‘Youth-driven revolution’ to counter discrimination at work
More than a quarter of British workers say they have experienced discrimination in the workplace, research has revealed. The study found prejudice towards gender, race and age is still commonplace in UK businesses, but a youth-driven revolution could be underway to counter it. Generation Z (under 25s) are twice as likely to believe employers should […]
Bosses have ‘no idea’ what their staff do on a daily basis
Bosses have ‘no idea’ what their staff do on a daily basis, according to a of 2,000 working adults, which found around one in three reckon their managers are totally oblivious about the jobs they do. It also emerged another 41 per cent believe their boss would be unable to complete a day’s work in […]
Females in UK feel less qualified for employment positions abroad than males
33% of people in full-time employment in UK have left a job due to lack of opportunities abroad or other branches, according to new study. The report from Topia titled Mobility in Focus: Identifying the Talent-Mobility Disconnect explores people’s perceptions of taking job opportunities abroad to benefit career development, and how organisations are dealing with […]
Interview processes ‘can impact future consumer sentiment’
First impressions last – More than half of candidates (54%) say candidate experience directly influences whether they choose to buy a company’s products or services, according to ManpowerGroup Solutions’ latest survey of nearly 18,000 candidates in 24 countries. It’s report, Candidates are Consumers, Too – The Impact of Candidate Experience on Buying Behaviors, says candidates […]
REPORT: Resourcing – The Holy Grail of HR
By Rob Field, Advanced People Strategies Our core values of science, innovation and agility drive us to explore emerging trends and challenges facing organisations today, and how these translate into HR/strategic initiatives. We are proud as partners of Corporate Research Forum (CRF) to have sponsored a research report on Resourcing. Of nearly 200 organisations surveys, only […]
Smart online courses can ‘help close the gender gap’
Replacing men with women in online courses – even in background shots – can help female students to engage more with technical subjects, according to research presented at the London Festival of Learning. With massive online courses, or MOOCs, now reaching millions of students across the globe, the researchers hope their work could support the […]
GDPR & Overtime – May’s Top 10 HR FAQs
Download a FREE summary to view the most popular FAQs on XpertHR in May, including questions on processing special categories of personal data under the GDPR, re-employing employees who have been dismissed for redundancy and including overtime in holiday pay. Click here to download. See how XpertHR can help your organisation save valuable time and stay […]
Five-point plan seeks to address gender imbalance at work
A report from Timewise and Deloitte has highlighted the practical solutions needed to transform working practices perceived to exacerbate gender imbalance across the UK. The five-point action plan, A Manifesto for Change: A Modern Workplace for a Flexible Workforce, aims to enable UK businesses to bring about the change needed to address outdated working practices, and sets […]
UK workers ‘masking stress as a physical illness’
Stress (21%), anxiety (18%) and/or depression (20%) are among the real reason that UK employees call in sick – despite claiming to have a physical health problem – according to research from wellbeing provider BHSF to mark Mental Health Awareness Week (May 14th-20th). In total 42% of employees (from 1,001 full time workers surveyed) have called in sick […]
WHITEPAPER: Download PayDashboard’s GDPR Guide
Are you sick of hearing about the GDPR and how you have to completely overhaul all of your business processes to be GDPR compliant – or face crippling fines? PayDashboard spoke to GDPR Practitioners at Nicholls Law and together they put together an honest guide on how GDPR really impacts on delivery of employee payslips as […]