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Employees are bearing up, but nerves are frayed
According to new data* despite the odds, employees were happier at work at the end of 2020 than they were at the end of 2019, but feelings of burnout remain worryingly high. Looking at aggregated data from 9 million employee-engagement survey responses from companies...
Six essential tips for successful recruitment in a pandemic
Businesses looking for a competitive advantage when it comes to attracting top talent need to start thinking about the challenges ahead post Covid-19 and start adapting their recruitment processes says Nicolas Speeckaert, Managing Partner at skeeled. This comes as...
Avoid ‘low cost, high speed’ hiring, recruitment body warns
Employers need to drop ‘wasteful’ hiring practices and treat recruitment as critical for business success, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation has said. The body’s Recruitment and recovery study found that the work of professional recruitment firms helps...
Stop asking about current salary in job interviews
"How much are you currently earning?" is a question hated by many job applicants – and rightly so. When I’m asked this question it makes me feel like I’m stepping into a trap, showing my cards, and allowing a potential employer to get away with offering me the lowest...
Young people put their career plans on hold due to pandemic
More than 40% of young people aged 16-24 surveyed in the UK say they are putting their career or education plans on hold until the pandemic is over. The research, commissioned by BAE Systems to mark National Apprenticeship Week (8-12 February), looks at the impact the...
Working parents: why supporting new dads in the workplace is key to gender equality
Gender equality took a big hit in 2020. At the start of the pandemic, the government suspended enforcement of gender pay gap reporting. Domestically, women took on more unpaid labour and despite evidence that the first Covid-19 lockdown led to a 58% increase in...
Half of workers say HR policy doesn’t support pandemic working
Dissatisfaction rises despite 81% of employees saying their organisation did a good job of supporting them in the last 12 months. The COVID-19 pandemic has left UK workers unhappy in their jobs and in need of support for their mental wellbeing in the year ahead,...
Lockdown sees employees working harder than normal
More than half of UK employees say they they have been expected to work outside of regular working hours during lockdown, contributing to many people reporting some negative effects of burnout since home working began. Working from home is exacerbating an “always on”...
Warning raised as pension scams are rife during pandemic
These uncertain times are often seen as a window of opportunity for scammers looking to prey on vulnerable individuals, with a recent report by Action Fraud finding that pension scams had become one of the most common types of fraud to occur last year[1]. In fact, the...
Can employer discipline staff for Covid non-compliance outside of work?
HRreview reports that Nelsons, an employment law firm, has expressed that it would be legal for employers to take action against individuals who were caught not complying with COVID-19 regulations outside of work. This comes after various instances of workers facing...
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