Four in 10 ‘close to breaking point’ at work
The average working adult feels stressed for almost a third of their entire working day, while five hours of sleep will be lost every week because of the pressures faced in their job. That’s according to research polling 2,000 professionals, which also found checking work emails after hours, last-minute deadlines, having to do a speech […]
REVEALED: Five top issues impacting employee productivity
Poor systems, office politics and absence have been highlighted as the key drivers of corporate unproductivity. A survey commissioned by e-days asked senior HR professionals their concerns about employee productivity. Five were considered the most pressing. Forty-two percent of respondents rated poor systems as an issue. Thirty-four percent said office politics negatively impact productivity, while lack […]
SME leaders ‘behind the times on technology’
Nearly a third (31%) of SME decision makers say their leadership team is not moving fast enough to keep up with employees’ changing technology requirements. That’s according to the new 2019 Digital Business Report from Advanced, which calls into question whether employees are given the right tools to improve their productivity. 39% would consider leaving their job if […]
Talent: Arguably the greatest challenge for CEOs
By Justin Rix, Partner, Grant Thornton Investing in talent and skills is a top priority among high growth businesses. Even with this focus on investment, one in two senior decision-makers of high growth businesses say it’s hard to find people with the right skills.[i] In current times of uncertainty, finding talent is now arguably the […]
Emotion drives connection: Why bringing emotion back to business is critical
We’re hard-wired to connect. We’re born and pre-programmed to form attachments that we need to survive. So when we don’t connect, it hurts. Here is some factual data. When we don’t connect the area that lights up in the brain when we experience physical pain – the anterior cingulate – is the exact same area that […]
Managers back apprenticeships as concerns over targets raised
Managers back apprenticeships for workers of all ages as a way to overturn the long-term employer underinvestment in skills, according to a survey by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). Of the 1,640 managers surveyed, 88% believe the Apprenticeship Levy should be spent on apprenticeships for all ages. Seven in 10 (69%) say that they would […]
63% of managers still haven’t heard of the apprenticeship levy
93% of UK business owners and managers still say they won’t or don’t know if they’ll be making use of the levy, despite only having until May to spend their initial funds. Findings from CIPD course providers, DPG, also found that well over half of their respondents hadn’t even heard of the levy. DPG says the data highlights the need […]
Private sector salary expectations hit new high
Almost half (49%) of employers considering a pay review over the course of the year are anticipating an increase to basic pay, according to new data from CIPD and Adecco’s Labour Market Outlook. However, 43% say it is unknown at this stage which way it will go. The findings of the Winter 2018-19 report [PDF] also […]
Parents ‘penalised’ for working part time, with long hours culture now the norm
The UK’s working parents are penalised for working part-time and suffer from poorly-designed jobs that force them to work extra hours, according to a major new study. The 2019 Modern Families Index, published by Working Families and Bright Horizons, reveals that parents working part time – most of whom are women – have just a 21% […]
UK salary levels hit four-year high
Salaries are at an all-time high across the UK, with employees in South West England among those benefitting most. The data from Adzuna says the only UK region that did not experience an increase was Wales, which saw a salary decrease of 0.5 per cent over the past year. That’s in contrast to South West […]