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Online job vacancies return to pre-pandemic levels
UK job vacancies have returned to the same level as before the first lockdown in April 2021, according to data from jobs database Adzuna and the Office for National Statistics. The number of jobs posted online on 9 April was the same as the average for February 2020,...
Working ”from” home or working ”at” home: What is your team doing?
“At” and “From” – the Preposition Proposition. Here is a look at the traps that can lurk in a simple word. The pandemic brought home and remote work on to the center stage, primarily as an emergency measure, employees working from spaces in their homes, without any...
Ramadan in the workplace: top tips for employers
Tips for employers on supporting employees observing religious festivals and during fasting in Ramadan. For many Muslims, Ramadan is a period of religious observance, which includes fasting from sunrise to sunset. Ashok Kanani provides a four-point checklist for...
Will performance reviews still have a place in the new normal?
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS HAVE BEEN A MAINSTAY OF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SINCE WORLD WAR I. HOWEVER, WITH THE WORKPLACE GOING THROUGH DRASTIC CHANGES, IT’S TIME TO TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE. INDEED, I’D COMPLETELY MOVE AWAY FROM LOOKING AT PERFORMANCE AS...
Is working from home as productive as it seems?
Employers are now more likely to say that homeworking has boosted productivity than they were in June 2020 according to a new report from the CIPD, yet remote work still proves controversial to some. In June 2020, 28% of employers surveyed by the CIPD said they felt...
Employee experience: why less is more when it comes to HR policy
In the current climate of rapid and frequent change, having HR policies that are too rigid and inflexible can hamper progress and actively damage your company culture. As more employers realise the importance of designing experiences at work with the needs of the...
Bank holidays: six things employers need to know
Furlough presents an additional complication for which employers need to ensure they pay their staff correctly for a bank holiday. Our usual list of five things employers need to know about bank holidays becomes six, with a description of how employers should handle...
Supreme Court: Asda shop floor staff can be compared to warehouse workers
The roles of shop floor workers and warehouse staff at Asda can be compared for the purposes of assessing equal pay, the Supreme Court has ruled in a landmark judgment which will have ramifications for other equal pay cases in the retail sector. Delivering the...
Working through COVID-19: What behaviours will bounce back and what will stick?
The future of work is likely to be hybrid with 90% of those currently working from home wanting to continue to do so atleast one day a week. Research from Nationwide Building Society and Ipsos MORI reveals tensions over the future of homeworking as employers and...
UK hiring rate up 2.4% in February as vaccine programme rolled out
The UK hiring rate increased by 2.4% between January and February 2021, according to new data from LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network Although the hiring rate is down by 5.8% on the year before, the month-on-month hiring growth suggests employer...
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