SMEs in the HR & recruitment sector find themselves among the most vulnerable in the UK according to a new report. Payroll fraud, recruitment scams, corporate espionage – cyber-attackers have found numerous routes into organisations via HR and their recruitment agencies.
| Published: 31 January 2020
EU Withdrawal Bill – Employment Lawyers Association draws attention to the potential impact of uncertainty on UK workplaces. Recently proposed amendments to the EU Withdrawal Bill impacting established caselaw are likely to create substantial, and long-lasting, uncertainty for UK workplaces.
| Published: 31 January 2020
Repeat Positive Mantras Positive mantras or inspirational sayings are great to repeat during your morning ride to work. Have a list of a few motivational mantras or quotes from your idols to energize and start your day on a positive note.
| Published: 29 January 2020
A new £1m project will tackle the problems of gender and ethnic bias in recruitment and human resource management.
| Published: 28 January 2020
Professor Feng Li of Cass Business School, in association with Slack, explores an emerging business concept for high performing teams that encapsulates the ability of an organisation to effectively drive competitive advantage through team alignment and execution and the support of a new generation of workplace technologies
| Published: 28 January 2020
Employees are often ill-prepared for the complex retirement challenges that lie ahead with many struggling to understand essentials such as tax, inflation risks or how investments and retirement income products work.
| Published: 27 January 2020
Eight out of ten of UK business leaders admit to being placed in situations where they found it difficult to remain calm and clear-headed. More than a third (37%) of leaders said they found it hard to prepare and express their thoughts under pressure. Failing to maintain eye contact (30%), slouching (25%) and physically shaking (21%) named as the most common physical symptoms of leaders under stress.
| Published: 26 January 2020
Importantly, the research highlights that almost one in four people (24%) feel there isn’t enough support for people like them when trying to find a new job and 14% wouldn’t feel confident applying for a new job at all. In light of these findings, Adzuna has launched a free career coaching service to support job seekers who might not have access to the tools and support they need to advance in their career across the UK.
| Published: 25 January 2020
A delay would allow the government to regulate umbrella companies, something which it has long promised. Without this regulation we risk non-compliant umbrellas prospering, facilitated by IR35 changes. This would be bad for workers and runs counter to the government’s Good Work Plan.
| Published: 24 January 2020
“The EMpower Role Model Lists exist to showcase the incredible work being done by ethnic minority leaders, future leaders and their advocates in business, who are leading the charge for more inclusive workplaces. We are now in our fifth year of celebrating fantastic role models and we can’t wait to hear from nominees who are changing the future of inclusion in the workplace.”
| Published: 23 January 2020
