Strategic HR Conference 2012

News from HR magazine

• Senior employees prepared to quit their jobs over lack of flexible working provision
  HR Magazine A record 13.4% of senior employees think employers are out of touch with working mums and plan to quit the industry in the next two years if employers continue to deny flexible provisions for those wishing to return from maternity leave and maintain negative attitudes. […]
• Home is where the work is
  HR Magazine If you are reading this bulletin in your home office, bravo. You are celebrating National Work from Home Day – and indeed Work Wise Week – in the best possible way. If you are reading this in your office office, commiserations. […]
• Apprenticeships need both length and quality, says parliament
  HR Magazine A parliamentary report published yesterday has questioned the length and quality of many apprenticeships. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said that a fifth of the schemes last six months or less and are of "no real benefit". But it also praised the increase in apprenticeships, which quadrupled in number in the four years to 2011. […]
• Social media, drugs and alcohol: setting the boundaries between work life and private life
  HR Magazine Law firm Blake Lapthorn has conducted a survey into the impact on businesses of social media, drugs and alcohol. The survey, which received responses from 274 organisations, looks at these three areas where there are concerns around whether or not the demarcation between work life and private life has become uncertain. […]
• Businesses that support older workers will be rewarded with a ‘full house’ of experience, dedication and energy
  HR Magazine As lifespans lengthen, portfolio careers become more popular, and households feel the squeeze of a double-dip recession, many people are feeling the attraction – or necessity – of working through their 60s and into later life. The baby-boomers, it seems, are in it for the long haul. […]
• Women on boards: more talk than action?
  HR Magazine The European Commission (EC) is “very committed to speed up progress” on gender diversity in the boardroom, according to European Parliament vice chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Labour MEP, Arlene McCarthy, speaking at a conference this week on creating the next generation of women business leaders and entrepreneurs. […]
• Temporary recruitment on the up as employers lose confidence in permanent hiring, says APSCo
  HR Magazine Demand for temporary workers in financial services and engineering continues to rise as the ongoing economic uncertainty puts hirers off recruiting permanent candidates, according to research by the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo). […]
• IT firm Huawei to send graduate scheme recruits to China for work placement
  HR Magazine Huawei, a global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, today launched its 2012 undergraduate work experience scheme, at a reception in Whitehall, London, with a special address by David Willetts MP, minister for universities and science (BIS). […]
• Neglect of middle managers bodes ill for corporate future, global survey finds
  HR Magazine Business fears a lack of attention to the middle management layer is damaging the leadership pipeline, a worldwide survey of just under 1000 reveals. Nearly half (46.2%) of businesses admit to poor investment in their next generation of leaders, according to a global survey by Harvard Business Publishing (HBP). […]
• ONS May figures offer some comfort to Government
  HR Magazine There was some slightly good news for the embattled Government from the employment figures published today by the Office for National Statistics, for the first quarter (January to March 2012). […]