More help needed for employees with mental illness
Seventy million working days were lost to mental illness last year, costing the economy up to £100 billion, the UK’s Chief Medical Officer has revealed in her 2014 annual report. With the number of working days lost to stress, depression and anxiety increasing by 24% since 2009, Professor Dame Sally Davies has called for the […]
Read More →Many HR teams “failing to keep up with technology”
Outdated technology could be affecting the ability of many HR teams to attract candidates, a survey has revealed. The poll, carried out by e-recruitment firm Konetic, shows that although 80% of HR teams are using social media for sourcing and hiring new staff, 78% also said they believe using it in this way is a […]
Read More →New study shows public sector is less diverse than private
A new survey into the diversity of staff working in the top 5,000 leadership roles within the public and voluntary sectors has revealed that ethnic minorities and women remain significantly under-represented. The statistics also indicate that despite the legal obligation on public bodies to promote equality and diversity in their staff, their performance is worse […]
Read More →Mixed reaction to proposed overhaul of tribunal system
Businesses and employment organisations have been reacting to a pledge made by a member of the Shadow Cabinet to reform the tribunal system if his party wins the next general election. Speaking to the TUC Congress in Liverpool last week, Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna said a future Labour government would overhaul the employment tribunals […]
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Read More →Work smart not hard
Chris Bryce looks at how, in just a number of years, flexible working has influenced the way we now approach work in the UK. For years teachers, tutors and mentors have ingrained into young people that working long and unsociable hours is something they must accept if they want to get anywhere in their careers. […]
Read More →Resolving disputes early can ease the tribunal system
With the news this week that a Labour government would drastically reform the employment tribunals system, it was interesting to note how existing measures designed to reduce the number of cases brought before tribunals have fared so far. Figures revealed that more than 17,000 early conciliation notices were received by conciliation service Acas in the […]
Read More →Recruitment industry bodies: why so many?
If there’s one thing the recruitment sector is not short of, it’s industry bodies. With some professions lucky to even have one, recruitment agencies are supported by the well established (such as the Recruitment & Employment Confederation and APSCo), and the new – including the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC), and the Institute of Recruiters […]
Read More →Wage rises due next year, Bank of England predicts
Wages should start rising in real terms from the middle of next year, according to the Governor of Bank of England, Mark Carney. Addressing the TUC’s annual conference in Liverpool on Tuesday, Mr Carney said actual wage growth, at just 0.6% since a year ago excluding bonuses, was “very weak”, and adjusted for inflation, had […]
Read More →Most disgruntled workers want to resolve their disputes out of court
The vast majority of UK employees are keen to settle their workplace disputes through early conciliation rather than through the courts, according to statistics published by Acas. The figures have been released following the introduction of new laws designed to reduce the number of Employment Tribunals. In the first three months after the launch in […]
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