Flexible working only available for high earning parents…
Research commissioned by the charity Working Families has determined that high earning parents who earn more than £70,000 a year are 47 per cent more likely to work on a flexible basis, compared to those earning between £10,000 and £40,000. Corresponding with the National Work Life Week (October 3-7) as well as the Go Home […]
Are UK employers doing enough to support LGBT staff?
A new survey from the global consulting firm, Out Now, has found that British employers are missing a ‘significant opportunity’ to devise a workplace culture that fully supports its LGBT staff members. The LGBT Allies: The power of friends report, which polled more than 2,500 employees across 60 countries, pinpointed the UK to be behind […]
CIPD enters partnership with Civil Service to ‘professionalise’ government HR practitioners…
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has announced its new partnership with Civil Service HR (CSHR) in a bid to upskill, support and professionalise government-based HR practitioners. With the two parties signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), it is thought an estimated 4,000 CSHR represented HR professionals will benefit from the collaboration, enabling […]
Supported career progression crucial to attracting more female professionals, says One Way…
Two senior members of the specialist construction and rail recruiter, One Way, have publicly spoken out on how recruitment firms operating in ‘male dominated’ fields can obtain more female professionals if clearer career progression and requisite training was demonstrated. The firm, which has previously been vocal about the need to address the gender imbalance in […]
Guest Blog, Emilie Bennetts: Conducting a fair dismissal – what do I need to know?
Sometimes dismissing employees is necessary and it’s important to get dismissals right. All employees with at least two years’ continuous service have the right not to be unfairly dismissed. For dismissals deemed to be automatically unfair, the employee generally won’t need to have two years’ continuous service behind them – they are protected from the […]
Industry Spotlight: Common disciplinary procedure mistakes made by employers…
Nathan Combes, senior associate solicitor specialising in employment law at Lupton Fawcett, often deals with cases involving mistakes made during the disciplinary process. Below, he details some of the most common faults HR managers and business owners make, and how to avoid them. 1. Neglecting an appropriate disciplinary policy Many companies form their own policies […]
Forums vs Expos – how to maximise your precious time out of the office…
With a majority of ‘expert’ advice on Expos being somewhat outdated or, like with many businesses, asserting too much emphasis on easy routes rather than methods that actually work, it’s no wonder people get frustrated and disconcerted when they are looking to effectively network and source new connections without it lessening quality time spent in […]
‘Reward for effort’ a priority for millennial workers…
According to a new report from the leading provider of employee benefit and incentive strategies, Edenred, more than half of the 3,500 millennial workers surveyed claim that ‘reward for effort’ from their employers in the workplace is a top priority. In association with the research firm, Ipsos, the ‘Edenred-Ipsos 2016 barometer’ report, which overall collected […]
Participate in Mediaplanet’s Employee Engagement campaign…
Following our partnership with the launch of Mediaplanet’s 2016 Employee Engagement campaign on September 17, we are encouraging readers to explore the exclusive content from key industry figures and learn to more about the significance of monitoring employee engagement. Launched in The WEEK publication as well as online (www.businessandindustry.co.uk), continued discussion with social media followers […]
LSE: Working from home losing its appeal?
A recent study from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has found that the benefits of working from home gradually disappear over time for both workers and organisations if it is a full-time arrangement. The thesis, entitled ‘Putting the work-life interface into a temporal context: an empirical study of work-life balance by […]