Business continuity

With power cuts a possibility this winter, employers could be facing yet another major business continuity challenge.

Kidnap and ransom are on the rise, according to some predictions. How should HR prepare for such eventualities?

Tesco and office space firm IWG team-up to trial a scheme in a suburban London supermarket.

Between 1 June and 31 August, the PwC's 22,000 staff will be able to stop working at lunchtime.

Remote and home-working may help many employers to recruit staff, but it seems to have less of an impact on retaining staff, new research suggests.

Workers who commute by car say £2 a litre is the point at which the journey into work is no longer feasible for them.  

Food and drink giants will pay wages of staff in Russia while operations are halted.

Hays recruitment and Shell latest to sever ties with Russia, but other companies wrestle with difficult ethical decisions and complex choices.

Global health and security business tells Personnel Today about its operations in the two countries.

The Swedish furniture giant – one of the largest western European employers in Russia – has closed its 17 outlets there.

Millions of workers have been told to stay at home amid predictions that the UK will be hit by the worst storm in decades today.

Professional services firms take a more liberal approach to working from home guidance under Plan B.

Predictions for 2022-23 made by leading global business continuity organisation.

The ISO 31030 standard, introduced in April 2021, will assist companies manage business travel risks and be examined and used by courts as a benchmark in litigation.

Three-quarters of organisations say they have employees who are reluctant to return to the workplace as almost all employers are implementing hybrid working.