DOWNLOAD REPORT: Attitudes to mental health in the workplace
What impact has employees’ changing attitude to mental health had on the workplace? Read this latest report by Westfield Health to find out. The report explores employee perspectives on mental health throughout the pandemic and how employers can support their people in the post-Covid workplace. The results reveal an average of 3.36 days off due […]
Majority support the election of workers on company boards…
Nearly six in ten (59 per cent) of people have stated that they support the election of worker representatives onto the boards of large companies, a new poll published by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has found. Coinciding with the release of the government’s green paper on corporate governance on November 29, the TUC has […]
Public sector workers experiencing record levels of job satisfaction…
A record two-thirds (66 per cent) of public sector workers in UK have reported being satisfied in their current roles, the recent CIPD/Halogen Outlook research has found. The highest level since 2012, the wider working population are also experiencing a high rate of job satisfaction, as 57 per cent claim it is ‘unlikely’ they will […]
Is the UK suffering from employee benefits inequality?
The Future of Work research study commissioned by Grass Roots Employee Solutions has revealed that employee benefits inequality exists within UK companies, estimating 35 per cent of employees not receiving any benefits or rewards from their employers, and male senior full-time workers claiming to get far more than their colleagues. Although 90 per cent of […]
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 […]
Are apprenticeships delivering enough value and productivity?
A new report developed by the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned that the Department for Education (DfE) has failed to create any concrete plans on how it will use the increase in apprenticeship numbers to deliver improvement in productivity, as well as its strategy on ‘influencing the mix’ of apprenticeships in a bid to […]
MPs reveal ‘shocking’ increase in workplace pregnancy discrimination…
In conclusion of its recent report into the rising discrimination of pregnant women and new mothers in the workplace, the Women and Equalities Committee is urging the government to take radical action and publish an ‘ambitious, detailed plan’ within the next two years, or face the prospect of more pregnant women and mothers being forced […]
One in eight too ill or disabled to work at state pension age, TUC claims…
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has revealed as a result of its recent report that approximately one in eight male and female workers are forced to put an end to employment before state pension age due to disability or ill-health concerns. The ‘Postponing the pension: are we all working longer?’ research found 436,000 workers who […]
