8 years ago053The dismissal case surrounding Chelsea FC’s former doctor, Eva Carneiro, has been rumbling on for nearly a year now.
Yesterday she settled her claim against the club on confidential terms, and reached a discrimination settlement against the club's former manager Jose Mourinho. Speaking to HR Grapevine, Beverley Sunderland, Managing...
8 years ago048In 2015, research by the CMI found that, on average, women managers earn 22% less than their male colleagues in equivalent positions. For junior managers, this amounts to an average difference of £8,524, rising to £14,943 at senior levels. The problem is compounded by the lack of female representation senior management positions....
8 years ago049There are many ways to encourage mental health wellbeing in the workforce.
L&D has an important role to play in equipping managers with the tools to recognise when an intervention is needed, but culture is of equal importance too. Ann Pickering, O2’s HR Director, explains this further to HR Grapevine: “Career expectations have...
8 years ago044How important is it to retain apprentices in the workforce?
I would say it’s hugely important to retain apprentices in a business.
As a large company we know we have a responsibility to help people to build skills. The apprenticeship scheme was something we introduced nearly four years ago because we wanted to not only help young...
8 years ago049From onboarding to analytics, the workplace faces digital transformation and HR must adapt, says Charles Ashworth, SVP of employee success at FinancialForce
Digital transformation is reshaping the workplace. Those that underestimate its influence will feel a very real effect on their bottom line. Gartner predicts that by 2017, 25%...
8 years ago045In the 1990s and early noughties the perception that future business leaders did not ‘waste their time’ in HR was more prevalent than it is now.
However, Anne Mulcahy, former VP HR (1996 to 1997) and CEO (2001 to 2009) of Xerox, has cited her time in the function as essential to her progression to Chief Executive.
In an...
8 years ago049The HR market has become suite-obsessed – but employee engagement vendor Workstride is doing something about that. In my interview with Workstride CEO Jim Hemmer, he explains why HR vendor consolidation did a disservice to employee engagement, and why customers gain from a different approach.
Much of the sex appeal in the HR...
8 years ago041No one should stay in recruitment, or in fact one area of a business for their entire career, according to the Vice President of HR & Recruitment at Emirates.
Speaking to HR Grapevine, Alison Ward says: "As a department, we don't want people to stay in recruitment forever as we encourage rotations into different areas of HR,...
8 years ago041HR executives need to become more selfish about finding time and space for themselves, according to Selfridges Group HR Director.
Speaking to HR Grapevine, Lynne Weedall says: “When I look at very senior leaders, they all make space, that’s the thing that really sets them apart.
“They always have great space and time in their...
8 years ago043An HR Director is fighting for his reputation and his job amidst claims of an illegal firing after two years on the job.
Darshan Singh was the first executive of colour in the Canadian Senate’s history, acting as the institutions HR Director from October 2013. However, according to Singh’s lawyer Paul Champ, Singh received a...