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HR Grapevine With the majority of the UK workforce being forced to remote work, are Zoom social meetings the best way to ensure employee engagement. Includes: These forced calls can lead to more stress than engagement If giving staff the option to take part in a Zoom social call, do not make it mandatory HR…
Rewarding staff for their efforts is considered a popular tool to increase morale and spark productivity among teams. In fact, data from Reward Gateway supports this as it discovered that 91% of HR workers agree recognition and reward has a positive effect on employee retention, and with Easter just a few days away, now is…
IR35 changes will be enforced today – with businesses now responsible for setting the rules for contractors they engage. Despite fears over how this will impact the cost of labour and talent flexibility – explored in full on a recent HR Grapevine podcast exclusive – at least one expert said this will not lead to…
Whilst payday is largely considered to be one of the best days of the month for many, one boss has resolved to make them even better, by offering his staff the opportunity to take the day off, every month. Alan Turner, Operations Director at Leeds-based tech firm Knoxx, announced in a recent LinkedIn post that…
Many staff members at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) in Swansea are to start a four-day strike on Tuesday in a row over COVID-related safety. According to the Evening Standard, members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) – most of its members work in UK Government departments or at other public…
HR Grapevine Almost one-third (30%) of staff working from home amid the coronavirus pandemic have worn pyjamas during virtual work meetings, new research has found. According to a YouGov and Otter.ai poll of 2,000 UK & US remote workers, one in 10 remote employees admitted to not even wearing any trousers. Already have an account?…
The CIPD previously described the progress made to flexible working over the last 10-15 years as ‘glacial’. Yet almost overnight, flexible working turned tidal, with remote and ‘hybrid’ or ‘agile’ working becoming the new normal. Roles previously considered unsuitable for flexible or homeworking have now been successfully undertaken for a sustained period; with both employers…
Handing over a 50-page policy document, while highlighting the potential for human disaster and despair and, ergo, the need for protection insurance, represents one way of helping your people understand life insurance, income protection and critical illness cover… But such an approach won’t do you, or your people, any favours these days. Neither will it…