The annual Work+Family Snapshot measuring employee attitudes has been published by Bright Horizons, the employer solutions, back-up care and nursery provider. The balance of power has moved from employer to employee when it comes to the rules of the workplace - according to a survey of 1,750 workers.
| Published: 30 May 2023
A survey of more than 2,000 employees and business leaders has found a concerning trend; that one in ten people in the UK would be unwilling to question poor leadership in any scenario – including at times when they know about an abuse of power, micromanagement practices, or poor treatment of a fellow colleague in the workplace. If this attitude is present in business, it doesn’t bode well for politics either…. Furthermore, of the business leaders questioned for this survey, a similar number – one in ten – would not question their own leadership in any given scenario.
| Published: 30 May 2023
Business travel is predicted to surge and bleisure travel has taken off, according to the Global Rescue Spring 2023 Travelers Sentiment and Safety Survey. Seventy percent of business travelers responding say their work-related travel will match or exceed pre-pandemic levels in 2023. The majority of business travelers taking the survey (65%) will include bleisure travel, adding extra days to their business trip for personal or leisure activities.
| Published: 29 May 2023
New analysis of over 2,000 businesses has revealed that the average business has seen a sharp rise in sick leave - with 30% more days lost in the last year due to short and long-term sickness.
| Published: 29 May 2023
HR transformation has become a top priority for organisations, with 81% of organisations having it on their roadmap over the next two years. However, 65% of organisations have delayed their efforts due to a lack of resources and/or time.
| Published: 28 May 2023
There is growing evidence that HR departments in companies across the world recognise the benefits of encouraging employees to speak up to report wrongdoing in the workplace.
| Published: 28 May 2023
A new study by TopCV finds more than half of UK professionals fail to update their CV often enough. Learn how often you should update your CV – and how to do so as painlessly as possible.
| Published: 27 May 2023
New data from ActiveOps shows operational performance at financial services institutions further deteriorated by 7% in the first quarter of 2023. Optimising capacity across diverse processes and teams presents a growing challenge. Operational efficiency largely impacted by complexities of remote and hybrid working, pressure to cut costs, and escalating levels of compliance and risk controls
| Published: 27 May 2023
Analysing concerning new data, experts behind EDGE Empower, the leading software for workplace diversity, equity and inclusion, detail why organizations must engage with ongoing DE&I issues in the workplace and understand where different generations converge and where they diverge in their values and expectations.
| Published: 26 May 2023
Businesses are eschewing the recent trend of cutting back, and are instead going on an ‘efficiency offensive’.
| Published: 26 May 2023
