Absenteeism - the effect of the fear factor?

Fascinating research issue by the CIPD today sheds light on an important topic in HR management - absenteeism…

Small businesses in the middle of the crunch - insights for students

Lots of business surveys around at the moment provide insights that the savvy AS business student might bear in mind as they do their revision.  A particularly useful one is just out from O2…

Staff retention in a recession?  Give them more holidays (and a pay cut too!)

A fascinating interview with Sir John Hegarty, Chairman of a famous advertising agency, highlights some creative ways in which a service sector business can handle the need to cut operating costs, but also retain its key staff.

Playboy bunnies feeling the financial squeeze

You know the credit crunch is really starting to bite when news comes through about potential redundancies in the Playboy empire…

Wanna job? Get down to McDonalds

Two contrasting stories about the employment market recently illustrate really well how different businesses are coping in the economic downturn…