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help is at hand The Government's new CSR academy should put HR centre stage in corporate social responsibility. Noel O'Reilly reports Type the phrase 'corporate social responsibility' (CSR) into Google, [...]

By Noel O'Reilly The building industry faces a crisis in recruitment unless it throws off its Auf Wiedersehn Pet image and rethinks safety, career development and equality Construction minister Brian [...]

As this week's TUC conference begins, a survey of nearly 250 employers by legal firm DLA shows that many could be in for a bumpy ride over the next few [...]

The latest survey by Personnel Today and KLegal shows that e-mail and the internet are the biggest cause of disciplinary problems in the workplace. Remarkably, office technology causes more problems [...]

The problem with closing the pay gap is that someone, somewhere is going to have to pay. It certainly can prove very expensive for employers, as the case of Birmingham [...]

By Noel o'reilly Motor giant Ford has dropped the practice of 'managing out' the lowest performing 10 per cent of staff because of the negative reaction from employees. The company [...]

The last week has not been a good advertisement for globalisation, what with WorldCom and the shoddy G8 meeting on world poverty in Canada. Meanwhile, back in Europe, the EU [...]

Jonas Ridderstrale, author of the best-selling management book, Funky Business, likes to refer to the old joke about MBA standing for 'mediocre but arrogant'. And it's not sour grapes - [...]

By Noel O'Reilly A new study reveals the encouraging finding that the proportion of companies where HR is taking a lead on knowledge management has increased from 3 per cent [...]

In the past, Personnel Today has campaigned for the Government to act to improve the consultation process for introducing new legislation and the quality of employment regulations. When the Better [...]

The latest research by IRS Employment Review confirms that the war for talent is still very much at the top of the agenda for HR practitioners (News, page 1). Despite [...]

One of the talking points of the HR year is Personnel Today's annual line-up of the profession's movers and shakers - the top 40 HR power players. The list is [...]

It wasn't so very long ago that many employers thought being a good corporate citizen meant persuading a few middle managers to paint the local community youth centre. The employees [...]

In Personnel Today's last editorial leader on the draft EU agency directive, we argued that the proposals were a step in the wrong direction. The EU now seems be considering [...]

The Data Protection Act is fast becoming the biggest thorn in the side of HR professionals, and the Information Commission's ham-fisted approach to introducing guidance is largely to blame. The [...]

The problem with the EC's draft directive on temporary workers is that it tries to achieve fair treatment of temporary staff at the expense of employers and employment agencies. Legislation [...]

This issue focuses on the tools HR people are using to demonstrate the impact of their interventions on the bottom line. If you want to know where to find the [...]

Research by an Internet security firm, Peapod, confirms the worst suspicions of many employers about staff abuse of Internet systems. Data from an audit of e-mails at 40 large companies [...]

The DTI's backing for a new working group to look into ways to boost the number of women in IT is welcome. The knowledge economy is one of the buzz-phrases [...]

The award of [pound]1.5m in compensation to Julie Bower last week for unfair dismissal and sex discrimination against Schroder Securities has caused a sensation in the media and is a [...]

The outsourcing trend has taken another lurch forward with a $40m deal between Cable and Wireless and e-peopleserve. Outsourcing, of course, is all about money. The motivation for outsourcing is [...]

By Noel O'Reilly The Government has begun the consultation process which will lead to a raft of new equality legislation covering age, sexual orientation and religious beliefs (News, page 1). [...]

By Noel O'Reilly The publication of the Kingsmill review of women's pay and employment last week showed that the Government seems to be following through with its promised 'light touch' [...]

It obviously makes good sense for companies in those sectors hit hardest by the economic downturn to look beyond share options and bonuses as a way to motivate staff (News, [...]

Last week's proposals from the DTI to give parents a legal right to request flexible working if they have children under six will be greeted with relief by employers. Plans [...]

A joint report by the CBI and TUC published last week says productivity of the UK's companies is lagging behind other European countries. The UK Productivity Challenge shows that France [...]

How much has the world of work changed since 11 September? The terrorist attack certainly cast a long shadow over last week's annual CIPD conference as speakers talked in almost [...]