HR Magazine is reporting that the Labour Party is promising to extend Work-Life Balance legislation if returned to power in next year’s election. The Government will extend work-life balance legislation by... read more →
Last week, Gordon Brown announced another shake-up of the rules governing parental leave while at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) annual conference in Liverpool. Plans to extend maternity leave from nine months... read more →
The world post-September 11th saw legislation and government activity on both sides of the Atlantic that would never be countenanced outside of these exceptional events. Many critics have pointed to... read more →
In the middle of this global recession,with redundancies being announced across industries on an almost daily basis, it’s worth considering if you have a back-up plan. In the event of... read more →
Well the Queensland University of Technology certainly seems to think new Apple Macbooks Pros are. As I impatiently await the arrive of my very own new Macbook Pro, I was a... read more →
According to Dr. Cliff Arnall, you should be quite happy indeed - today, June 19th, is supposed to be the happiest day of 2009. Dr. Cliff, as reported in today’s Telegraph,... read more →
Do you bring your Blackberry with you when you go on holidays? Do you take the odd furtive look at your emails while you’re supposed to be relaxing? Or do... read more →
The ever-brilliant Gina Trapani of Lifehacker.com fame has a nice piece on getting control of your email over at the Harvard Business “Work Smarter” Blog. Like all tools, email is excellent when used correctly but... read more →
Marks & Spencer’s Chairman, Sir Stuart Rose, caused quite a bit of comment recently when he questioned the existence of a “glass ceiling” regarding women’s careers in the UK. Citing examples... read more →
A new study in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (reported here by the BBC) has found that women are more likely to report failing to meet their own standards in meeting... read more →