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Good things don’t happen by chance. They happen by choice. And workplace wellbeing is no exception that. It should be about equipping your people with the tools and wherewithal to make good choices; choices that will positively impact their health and happiness. So, it stands to reason that wellbeing strategy must evolve beyond a set…
Big brands such as Pret, McColls, John Lewis and Welcome Break are among hundreds of firms named and shamed by the Government for failing to pay workers the minimum wage. A new Gov.uk paper has today listed 191 UK companies which broke the law on the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage between 2011…
Two-thirds of companies are currently operating under a hybrid model, meaning that workers split their time between remote and office environments. Despite many employers moving to this working model, 40% of workers currently believe that this strategy needs revision, according to new data from Robert Walters. In fact, in its report titled A Guide to…
According to new research, the pressure to put on a brave face, or ‘Pleasanteeism’, is masking mental health challenges in the workplace. A new report from Lime has found that over half (51 percent) of UK workers agree that they feel under pressure to put on a brave face in front of colleagues. Not only…
The pandemic has caused many school leavers to turn to university due to a hostile job market post-pandemic. New research from skills organisation City & Guilds Group has found that many young people are going to university as a ‘default choice’ as the jobs market offers increased uncertainty. Ahead of A-level results day, the data…
At a time when many businesses were tightening their belts by, for example, furloughing people amid unprecedented uncertainty, Dixons Carphone Warehouse wasn’t swayed from its very different approach, which involved furloughing nobody. Instead, it ploughed ahead with a rebrand – which perhaps, inauspiciously, was set to take place around the time the pandemic hit…
A Microsoft engineer who launched an online tirade against his former workplace, calling it “a raging dumpster fire,” is now facing a million-dollar lawsuit as a result, according to reports. The Financial Times and The Ladders have shed light on the case of Wyatt Troia, who is facing legal action from LoanStreet, an online finance…
This week, following complaints from junior workers of 95-hour working weeks, abuse from senior staff and no work-life balance, the finance giant Goldman Sachs said it would increase its base pay for first-year bankers to £80,000, with Second-year bankers seeing a rise to £89,000. Earlier in the year, junior workers at Goldman Sachs spoke out…
New research from CV-Library has found that the number of staff who run a side hustle alongside their full-time job has gone up by 33.6%. The 1,100-strong survey of UK professionals has suggested that the increase could be to do with people being forced to stay at home due to furlough and the so-called ‘Pingdemic’.…
In the last few weeks, the news of staffing shortages and difficulties filling roles is a topic that has hit headlines. One of the more difficult jobs to fill at the moment appears to be lorry drivers. In this video, Erik Niewiarowski, Head of Video and Social Media at HR Grapevine highlights what Tesco,…