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Employers must be aware and manage COVID Fatigue

Covid Fatigue covers the feeling of exhaustion and exasperation from constantly having to keep up with changing regulations and demands brought about by the pandemic. Both employers and employees are likely to currently be suffering the effects of Covid Fatigue but this manifests itself in different ways.

Contributor: Brett Hill, Distribution Director - Towergate Health & Protection | Published: 3 September 2021

Despite sits vac spike, there’s career despair out there

New research from TopCV, the world’s largest CV-writing service, reveals that nearly half (43 per cent) of job seekers with five years of experience or less, are currently feeling disheartened about their job-search prospects.

Contributor: TopCV | Published: 22 August 2021

Despite WFH fatigue, employees still concerned workplaces aren’t COVID-secure

With COVID-19 restrictions set to end on July 19, more than half (52%) of British people currently working from home say they are ready to return to the office, with the typical office worker wanting to go into the office between two and three days per week, according to new research from Mitie.

Contributor: Jasmine Hudson - Mitie | Published: 30 July 2021

HR and the pingdemic – what can employers do?

More than half a million people were pinged by the NHS Track and Trace app this last week, requiring them to remain at home and isolate.  With around 1.6million currently isolating, there is immense pressure on many businesses across the country. Kate Palmer, HR Advice and Consultancy Director at Peninsula, looks at what HR should do if an employee is ‘pinged’.

Contributor: Kate Palmer - Peninsula UK | Published: 19 July 2021

Successful vaccine rollout is supercharging global business expansion

Research from IRIS FMP, part of IRIS Software Group (IRIS) one of the UK’s largest software companies, and the Global Payroll Association (GPA), has revealed a majority (67%) of payroll and HR professionals in multinational enterprises feel more positive about their global expansion plans as a result of the COVID-19 vaccination programme.

Contributor: Elona Mortimer-Zhika, CEO - IRIS Software Group | Published: 11 July 2021