Apprenticeships should be opened up to single parents

Photo: Shutterstock Most single parents are being locked out of apprenticeships because of a lack of part-time opportunities and the difficulty of supporting children with such low pay.  Single parents make ideal... Read more »

International Women’s Day: we need better balance in the workplace

Entrepreneurs and leading business people arrive at Downing Street to an event hosted by the Prime Minister to mark International Women’s Day.Photo: PA Images Industrialised recruitment practices in the form of AI... Read more »

UK must act to boost skills or face ‘perfect storm’ of decline

Photo: Shutterstock Cuts in public funding for adult skills and falling employer investment has led to the UK’s skills base lagging behind that of comparable countries and could see the country slip... Read more »

Benchmark your employee engagement levels against other employers

With retaining, motivating and engaging staff key to business performance, employee engagement has never been more vital to the UK economy. It has also never been so fast-moving. With the needs of... Read more »

Be Careful: Gamification at Work Can Go Very Wrong

?Gamification is becoming known as a valuable technique that can change behavior and incentivize higher productivity, but HR managers should know that gamifying the workplace only succeeds when the game is thoughtfully... Read more »

EEOC Wants to Move Most Transactions Online

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) proposed a rule to increase online filings and digital communications between the agency and private-sector parties. The proposed regulatory changes are largely a part of an... Read more »

EEOC: Applicants’ Religious Beliefs Must Be Considered

?A recent settlement agreement between United Parcel Service (UPS) and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) serves as a reminder that accommodating job applicants’ religious beliefs supersedes an organization’s appearance policy... Read more »

Why Is Workplace Theft on the Rise?

?”Corporations don’t have feelings.” “No one got hurt.” “If my company’s going to cut my benefits, it owes me.” Those are among the excuses, workplace experts say, that employees use to justify... Read more »

Employer Did Not Have to Keep Worker on Light Duty Permanently

?A market director of Lowe’s Home Centers LLC did not have an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claim when he could not find an available position within his restrictions that he could... Read more »

Judge Revives EEO-1 Pay-Data Reporting Requirement

A federal judge has reinstated the revised EEO-1 form’s pay-data reporting provisions, which were suspended in 2017 by President Donald Trump’s administration. The controversial provisions require covered employers to report pay information by... Read more »