INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Looking for the right advice for one of the most important employee benefits?
Employees rank Health Insurance as one of the Top 3 employee benefits and employers regularly see the return on investment when less time off work is needed to due to GP appointments, waiting for a diagnosis or having treatment. Studies show that around 8 days are lost per year by an employee due to sick […]
Bright Network FESTIVAL – Register today
The Bright Network FESTIVAL is the No.1 careers event for leading organisations, helping them to connect with top undergraduate talent. 82% of graduates believe it’s important to meet a firm before applying. They might be the digital generation, but meeting companies face-to-face matters to graduate talent. We‘re delighted to host our annual Bright Network FESTIVAL […]
Will you be at the London HR Summit this September?
Secure your free place at this year’s London HR Summit, which takes place on September 26th at the Radisson Blu Hotel, London Stansted. This one-day event will give you the opportunity to meet innovative and budget-saving suppliers, attend seminars and network with like-minded HR professionals. All hospitality – including lunch and refreshments – is complimentary, […]
UK employees ‘can’t identify mental health symptoms’
One in four UK workers are delaying seeking help for mental health conditions due to widely held misconceptions, according to a new report by Bupa and Mental Health First Aid. The study examined employees’ understanding of key psychological and behavioural symptoms of six of the most prevalent mental health conditions in the UK, as well […]
What are the benefits of corporate training days for profit & productivity?
By Chill Factore If you are looking for ways to boost staff morale, enhance productivity, and lower employee turnover, look no further than corporate team-building activities. These exercises can provide a great company culture that will involve the business’s values and goals. To put it simply, if your company was a human, its culture would […]
Do you specialise in Employment Law? We want to hear from you!
Each month on HR Briefing we’ll be shining the spotlight on a different part of the human resources sector – and in July we’ll be focussing on Employment Law. It’s all part of our new ‘Recommended’ editorial feature, designed to help HR industry professionals find the best products and services available today. So, if you’re a supplier of Employment Law […]
Businesses ‘wasting thousands’ on out-dated hiring techniques
Organisations are potentially wasting up to £13,500 per hire by using ineffective and out-dated recruitment methods. That’s according to peer-to-peer recommendation firm AnyGood? Its review of collated data has revealed that businesses could save an estimated £8,500 for a senior level hire by switching to a peer-recommendation recruitment process. This figure jumps to £13,500 for […]
Secure your reservation at the London HR Summit
Claim your free place at this autumn’s London HR Summit, which takes place on September 26th at the Radisson Blu Hotel, London Stansted. This one-day event will give you the opportunity to meet innovative and budget-saving suppliers, attend seminars and network with like-minded HR professionals. All hospitality – including lunch and refreshments – is complimentary, […]
Overcoming the employee engagement challenge
How can you improve your benefits and meet the needs of increasingly tech-savvy, time poor employees who expect consumer-grade communication? Research now demonstrates that poor employee engagement is directly linked to reduced corporate profitability1and that the associated consequences are significant:Benefits can play an important role in driving employee engagement, but with only 43% employees appreciating […]
GUEST BLOG: Change is an opportunity for growth
By Carole Spiers Any prospect of major organisational change – a merger, takeover, relocation or perhaps restructuring – can tend to provoke fear and resentment out of proportion to the actual disruption that eventually occurs. All too frequently, it can be our attitude and mindset towards change rather than the change itself that can cause […]