Failure to accommodate employee values will lead to greater staff turnover
What are the best ways HR can retain talent in a post-COVID world? (more…)
Key HR Metrics: Measure & Leverage Employee Satisfaction
One of the most common and essential metrics for HR is employee satisfaction or job satisfaction. Employee satisfaction is the level of contentment an employee feels. It determines their workplace experience as well as their attitude towards their company. As part of our series on HR KPIs, we’re discussing how employee satisfaction determines the employees’…
Inclusive workforce | How to understand Diversity & Inclusion in Recruitment
Diversity and Inclusion is a key priority for most organisations, and senior leaders have this firmly on the agenda. Despite employers widely recognising the benefits of increasing diversity within their workforce, many have no programme to monitor activity across the recruitment process to understand where the opportunities lie in attracting candidates from a diverse range…
Leader Series | Hospitality HRD on returning staff to work, engagement & comms
HR Grapevine Sit down video interview with a leading hotel’s HRD to focus on how to return staff to work safely and how to manage comms and engagement. Insight from The Landmark London’s award-winning HRD Creating an HR strategy for this crucial moment Exploring safety and engagement This piece is exclusive to myGrapevine+ and is…
‘HR didn’t stop’ | Google at centre of pregnancy discrimination legal case
HR Grapevine According to Citizens Advice, if an employee is treated unfairly because they are pregnant, breastfeeding or have recently given birth, then this could be classed as an act of discrimination. Under the 2010 Equality Act, this type of discrimination is termed pregnancy and maternity discrimination. Already have an account? You can access this…
Pay packet | HR salaries sit below UK average earnings
HR Grapevine A new survey has found that HR professionals are taking home an average salary of GBP23,583 which is below the UK average. With Office for National Statistics (ONS) data, as compiled by Ezra, finding that the UK average is circa GBP25,000, it appears that those in the people function are taking home six…
VIDEO FEATURE | Are Zoom-free Fridays the way forward?
HR Grapevine Since the pandemic hit, and many employees were forced to work from home, a surge in ‘Zoom fatigue’ has risen, where staff members are feeling more drained and tired as a result of the huge number of video calls. But one organisation is working to combat this. Jade Burke, Online Editor of myGrapevine,…
Top tips | 3 ways HR can get better at age inclusivity
HR Grapevine According to data released in Workforce’s 2019 Ageism in the Workplace Study, the number of age-related discrimination charges filed with employers and the EEOC by workers aged 65-plus doubled from 1990 to 2017. The same study noted that 44% of employees reported that they or someone they knew had experienced age discrimination in…
REVEALED | Messy rooms & ‘missing trousers’ among biggest video interview faux pas
HR Grapevine New research from BT Skills for Tomorrow has uncovered the biggest video interview faux pas – some of which could well be costing jobseekers their dream role. The 500-strong study of recruitment decision-makers revealed that almost one-third admitted to not hiring a person based on something that they had seen in the backdrop…
Leaders’ mental health needs urgent attention: “I had three of my CEOs on the phone to me crying.”
Mental health of leaders may be crumbling, but as the public face of a company, CEOs often feel undue pressure to ‘have it all together’. “The buck stops with me” was a phrase popularised by US President Harry Truman. The oft-quoted saying applies to CEOs too, who carry the burden of responsibility and accountability (along…