Permanent hiring and contract vacancies have increased in 2021
What will this uptick in the labour market mean for recruitment over 2021? (more…)
EXCLUSIVE | Ex-John Lewis Exec describes empathy as a key business strategy
HR Grapevine This piece explores how empathy can drive better business practice, looking at benefits from the pandemic for both leaders and employees. Includes: Exclusive insight from ex-Deputy Chair of John Lewis How managers have reacted to the pandemic Why wellbeing is now a core element of the business strategy This piece is exclusive to…
Compensation | People function salaries show growth despite COVID-19 crisis
HR Grapevine Despite ongoing financial volatility as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the average salary for those within the field of HR has either remained at the same level or grown in 2020, according to new data released by jobs platform REED. The analysis, which surveyed over 6.5million positions posted to the site over…
Legal insight | Will you be forced to keep remote working forever?
HR Grapevine 2020 was the year that made remote working commonplace. Until last year, flexible working hours and locations were something that the vast majority of companies simply paid lip service to. But the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we work almost beyond recognition – and at a rapid pace. At peaks of remote…
REVEALED | The HR thinking behind Spotify’s ‘Work From Anywhere’ policy
HR Grapevine Streaming company Spotify is the latest tech giant to move to a flexible work model following the coronavirus crisis – CNBC reported. On Friday, the tech giant announced that it is adopting a ‘Work from Anywhere’ model, under which staff can choose whether they want to be in an office full-time, work from…
Culture & Performance | How corporate giants like Twitter are approaching remote work
HR Grapevine With Covid scattering workforces throughout the country, is it possible to create an engaged remote workforce? By doing so can you create an important lifeline to those employees who are living on their own during a pandemic. Includes:o Ways to replicate the office but in a remote set upo The ways to empower…
Transition | Preparing for the new way of working
By Rosemary Smart, EX Solutions, ServiceNow Three questions to answer to ensure engaged, productive and safe employees If the harsh reality of a global pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that the notion of a gentle transition to the ‘future of work’ no longer exists. To truly understand how the pandemic has affected the way…
Mandalorian | Should employers have social media policies?
HR Grapevine It was recently announced that actress Gina Carano had been dropped from Star Wars series The Mandalorian after it emerged that the star had shared a series of offensive social media posts. Carano had shared a TikTok post that compared recent US political divides to the treatment of the Jewish community by Nazi…
Can Your Cloud Provider Deplatform You?
Multiple technology service providers — including Amazon Web Services, Okta and Stripe — suspended or terminated service to Parler after the January 6, 2021 mob invasion of the U.S. Capitol building. This effectively resulted in Parler’s business being shut down, or “deplatformed.” As a result, business leaders are revisiting their risk management strategies to understand…
‘Sticking plaster’ | Could furlough be trapping UK talent?
HR Grapevine Could some of the funds being paid out in the furlough system be better spent on training and upskilling. Some of the jobs protected by furlough are predicted to be obsolete in a couple of years thanks to the rise of AI. This feature explores how part of the system could be amalgamated…