Engagement with employees can be improved with the use of hosted social networks, it has been suggested.
Internal communication will benefit from a web community because it can facilitate interaction and the potential for internal horizontal influence, said Reality Digital.
This could allow for engagement at all levels of an enterprise, which could make staff members feel [...]

A Trades Union Congress (TUC) survey of agency workers found that they want more rights and an end to pay discrimination.
The research revealed that a third of respondents said directly employed staff were paid more than temps for doing the same work.
Nearly half of individuals claimed they received less holiday entitlement and 28 per cent [...]

A review of Rochdale council’s health and wellbeing strategy has resulted in the possibility of drinking alcohol to be banned during working hours, it has been reported.
The council’s health improvement manager Adrian Watson is carrying out the review, which revealed that the local authority does not have an alcohol policy in place, the Rochdale Observer [...]

Increased use of e-learning and more in-house training (both cited by 40 per cent of respondents) are the primary changes in learning and development (L&D) strategy and methodology in response to the recession, according to a survey of L&D professionals conducted by the World of Learning 2009, the UK’s key conference and exhibition for business [...]

While many employees are staying put during the downturn, many are planning to change their job or their whole career when the recession ends. The CIPD’s survey of 3,000 employees found that 34% of employees would change job within the next year in an ideal world.
Furthermore, 24% of these would consider changing sector, and another [...]

The recession has increased the number of employees over the age of 50 who have been made redundant, a new survey has revealed.
Between October 2008 and May 2009, there was an increase from 32 per cent to 47 per cent in the number of individuals aged 50 and over who were made redundant, The Age [...]

The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has released guidance for the early management of non-specific and persistent lower back pain.
Speaking to the Nursing Times, Margaret Flanagan, member of the NICE guideline development group, said back pain affects around one in three UK adults every year and for some, the condition hinders their ability to [...]

HR professionals have to juggle two conflicting responsibilities during the recession, it has been claimed.
Writing in the Times, Jonathan Hogg, head of PA Consulting Group’s People and Organisation Change Practice, said that not only must HR professionals deliver short-term, risk-free and practical cost-cutting plans, but they must also progress a firm’s long-term strategies for development [...]

Almost two-thirds of businesses say they have no plans to change their current sickness and absence benefits practices, despite new government initiatives, new research has found.
The government has encouraged employers to promote and report on wellness and health in the workplace to prevent people leaving employment. It also wants to ensure only the genuinely disabled [...]