust oils the wheels of business and society, but has hit rock bottom of late. But new research identifies behaviours that build trust – showing that, however badly damaged, it can still be repaired

Government plans to introduce local pay determination for the public sector, leading to lower pay in poorer parts of the country, are set to be announced in the Budget this week.

Talking about mental health is still a major workplace taboo, with line managers often lacking the confidence to discuss it one-to-one. But what should really scare employers is the cost – in both human and financial terms – of ignoring this issue

A year after the Davies Report, more women are joining boards, but progress remains slow, and UK companies still reject quotas. Could a female version of old-boy style networking prove to be a viable alternative?

The European Union could introduce mandatory quotas to improve the gender balance on boards, after the region’s companies have failed to make sufficient voluntary progress over the past 12 months