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The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a wave of career switching among workers over 45 year-olds in the UK, according to new research by Microsoft. Difficulties in the job market however mean that this demographic in need of greater HR support to explore possible re-skilling and advice on how to combat age bias. Released today (26 January), Office of National Statistics (ONS) data revealed that 828,000 people are currently… Read More »Over 45s need more HR support to navigate reskilling

It can be difficult for HR to know what to prioritise when heading back to the workplace following coronavirus, so we’ve come up with the main areas it should be focussing on. Flexibility Remote work and flexible hours have been crucial to help businesses adapt in this time. Many employers would like to continue with some of the new ways of working, yet developing the… Read More »Returning to school and work after Covid-19 and how HR can help to facilitate this new normal

“In a world where you can be anything, be kind”

Let’s accept a fact – there will be changes to the 9-5 office routine. Never will we return to an office based 40-hour work week. Don’t get me wrong, I am aware that not all jobs can be worked from home and not one fit, fits all. However, now is the time to embrace home based working and allow those who can and want to… Read More »Let’s ZOOM away !!!

New legislation making major changes to existing employment regulations comes into force from Monday 6 April 2020. Parental bereavement leave and pay The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Act 2018 gives all employed parents the right to 2 weeks’ paid leave if their child aged under 18 dies, or if they have a stillbirth at 24 weeks or later. Written terms (‘written statement of employment… Read More »Employment law changes from 6 April 2020

One third (32.2%) of UK businesses say employee engagement is higher now that it was before the coronavirus pandemic forced workers into lockdown. This is according to a survey of 264 HR professionals taken by XpertHR last week. The research showed that fewer than a fifth (18.6%) felt employee engagement had slipped, while around half of employers (49.2%) felt there had been no change since… Read More »HR professionals find employee morale has risen during pandemic

Christmas is only a few weeks away and it’s important to start thinking about how you will motivate employees The festive period is the ideal time to acknowledge the hard work carried out by your staff over the last 12 months, as well as motivating and incentivising them for the year ahead. But what is the best staff reward to give them to keep them… Read More »Gift cards – the ultimate Christmas staff reward?

You can’t change a company’s culture overnight by writing a policy or issuing a memo, but it can be influenced to change over time Since the dawn of the internet HR folk tasked with writing a company’s people-related policies have started with a Web search. They find crib policies made available online by other helpful employers, conduct a crude ‘find and replace’ of the company… Read More »Culture change is never instant

Creating a strong organisational culture can benefit many areas of the organisation, our webinar found More than a third of HR professionals (37%) think their organisations could go further to successfully measure and report on company culture, according to a poll taken during an HR magazine webinar. A further 30% said that their organisation does not measure and report on culture at all. In our ‘Culture Eats… Read More »Organisations must do more to monitor culture