Zero Waste HR – Automate boring work and focus on what matters
By Igor Sawczuk, Co-Founder, Wandlee The goal of zero waste is to move to a circular economy where we write trash out of existence. Instead of discarding resources, we create a system where all resources can be resumed fully back into the system. When you are thinking about #zerowaste movement the very first thought is […]
Powerful UK cloud based HR software – Free user access for 6 months
To meet the new challenges of the changed business world, companies will need to utilise technology as much as possible. HR will play a key role in dealing with the challenges the work force will face, with many people working in different ways, with some partly or permanently based from home or ‘satellite’ locations. So […]
“BHSF RISE helped get my life back on track!”
By Glenn Lavery, BHSF “I didn’t see myself as someone who would ever phone a helpline, much less need counselling. It turns out that the BHSF RISE helpline allowed me to get my life back on track.” The pain of losing his fiancée in a motorbike accident two years earlier caused John, 52, to suffer a […]
Look after your employees with Friday Pulse’s free people check-up
At Friday Pulse, we recognise it’s imperative not to overlook the ongoing human challenges of the current pandemic. It’s always been our founder Nic Marks’ mission to highlight the importance of wellbeing and, right now, there is still an unprecedented number of people working remotely. So, to help, we are offering companies and teams (50 – 1,000 employees) access to our people […]
Keeping the virtual team spirit alive in a new office landscape
By Russell Allen, MD, Fruitful Team Interactions The legacy of the recent global events are set to be a catalyst for the biggest change in peoples working arrangements in a lifetime, as technology has proved that working from home is no longer a nice to have but a real viable option to the office. So […]
Returning to work? RISE to the challenge with BHSF
By BHSF With more and more people returning to their place of work for the first time since lockdown, BHSF can help employers make that transition as smooth as possible. Whether you’re focused on furloughed staff or employees who have been working from home for the last few months, BHSF have two invaluable products which […]
COVID-19 and employees: Who’s in your boat?
By Peter Meyler, Head of HR Analytics & Consulting, Barnett Waddingham I am not one to really dwell on the past, so it is unusual for me to be in a reflective mood at the moment. I have given myself the gift of time to really stop and think about what the Covid-19 pandemic has meant […]
The return to work: Managing the fallout from furlough
By Alastair Currie, Partner at Bevan Brittan Owing to the pandemic, an estimated 7.5 million UK jobs were put on furlough between 20 April and 10 May 2020. With that figure coming close to almost a quarter of the British population, the Government has already started to lift the restrictions which were first imposed at […]
Help prevent a post-Covid-19 psychological trauma pandemic with BHSF RISE
By Harriet Acton, BHSF Like the rest of the nation’s employees, David has felt the increasing pressures of the coronavirus pandemic. As a cleaning contractor, he was placed in a Birmingham hospital where, as the rate of infection and death amplified, the expected breakdowns of protocol and provision became a reality. He witnessed at first-hand […]
How to be a good business leader post-lockdown
By Dr Lynda Shaw, Neuroscientist, Business Psychologist and Change Specialist Previous to COVID-19, good business leaders were perhaps associated with being transformational visionaries, workforce-centred role models with strong and extensive business experience and passion for what they did. Post lockdown we may well be looking for something else in our business leaders including empathy for […]
