Workplace mediation has been used by HR for more than 25 years and is transformational for individuals. This is true for those trained as mediators, who find its way of seeing…
Businesses love the idea they’re giving people the chance to join their workplace family. They want to connect with all those warm fuzzy feelings and the idea that recruits are…
Life has become more difficult for employees in Blue Light services. If you’re not being blamed as a senior leader for shortcomings, then you’re faced with an enormous challenge to…
After years of grey areas and uncertainty, the Office for Students (OfS) has set out new standards for addressing harassment and sexual misconduct in higher education. These guidelines aim to…
An open channel for opinions, criticism and gossip: use of social media by employees constitutes a threat to workplace relationships and reputation that never goes away. It’s also posing another…
With the cost-of-living crisis, it’s easy for HR to think recruitment and retention begins and ends with money. CIPD research confirms this is what’s happening. More than half of employers…
A Gallup survey points to hard evidence of what many in HR will already suspect: attitudes to work in the UK have changed dramatically in recent years: 90% of employees…
Around 72% of UK employers have reported an increase in the number of legal cases over the past five years, according to a survey by global risk management firm, Gallagher. Employee…
Employee wellbeing was high on the HR agenda before the Covid-19 period turned it into a major priority. Workplace wellbeing has become an industry in itself, with organisations investing in…