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The number of people currently in employment has reached a record-breaking 30.79 million, recent statistical data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) was able to reveal. The figures revealed that 694,000 more people are in jobs compared to this time last year. Furthermore, employment increased by 112,000 over the last 3 months alone, […]

Implementing a solid and reliable workforce management system should become a priority for every forward-looking company nowadays, as 61% of British employees plan to move jobs in the next 12 months. Recent research by recruitment company Hays published as a part of its latest UK Salary and Recruiting Trends report suggests that “candidate confidence” is […]

A fully-featured, versatile remote workers module can help companies monitor their employees’ activity in a reliable and effective manner, even when they’re taking up overseas positions. This is especially important nowadays, as British companies are increasing the number of employees they send to work overseas but are not able to quantify the ROI, according to […]

The lack of suitable skills among candidates is leaving SMEs unable to fill up to 520,000 newly available positions, leading to a deficit of around £18billion to the UK economy, recent research was able to reveal. The survey carried out by digital lender for small businesses Everline and the Centre for Economic and Business Research […]

The implementation of effective workforce management systems can help reduce some of the negative effects induced by shift work, which include significant damage to staff’s ability to think and remember. Staff doing regular shift work can suffer from a substantial decline in brain functions such as memory, speed of thought and wider cognitive ability, which […]

Employees from all over the world expect that office environments are likely to change considerably over the next 8 years, with only a handful expecting or looking forward to work in a traditional nine-to-five office environment, a recent report drawn up by PwC was able to

Contractors who posses unique skills that are highly thought after in particular industry segments could earn up to £1,500 per day for their services, research conducted by contractor support providers Von Essen was able to r

Employees working shifts and rotating hours, such as hospital staff and highways operatives, have a greater threat of contracting type 2 diabetes due to possible hormonal imbalances, sleep deprivation and unusual eating times, a study published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine su

CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, has urged employers, policymakers and education providers alike to establish closer bonds in order to tackle the growing problem of youth unemployment.

Biometric systems will become increasingly popular across a variety of applications requiring high-security authentication due to the significantly higher level of security they provide, compared to password-based solutions, industry experts have argued.

Close to a quarter of UK-based small and medium enterprises plan to invest the majority of their budget in people management and HR, data obtained from a new survey conducted by UK conference call service provider, Conference Genie, was able to reveal.

Solid and reliable visitor monitoring systems that are mostly automated and require a minimum level of assistance from prison staff will soon become a “must have” for all detention facilities, given the fact that the number of prison officers in England and Wales has been cut by 30 per cent in three years.