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Could your hiring managers be putting your company at legal risk?

bridging the knowledge gap of contingent workforce management

A recent survey found that hiring managers face challenges with staying on top of changing workforce legislation. How can companies proactively bridge the knowledge gap to ensure compliance and eliminate legal risk?

Sexism in the City: How the ‘Boys’ Club’ perpetuates pay gaps

On International Women’s Day, the Treasury Committee published its Sexism in the City report, and called for an end to the ‘era of impunity’. As we know, this era has gone on long enough. Working on a project in financial services around 10 years ago in South Africa, I learned that, apparently, between the 1960s […]

Achieving connection: The gold dust of high performance

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Connection is key for organisations; connected employees are engaged and better performing employees. Raising the level of connection with our team members requires re-adjusting our priorities and making impactful changes that can be sustained.

Is the right to disconnect feasible in the UK working landscape?

The Labour Party recently announced it would implement a ‘right to disconnect’ for all UK workers under their jurisdiction to boost employee productivity and wellbeing. But how realistic is this to achieve?

The Spring Budget 2024: Hints for HR on the future of work

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The 2024 Spring Budget Statement offers subtle hints at a changing world of work. Culture expert Deborah Hartung postulates the direction we might be heading in, and how HR can adapt.

International Women’s Day 2024: Inspire Inclusion

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Today is International Women’s Day 2024 and this year’s theme is Inspire Inclusion. So, instead of coming up with a feisty piece calling out gender-based injustice and offering guidance on how to create change, this year we have gone in a different direction. This year we want to inspire women and allies, by sharing stories […]

AI and employment law: Practical steps to manage risks

The use of AI in the workplace could cause legal issues to arise. How can you manage these risks and avoid a claim being made against your organisation?

Employee expenses: The weird, the wacky, and the wonderful

Combing through last year’s expense claims submitted by 100,000+ businesses, we’ve narrowed down the weirdest, wackiest, and most wonderful employee expenses, guaranteed to make you do a double-take.

How to take responsibility for your failures

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Owning up to your faux pas is daunting, but necessary if you want to cultivate a transparent, safe-to-fail company culture. Thom Dennis, CEO of Serenity in Leadership, explores how to acknowledge your blunders with dignity.

Leading ethically but how? A robust guide

Where we could spend hours talking about leading ethically (conceptual), how do we actually do it (experiential) and how do we know we’re leading ethically? Karen Liebenguth shares a robust guide for leaders who want to lead with wisdom and compassion.

Government announces task force to tackle sickness in the workforce

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Occupational health is rapidly evolving to meet growing demand as the NHS’ battle to bring down its waiting list continues – Brett Hill spotlights growing trends and initiatives that HR professionals can leverage.

What do you need to know about ‘termite biases’?

A joke, compliment or remark: What’s wrong with them, right? Think again. These ‘termite biases’ might be just what needs to be addressed to nurture inclusion.

Three steps to nurturing straight-talking managers

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Is hybrid really the reason some teams are struggling with productivity and performance? Or is this a distraction from a time-old problem of poor management?

Five benefits of remote onboarding software

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Onboarding is the crucial first chapter in an employee’s story with your company. So how can you ensure new hires move onto the second chapter and beyond? Here, we outline the advantages of leveraging remote onboarding technology.

500 UK employers fail to pay minimum wage: What’s going on?

Over 500 UK employers have breached the National Minimum Wage (NMW) law, leaving over 172,000 workers out of pocket. Wellbeing expert Gethin Nadin examines why this is not only unjust, but a significant wellbeing issue that we must put a stop to.

The rise of graph databases in people analytics

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Graph technology is giving people analytics a much-needed boost within those progressive organisations already deploying it. Database expert Jim Webber explores what graph technology is and how IT services company, DXC Technology, is reaping the benefits of it.