QWL and health

In the middle of its restructuring program, the British subsidiary of the fast food giant, Pizza Hut, is asking all members of its HR service to serve pizzas at least once in its restaurants to...

19 May 2014

NeuroLeadership, or how understanding how the brain works to manage better

After conquering the United States – where at least 1,000 large businesses allegedly use this method according to the NeuroLeadership Institute – neuroleadership is tackling Europe, where training...

9 May 2014

ebm-papst: German industrial fan leader lets employees work “whenever they want”

World leader in its section, ebm-papst group has recently launched, in its head office in Mulfingen (Baden-Württemberg), an extremely flexible working time system. Indeed, the 1,000 employees...

30 April 2014

Porsche: wide flexible working time plan to boost productivity

In spite of its rising workforce and working and pay conditions a lot of employees dream about, the major increase in pace in the factories of the jewel of the German auto industry is putting...

28 April 2014

Italy: Cariparma-Crédit Agricole renews banking recruitment, cooperating with Ikea to choose staff

To recruit 100 youngsters, Cariparma-Crédit Agricole joined forces with Ikea in Parma. The idea of working with the Swedish multinational’s subsidiary to try the most adapted candidates following...

22 April 2014

Siemens Italia completely transforms its offices with a groundbreaking flexible working time system

“New Siemens Office” was launched in Italy in 2011. In 212, it won the Buone Pratiche HR award, handed out by the Italian Association for Personnel Management (AIDP). Now covering 1,700...

9 April 2014

When businesses are tempted by Peter Pan’s spirit

Giving employees candy, setting up slides and swings at work or solving a problem through a ‘serious game’ with the Lego construction game: these “fun” management methods, traditionally used by...

26 March 2014

BMW signs company agreement on managing “mobile working time” (Germany)

After bargaining and experimenting for a year, the management of the German carmaker, BMW, and the company’s central works council announced that they had signed a company agreement to define and...

17 February 2014

EY (formerly Ernst&Young) tackles the taboo of employees’ mental suffering

The financial audit giant, EY (formerly Ernst&Young), has recently launched a new employee wellbeing program for its UK employees. For the first time, it focuses on psychological support and...

11 February 2014

Lloyds Group wants to have 40 percent of senior roles filled by women

By 2020, Lloyds Banking Group wants to have 40 percent of senior roles filled by women. It’s the first time such a big company sets out such a big target. The Cameron administration is hoping that...

6 February 2014

Japan: “Japanese-style internships,” or how young graduates spend the first months after hiring being tested and trained to the company’s values

In Japan, March means stress for young graduates who, dressed in a black suite and white shirt, start applying in businesses. Unlike human resources in the western world, these youngsters are not...

3 February 2014

United States: Merrill Lynch encourages junior investment bankers to take one day off per week

After a young intern died who had stayed up several nights in a row last summer in London, Bank of America’s investment bank, Merrill Lynch, has recently issued an internal note calling on its...

13 January 2014

Objective zero harm: the bet made by EDF Energy in the UK

Since 2008, EDF Energy – the British subsidiary of EDF group, with more than 15,000 employees in nuclear, gas and renewable energy – has set up a groundbreaking health and wellbeing program, “Zero...

17 December 2013

Great Britain: e-cigarettes are HR managers’ new nightmare

The growing success of electronic cigarettes is forcing businesses to come up with new regulations. But how to consider this atypical product, which some present as a weapon against tobacco but...

13 November 2013

At TDC, the biggest telecom company in Denmark, employee who smoke outside of collective breaks now have to “compensate” the time gone up in smoke

On October 1, at TDC, the biggest telecom company in Denmark (8,500 employees), a new antismoking policy came into force. It provides for a complete ban on smoking inside the premises and in...

2 October 2013

Sickness presenteeism: a rampant phenomenon in industrialized countries

Sickness presenteeism – employees who go to work when they are sick – is a reality heads of businesses know little of in western countries. Yet it’s real, as real as absenteeism, and can be...

17 September 2013

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Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...

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