More likely, those caught in the payday poverty cycle, in which a monthly windfall doesn’t fit with the volume and frequency of outgoings that modern life imposes on us, forces people into short-term borrowing. They are using credit cards to make ends meet in a doom loop of credit dependency.
| Published: 28 April 2019
Based on the views of over 1,200 respondents, The Great Big Workplace Adjustments Survey provides a detailed and up-to-date picture of what is and isn’t working when it comes to making and managing adjustments; how effective adjustments are, and how far everyone who needs adjustments has them in place.
| Published: 26 April 2019
The report, which compared data from Q1 2019 with the same period in 2018, also found that employers are attempting to pull out all the stops to entice workers out of their current jobs, as salaries increased by a 16.7 percent year-on-year.
| Published: 26 April 2019
“With one in four people telling us that they avoid meeting a peer or a client due to the greeting alone, it’s clear that boundaries need to be set in the workplace which promote a comfortable working environment and doesn’t impede on the working day.
| Published: 25 April 2019
The High Court was asked to determine whether the directors of the defendant company should be personally liable for the breaches of the claimants' employment contracts. It was argued that the directors had, in bad faith and in breach of their own statutory duties.
| Published: 25 April 2019
Wagestream analysed the amount of payday lending in each postcode area following a Freedom of Information request to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The data reveals Britain’s ongoing dependency on payday loans, which can charge interest rates of up to 1,500 percent APR.
| Published: 24 April 2019
“The drive to introduce new tech is inevitable as businesses search for more efficient ways of working, but these findings should act as a call to action to ensure it is adopted strategically, and deployed with appropriate levels of support, training and consideration to the mental wellbeing of users.
| Published: 24 April 2019
“It is important that asset managers genuinely compete for inflows and the pricing must reflect this, rather than simply how much a client is willing to pay. This is a trend we have seen over the last couple of years and one we can only see remaining as the regulators around the world take a keen interest in the subject.
| Published: 23 April 2019
The UK workforce is increasingly putting its trust in these platforms to conduct business. The survey revealed that 33 percent have sent customer information via these platforms, 25 percent have shared personnel information such as HR and pay details
| Published: 22 April 2019
Under a deal negotiated by unions including GMB on how to draw benefits due to the cost cap mechanism the £2 billion was going to be paid back to the workers by reducing their future pension contributions and/or improving benefits.
| Published: 21 April 2019
