The sharp fall in the number of work-related visas in the past year offers further evidence that the current points-based system is working, says the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) in response to the ONS Migration Statistics Quarterly Report. Figures show that the number of overseas nationals awarded work-related visas has fallen by [...]

A new survey carried out by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and financial services firm KPMG has found that the recovery in employment numbers appears to be slowing.
The poll of around 600 employers revealed that around one-third are anticipating job cuts over the next six months – an increase from one [...]

“Do you think it’s damaging to HR professionals to describe the profession as caring?”
CIPD members were polled last week on this question. As of 29th July, the site showed 1,437 responses, the results being; 36.74% Yes, 58.25% No and 5.01% Don’t know
On the basis of this sample, which is substantial enough to be statistically reliable, it seems that [...]

Mark Gilbertson has joined Lloyds Banking Group as Head of Resourcing, covering both Retail Banking and Group Operations. Mark has 15 years of resourcing experience and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD).
Mark started his HR career with a niche search & selection firm in the City almost twenty years ago. [...]

Encouraging a healthy balance between work and home life is something employers should seek to do by setting a good example themselves, one expert has claimed.
Ben Willmott, senior public policy advisor for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, said bosses should try to leave the office on time and take as many breaks [...]

A minimum training wage should be paid by UK employers who hire interns, according to one UK body.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has also called for the introduction of a new code of practice and working rights for individuals in such positions, with more than a third of staff in these roles not [...]

Businesses will need to employ people with good organisational and commercial awareness to successfully navigate tough economic conditions when they occur, an expert has said.
Dr John McGurk, an advisor on learning and talent development at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), has suggested that every company in the UK will need to possess [...]

The CIPD has called for a £2.50 an hour ‘training wage’. CIPD research shows that over a third (37%) of internships are currently unpaid and it’s paper, Internships: To Pay or not To Pay?, proposes that all interns should be given minimum wage. It argues that a new ‘Training Wage’ would help reflect the [...]

The Royal Navy has one of the “most complex HR tasks in the UK” when it comes to workforce planning, a CIPD conference heard yesterday.
Satisfying the level of demand for personnel, but avoiding an over-supply of staff which government budgets would not pay for, posed a “manning conundrum”, according to Commander David Cox, a strategic [...]

CIPD members overwhelmingly support the proposal that there should be more in the public sector, an opinion poll has suggested.
The weekly poll found that 83 per cent are in favour of such reform, put forward in the institute’s report Coping with Less: Pay and pensions in the public sector. Only 13 per cent disagreed [...]