Figures released recently confirm that the skills problems in the UK result in an increasing number of workers who are under or overqualified for their job. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) report, which analyses [...]
Businesses could be liable if an employee commits a negligent act while at work, the Supreme Court has ruled. The landmark judgement, which was confirmed this week, will have considerable consequences on the way employers train [...]
Winners of the Scottish Top Employers for Working Families Awards were announced in Edinburgh recently. The awards celebrate progressive organisations which recognise family friendly and flexible ways of working are not only good for people but good [...]
Greene King, the country’s leading pub retailer and brewer, has today announced its pledge to take on 10,000 apprentices over the next three years. By 2019 the business expects to have supported more than 17,000 [...]
New research from Barclays Apprenticeships has today revealed that 61 per cent of young people in the UK applied to university on ‘autopilot’ as it was ingrained in them as the best option by their parents. [...]
As the consultation closes on the Government’s draft gender pay reporting regulations today, new research findings based on a survey of over 1,000 employers and HR professionals show that a minority of organisations currently conduct [...]
Leading premium supermarket chain, Waitrose, teamed up with work-based training provider, First4Skills, to help young people gain new skills and knowledge and assist in developing their future careers. As part of the National Apprenticeship Week [...]
More than a quarter of Scottish workers (28 per cent) have said they would be encouraged to lead a healthy lifestyle if their managers led by example. Furthermore, 43 per cent of Scottish workers surveyed [...]
Fail to plan. How many times do we use that phrase with our employees and highlight the pitfalls of failing to plan? And, are we, as good employers, taking the positive next step by encouraging and [...]
Hollywood A-listers are shouting about it - Jennifer Lawrence recently joined a long list of actors including Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Patricia Arquette, Cate Blanchett and Rose McGowan who have spoken up about the misogyny [...]