We are currently experiencing huge problems in attracting staff for an Elderly Mentally Ill nursing home in Sussex. Having recruited overseas for Staff Nurses successfully I would be very interested ...

It has been suggested that the UK avoided the worst of the swine flu virus due to the onset of summer. It is thought, however, that the strain may return in the autumn, perhaps in a more virulent ...

After last week’s cracking episode with Best Western which gave a lot of food for thought, this week’s visit to Tower Hamlets should help shed some light on what it’s really like in the public sector.

We have recently discovered that the only male member in our team of four is being paid £2000 more annually than the rest of us. He was the 3rd member to join the team and we all do exactly the same ...

I have been getting a lot of flea bites at work and I have told supervisors and upper management about the issue, but I haven't gotten much more than they're "going to take care of it". I've been ...

Flexible working: employers must ease the strain for working parents or lose the talent Despite the introduction of shared parental leave, many organisations still hold outdated attitudes towards ...

I have been thinking of ways to implement an option for our longer serving employees to take a "career break". Elsewhere in the company career breaks have been given on a case by case basis for valid ...

I would appreciate it if anyone a relocation policy or some guidelines they wouldnt mind sharing, we currently offer relocation allowance but without any structure and it would be helpful to get some ...

I was wondering if I can call upon your knowledge. We are currently reviewing the pay structure for our Drivers at Work. They are HGV Drivers. I would be most grateful if you are in a industry ...

I have just been notified by an employee currently 11 months into her maternity leave that for family reasons, she has decided not to come back to work when her maternity leave finishes. She will have ...

We’ve had a number of job applications from USA citizens and I’ve got a couple of questions. 1. Do we have any obligations to consider EU citizens before USA citizens? 2. If we appoint anyone from the ...

a colleague (a former people/operational manager), has been undertaking a communications and culture role, informally, for the last two years. By infomally, I mean that it wasn’t done as a secondment ...