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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

The number of work days lost to ill-health across the NHS trusts has dropped to the lowest level in five years, figures obtained from the Health and Social care Information Centre (HSCIC) annual report on staff absence were able to r

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.

The level of unemployment across the UK dropped to 6.5% (or 2.12 million people), 121,000 fewer than for December 2013 to February 2014 and 383,000 fewer than a year earlier, the latest figures from the ONS were able to reveal.

Employee time management systems are particularly useful when firms make extensive use of temporary or agency workers, and this is something they seriously consider, given the high level of popularity this form of employment enjoys at this time.

Implementing a secure and reliable solution for managing the evacuation of personnel working within a plant in case of an emergency is really a vital measure for the industrial segment, considering just how dangerous and potentially deadly a fire can prove to be in this environment.

The UK’s small and medium businesses (SMBs) have fully benefited from the economy’s strong growth, the latest SME Monitor published by the Aldermore Bank was able to reveal.