Yesterday’s Queen’s Speech lived up to earlier expectations that it might be fairly ‘lightweight’– as much of the coalition government’s legislative programme had already been announced and the most important goal remains to reduce the deficit. In many ways, this can be seen as good news for business as...

Workplace pensions law has changed and every employer with workers in the UK will be required to help more of their workers save for their retirement. The new rules apply to more and more companies each month and it is important for employers to be aware when their staging...

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), the professional body for recruiters in the UK, is launching a new quality standard for recruitment within the education sector today. REC Audited Education is a new audit scheme run by the REC to provide quality assurance of recruitment agencies that supply teaching...

Graduate Prospects is launching a new awards initiative to recognise and reward businesses and universities that demonstrate excellence and innovation in the postgraduate arena. The Prospects Postgraduate Awards will be the only annual event solely dedicated to celebrating the most exciting developments in postgraduate education. There are eight categories,...

According to the CIPD’s Employee Engagement Index1, more than half (55%) of employees in the voluntary sector feel engaged at work, compared with 41% last quarter, despite a backdrop of increasing redundancies (25% reporting planned redundancies ahead, a jump of 15 percentage points since last quarter). That’s compared with...