Can you get away with lying on your CV?
 According to the Risk Advisory Group, up to 65 percent of CVs contain false information, famously including the CV of The Apprentice winner, Lee McQueen. So, if so many people are lying on their CVs, does that mean it's ok?
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Tips for ensuring staff safety
Any employer who has five staff or more needs to have a written health and safety statement, detailing the company's responsibilities. Some are obvious, but has your company considered training for bank runs, late night working and getting home safely? Read our good practice guide.
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Tax incentives for workplace health programmes?
 Well@work, a major study led by the British Heart Foundation, has found that workplace healthcare programmes have a significant effect on staff morale, communication and the general working atmosphere. Now there are renewed calls for the government to offer tax incentives to employers for such schemes. How do these programmes improve morale?
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Poor office design wastes billions a year
Businesses waste an estimated £10.5 billion each year due to poor office design - and that is in London alone! A survey by a global architecture company says that productivity could be raised by as much as 21%, across the UK, if workplaces were improved. What are people getting wrong in the workplace?
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Equal pay is top of rising tribunal topics
 Acas is dealing with the highest number of referrals from employment tribunals in its history and equal pay issues top the list of complaints - having doubled in number since the previous year. A number of complaints come from NHS employees, why is this?
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Talking camera will improve security
A London hospital is taking new steps to improve security - by installing talking CCTV cameras. The talking cameras alert anyone 'misbehaving' across all points of the hospital site. This was prompted by complaints about staff, visitors and patients smoking in inappropriate areas.
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