Our 2012 calendar covers: forthcoming legislation and cases on appeal; XpertHR surveys, conferences and events; religious festivals; bank/public holidays; training dates; and much more.

The European Court of Justice has held that an employer is not obliged to provide an unsuccessful job applicant with information on the successful candidate, although a failure to do so could lead to an inference of discrimination in a subsequent tribunal claim. 

The latest XpertHR research finds two-thirds of organisations reporting no change in their use of agencies to find temporary staff since the introduction of the Agency Workers Regulations. 

New XpertHR research finds that it takes employers six weeks and costs them £1,500 to fill a typical vacancy, with line managers playing the central role in recruitment. 

Recruitment has been through a tough time since the start of the UK recession, but new XpertHR research finds significant levels of recruitment activity among our respondents.

Take part in XpertHR research into testing in recruitment and you will be rewarded with a free copy of the 2012 XpertHR report on employee referral schemes as soon as you have completed the questionnaire. 

The XpertHR "how to" section provides practical guidance for employers on arranging to cover the work of an employee who is absent on adoption leave. 

The latest addition to the XpertHR good practice manual provides guidance on creating an inclusive workplace for lesbian, gay and bisexual employees. 

The Government has announced that it intends to reduce rehabilitation periods for ex-offenders. 

The 22nd annual XpertHR survey of graduate recruitment looks at the prospects for the 2011/12 hiring round and highlights the most effective attraction and selection techniques.

The latest XpertHR research examines the starting salaries and increases offered to graduates in the 2011/12 hiring round. 

Our 2012 calendar covers: forthcoming legislation and cases on appeal; XpertHR surveys, religious festivals; bank and public holidays; and much more.

Finance group Citi has developed award-winning, family-friendly support programmes for parents of young children to help increase the proportion of senior women in its workforce. 

XpertHR would like to invite you to participate in our survey investigating: whether or not employers' hiring activities have picked up; their 2012 resourcing intentions; the cost and time to hire; and the most effective candidate-attraction methods. 

Coaching mothers before and after maternity leave can help engage and retain them. XpertHR examines this trend and looks at what is on offer to help support new fathers. 

Our 2012 calendar covers: forthcoming legislation and cases on appeal; XpertHR surveys, conferences and events; religious festivals; bank/public holidays; training dates; and much more.

XpertHR Liveflo has been enhanced by two new workflows on Sunday working in relation to shop and betting workers. 

XpertHR is investigating how employers use employee referral schemes, where employees are encouraged to nominate a friend or relative as a potential recruit for the organisation. Take part in our brief survey and you will be entitled to a complimentary copy of our findings. 

XpertHR's head of content Jo Stubbs and senior employment law editor Clio Springer discuss the Agency Workers Regulations 2010, which came into force on 1 October 2011.

XpertHR has been benchmarking graduate recruitment trends for more than 20 years. Complete this year's survey to benchmark recruitment practices, selection tools and starting salaries.

On this week's XpertHR Weekly, we discuss three employment tribunal decisions in which the tribunal had to consider whether or not the dismissal of an employee who had been charged with, or convicted of, a criminal offence due to his or her actions outside work, was fair. We also look at the rights of interns, in particular the right to payment, and give some guidance on how employers should manage internships. 

More answers to employers' questions on the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 have been added to the FAQs section.

A table setting out the breaks that pause the 12-week qualifying period for agency workers has been added to the quick reference section.