Companies which allow staff to take sabbatical breaks away from work are enjoying the benefits through having a more energetic and positive workforce, one expert has suggested.
According to Keep Britain Working researcher Katy Richardson, lengthy sojourns can bring positives to both employees and employers alike and have become increasingly commonplace since the onset of the [...]

In its response to the Government’s consultation on pension tax relief measures, Hymans Robertson, independent experts in benefits and investment, has outlined its thoughts and key recommendations to the Department for Work and Pensions.
Chris Noon, Partner at Hymans Robertson said: “With the current economic and political landscape providing a once in a generation opportunity for [...]

According to a survey conducted by Shoosmiths employers are deeply concerns about what will happen when the default retirement age of 65 is scrapped in October 2011.
The national law firm asked readers of its HR briefing, WortHReading, about retirement ages in their organisations, how they expected to deal with the abolition of the default retirement [...]

It has emerged that Chief executives at NHS trusts have been offered a £130,000 redundancy pay by the government if they opt resign voluntarily.
The mutually agreed resignation scheme (Mars) which is available until October, was indroduced by the government for NHS trust chief executives and senior managers. It signifies the equivalent of a year’s pay [...]

It’s becoming more and more common to hear the words ‘marketing’ and ‘employer brand’ being thrown around HR and recruitment teams. Against a tough economic backdrop employers have looked long and hard at their cost base with many workforces being trimmed to the minimum. If most FD’s had their way employers would be left with a very few, incredibly talented and equally overworked employees!

Global Mobility or Expatriate Management is as old as humankind itself. The ancient migration routes of our earliest ancestors are well documented and the distances travelled by primitive man still continue to amaze. Brian Friedman explains more..

Jane Birch, HR Benefits Manager of the GNER highlights the importance of communication.