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With many staff still remote it can be difficult to track performance and how individuals are interacting with each other. This can lead to disputes. These disputes – often driven by pandemic frustrations, anxiety and burnout – can lead stressed employees to come to virtual blows where ‘balls can be dropped’, which can be difficult…
Is HR making strong arguments for how office savings should be invested? Larger companies have been addressing whether they need these big office spaces. Now that remote working is far more universal, larger companies have been addressing whether they need big office spaces. As a result, The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and Pricewaterhouse…
Several high-profile celebrities have come under fire for choosing to furlough staff, despite their own personal fortunes. In April 2020 Victoria Beckham was branded a “total disgrace” for making the decision to furlough staff. Elsewhere, the fashion designer Stella McCartney also found herself hitting headlines last year after she revealed she would be placing employees on the Coronavirus Job…
Customer service and support leaders have joined the growing list of executives considering making work-from-home (WFH) policies a part of their postpandemic operating strategy. For the service and support function, the shift is monumental. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority (72%) of customer service and support functions operated almost exclusively in-office, with fewer than 10%…
The claimant has accused the chain of creating a “two-tiered system” and giving better opportunities to White store owners. (more…)
It’s no hidden secret that employee engagement is a major contributing factor towards building a successful business. Yet, driving employee engagement doesn’t come at the click of your fingers. In fact, only 15% of employees worldwide are considered to be fully engaged in their job role. As far as buzzwords go, employee engagement will always…
HR Grapevine Working 9 to 5, commuting daily either by train or car, attending face-to-face meetings and enjoying lunches with colleagues were all considered a part of normal working life this time last year. However, fast forward to March 2020 and the way of working is now something differently entirely. Working from dining room tables, kitchen…
Top-rated CEO reveals how to transform millennials into leaders Millennials were calling for remote working long before Covid Back in 2016, long before Covid-19 dominated both the news and our lives a Deloitte study found that almost three-quarters of millennials held the opinion that remote working was an important part of working lives, and…
A new data-driven model, based on coronavirus outcomes following the first wave, has found that around 1.7million people will soon be told to shield. The data has discovered hundreds of thousands of people with a combination of conditions meaning they are at a higher risk than first thought, reported ITV News. As such, many of…
Thousands of Amazon workers were mistakenly told to isolate by test and trace in what could be described as an HR nightmare. According to Sky News, the tracing programme told almost 4,000 workers (3,853) on Saturday that they were positive and must isolate as a result. This is despite having tested negative, according to the…