Shutterstock A renewed campaign to make the right to request flexible working available from an employee’s first day at work has been launched by the CIPD, after it found flexible working was not an option for 46% of workers. It found a significant proportion of staff did not have access to arrangements such as flexi-time, […] More
Photo: Shutterstock The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), the UK’s largest specialist transport sector union, has threatened national industrial action if the government imposes a pay freeze across the rail industry. Rail franchises were suspended in March 2020 at the onset of the Covid crisis meaning that services are in effect […] More
Human resource professionals, on average, find their work to be meaningful and have a positive view about their long-term prospects, according to a new global survey. These factors, especially given recent events, largely contribute to students’ decision to pursue HR as a career. Liz Supinski, director of research products for the Society for Human Resource […] More
President Joe Biden’s administration recently withdrew three opinion letters addressing tipped workers and independent-contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The letters were issued in the last days of the prior administration. “These letters were issued prematurely because they are based on rules that have not gone into effect,” according to the U.S. […] More
Press Release 28 January 2021 – London, UK – Secure I.T. Environments Ltd, one of the UK’s leading design and build companies for modular, containerised and micro data centres, has today announced that it has been accepted on to the NHS London Procurement Partnership programme under the Minor Works and Maintenance DPS. Acceptance on to […] More
ClearBank’s banking services will provide a raft of new features for Dozens’ customers London, UK, January 28 2021 – ClearBank, the cloud-based clearing bank, today announced it will be helping Dozens, the new challenger digital banking app, upgrade its current account offering. The migration to ClearBank’s banking services will enable Dozens’ customers to set up […] More
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Jan. 28 that directs federal agencies to reconsider rules and other policies that limit Americans’ access to health care, such as by allowing less-comprehensive coverage under alternatives to Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliant plans, and to consider actions that will protect and strengthen access to comprehensive health […] More
2020 was tough on recruiters. The pandemic and its repercussions devastated some talent acquisition teams, heaped new demands on others and proved to be a historic change agent as virtually recruiting and onboarding a remote workforce became the norm for many. Last year’s adversities will certainly inform talent acquisition trends in 2021. More companies will […] More
Employers are continuing to make benefits changes to support their workforce through the COVID-19 pandemic, new research indicates. For its January 2021 Employee Benefits in a COVID-19 World—Six-Month Update survey report, the nonprofit International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) asked U.S. employers about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on their employee benefits plans. […] More
Rosalind Brewer will become the only Black woman currently leading a Fortune 500 company in the U.S. when she takes on the role of chief executive officer of Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) on March 15. Brewer is the third Black female to serve as CEO at a Fortune 500 company. Ursula Burns was CEO of […] More
Shutterstock Nine in 10 (89%) employees who menstruate have experienced anxiety or stress while working while on their period. According to research by menstrual wellbeing charity Bloody Good Period, 27% of workers who menstruate have never feel supported by their employers, with 4% stating they do not even have free access to toilets and breaks. […] More
Shutterstock Three in five (63%) business leaders think employers have more responsibility for their workforce’s mental and physical health outside of the workplace than a year ago, but there is a significant gap in how employers and staff view the effectiveness of the support on offer, according to research. More than half (54%) of firms […] More
