“Businesses become victims of the HIPPO - highest paid person’s opinion effect - hindering productivity and disengaging those individuals in the workplace that could otherwise be empowered to solve or influence business challenges”
| Published: 13 February 2019
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched a consultation on extending legal protection to prevent new mums from being made redundant for up six months after they return to work from maternity leave.
| Published: 12 February 2019
Investors to step out of their comfort zone and reap the benefits of increased investment in women. The report, published by The UK VC & Female Founders for the Treasury, found that, by comparison, all-male founder teams are given 89p and mixed-gender teams collect the remaining 10p.
| Published: 11 February 2019
When setting up a business with your significant other, a divorce is one thing that you often do not anticipate, plan for or want to be a party to. Separating from your partner is a tough thing to do, particularly when kids are involved.
| Published: 10 February 2019
The requirements on executive pay gap reporting will come first, with rules now in force requiring UK quoted companies with more than 250 employees to set out the ratio of the CEO's pay and benefits compared with that of other employees.
| Published: 9 February 2019
Employee engagement is an item high on every HR and business leader’s agenda, with most companies currently trying to do everything they can to retain employees, reduce turnover and drive productivity. From pulse surveys and skills-building to reward and recognition schemes and real-time coaching.
| Published: 8 February 2019
The cost of failure of expat assignments is high - the average expat assignment costing $311,000 (£217,000) per year. 40% of all overseas assignments are judged to be failures and most fail because employees and their families can’t adjust to the local culture and environment.
| Published: 7 February 2019
What’s more, because unstructured data is far more accessible and easier to share than structured data, it poses a significant risk in terms of vulnerability from cyber-attacks. With unstructured data spread across an organisation’s infrastructure and different devices in many different forms, it’s easy picking for hackers.
| Published: 6 February 2019
In the event of no-deal Brexit, free movement will end immediately on 30 March. While EU nationals may continue travelling visa-free for visits to the UK of up to 3 months, to remain here longer (for example, to work), they will require status under a new category to be called European Temporary Leave to Remain (ETLTR).
| Published: 5 February 2019
With more people at risk of getting cancer, and more people surviving, the number of people returning to work will continue to rise. For employers, it’s imperative that the process is handled as best it can, not only from the perspective of the individual in their return.
| Published: 5 February 2019
