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Employee engagement
Employee engagement: Growing disconnect between effort and recognition, finds research
Employee experience platform Culture Amp claims recognition is at a five-year low, and employees feel less visible in organisations’ performance review process.
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Disability
Disabled workers disadvantaged by return-to-office mandates
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherReturn-to-office mandates could disadvantage more than a million disabled workers, according to new research.
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More than 200 employees who were contracted to work on the separation of the supermarket’s IT system from former owner Walmart were dismissed this week.
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Schneider Electric will double the number of ex-military personnel it recruits in a bid to address a shortage of skills in the transition to green energy.
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Five years since the World Health Organisation declared the Covid-19 pandemic, how has the workplace changed?
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Parental bereavement leave
Ministers commit to miscarriage and pregnancy loss leave
by Rob Mossby Rob MossMinisters ‘fully accept principle of pregnancy loss bereavement leave’ and take forward amendments to include miscarriage in workers’ rights.
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City law firm compelled to email staff to reassure them senior HR professional’s anti-Islam remarks do not represent its views.
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Almost eight in 10 disabled employees feel burnt out, almost double the rate of their non-disabled colleagues.
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Despite financial pressure from national insurance and national living wage changes, the number of planned redundancies is falling.
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NHS England’s workforce will be cut by half, with around 6,500 jobs to go, in a bid to save at least £175m annually.
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Constructive dismissal
Estate agent constructively dismissed after desk move ‘demotion’
by Rob Mossby Rob MossAn estate agent who felt demoted after he transferred to another branch where his desk would be in the middle of the office – rather than at the back – …
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As businesses optimise their office use, Lucinda Pullinger explores workspace flexibility and the art of finding the right mix for staff.Â
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Mid-sized UK businesses are slow to boost ethnic diversity on their boards, a new race representation report finds
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Artificial intelligence
The future of work: is the UK workforce ready for the AI revolution?
by Tim Stewartby Tim StewartThe AI Action Plan acknowledges the pressing need to train tens of thousands of AI professionals by 2030 to turn the government’s ambition into reality – but the UK is ill equipped to achieve this.
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In a knowledge-driven economy, employees’ ideas are crucial to fuel innovation and growth. How can organisations support a culture where employees don’t fear their ideas will be stolen?