QWL and health

On Tuesday October 14, the leading U.S. recruitment site set up in 2008, Glassdoor, launched its French version. Based on its original idea of gathering anonymous employee opinions on salaries and...

16 October 2014

Corporate Practice: how the REWE group and DZ bank are helping employees to reconcile their careers and caring for a dependent parent

At a time when the German Minister for Families is working on a “draft law aimed at better reconciling family life, care for a dependent parent, and ones professional career”, several large German...

9 October 2014

Unlimited vacation time: dream or nightmare for human resource departments?

‘Unlimited vacation’ is coming into vogue in the U.S where 1% of businesses have already implemented the system (‘unlimited vacation’ is a shorthand version for a company policy that allows its...

3 October 2014

Japan: update of the ‘worst companies’ list

The highly anticipated ‘Worst Company Award’ 2014 is going to be attributed this summer in Tokyo. Don’t be mistaken by the frivolity of the name: this list of nominees is one of the darkest sides...

17 July 2014

Great Britain: more and more HR departments are merging into shared services

In order to save money and have more effective HR services, a lot of UK firms are now banking on the creation of a single HR pole, following the idea of shared services centers (SSC)...

24 June 2014

Italy: interview of Filippo Adamo, President of the Italian People Management association, on changes and challenges for the HR function

Employee motivation and commitment are the biggest challenge for HR managers in Italy today, according to Filippo Adamo, President of the AIDP (Associazione Italiana per la Direzione del...

12 June 2014

Great Britain: workers off on Friday afternoons this summer

More and more British firms are giving workers their Friday afternoons off in the summer to motivate them. Certain experts are worried about this phenomenon, known as Summer Friday, fearing all...

10 June 2014

Great Britain: nearly 14 percent of Britons work from home

4.2 million British people worked from their homes in the first 2014 quarter. Unions are hoping to keep improving this historical record.

9 June 2014

Corporate practice: how Hilti Svenska AB is banking on proximity management to improve its turnover

Named Best Workplace in Sweden in 2014, the company that specializes in manufacturing and selling construction products beat Microsoft AB, which only ranks second in the “250 workers or more...

27 May 2014

Denmark: Parliament permanently adopts equal pay reform

The Parliament adopted the reform of the act that contains the obligation for businesses to issue pay statistics divided by gender. In addition to extending this obligation to all businesses with...

22 May 2014

Great Britain: Pizza Hut’s HR become pizza makers for a night

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

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