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'Earning, learning' | How Virgin Media O2 is supporting student employees
Virgin Media O2 has announced a new initiative targeting employees still in education, designed to allow...
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Forget the purple squirrel | Docebo's CPO on hiring for adjacent skills, not perfect resumes
Lauren Tropeano on why skills-based hiring is only one half of a much broader strategy to identify and...
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Hidden barriers | The hard truth of social mobility and workplace belonging
Zurich UK has revealed exclusive data from a recent social mobility survey which revealed the scale of...
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Covert filming | Smart glasses - the workplace privacy & data risks of the new wearable tech fad
Increasingly-discreet smart glasses create fresh legal risks around harassment, confidentiality and personal...
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Excellence in L&D | How Imperial London Hotels built a winning talent pipeline
Head of People and Development Bonita Bailey on building and maintaining a talent pipeline that survives...
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National Hiring Strategy | Building the new age of hiring
With the National Hiring Strategy in full swing, these are the mechanisms driving it forwards, and what...
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'World's Best' | 90% of employees are proud to work at Mastercard - here's why
Mastercard's 2025 Impact Report reveals several leading HR practices for other employers to consider,...
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Alcohol awareness | How HR can better support employees with alcohol issues
HR leaders are being urged to look create a work culture that doesn't revolve around drinking...
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Removing benefits | When does a work perk become a contractual right?
As employers rethink costly workplace perks, legal experts warn that some discretionary benefits may...
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Matchday management | England's 1am kick off - how HR can tackle a Monday morning World Cup sickie surge
England's 1am World Cup clash with Mexico could leave employers facing a wave of absences and leave requests,...
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Employment Rights Act | HR urged to act now as six-month unfair dismissal rights move closer
The new measures will fundamentally change how employers manage recruitment, probation and...
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Refugee Week | How Amazon, Zurich & more are unlocking the 'untapped potential' of refugee talent
From rebuilding careers after war to delivering major corporate projects, refugee professionals are helping...
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'Youth employment drought' | Young people locked out of work as starter jobs halve in a decade, new study warns
The UK is facing a growing youth employment crisis, with more than one million young people now out of...
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NEETs | Youth jobs crisis risks becoming 'perfect storm' for UK employers, warns Milburn review
Business leaders are warning of mounting hiring pressures after a major review into youth unemployment...
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‘Continued progress’ | How the University of Manchester is lifting employee engagement
Engagement scores of staff rose to 80%, with over 7,000 staff members participating in the 'Your Voice...
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'Employers are crucial' | Government's new mental health strategy could reshape HR's role in tackling workplace wellbeing
With mental ill-health now one of the biggest causes of workplace absence, HR leaders are being urged...
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Work perks | Pay still matters, but are benefits becoming the real retention battleground?
Salary may still top the list of reasons employees look elsewhere, but new research suggests employers...
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‘Listening & acting’ | Why UCL's CPO brought HR strategy to life with a one-day 'festival'
The 'excellent' event offered staff insight into HR strategy, from updates on pay and reward to sessions...
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Morale damage | KPMG redundancy backlash highlights growing risks of poor communication during job cuts
An expert warns employers that poorly communicated redundancy programmes risk damaging trust, morale...
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To the polls | What are your employees' rights to time off during the local elections?
With the local elections taking place on May 7th, HR may face last-minute requests for time off. What...
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