As the effects of the NHS test and trace app hit home, Alex Hind, co-founder of workplace benefits platform Heka, explains how companies can better support self-isolating employees.
Leigh Lacy
Employment law update: Everything you need to know about the ‘pingdemic’
As reports of the ‘pingdemic’ hit the headlines this week, we spoke with our resident employment law expert Anna Elliott, partner at Osborne Clarke, to get the low-down on the legal standing for both employer and employee.
Meet the man on a mission to reduce suicide rates in construction
CEO of Sir Robert McAlpine, Paul Hamer wants the company to become the “best place to work” in the UK. In this Q&A for The HR World, he explains why and how he wants to improve the shocking statistics that show people who work in construction are three times more likely to commit suicide.
Most students don’t expect a ‘clear career path’ after graduation
The majority of students don’t expect they will be able to find a clear career path after graduating and almost one in 10 believes their prospects are ‘bleak’, a new survey has found.
Talent in high demand as jobs market bounces back
With lockdowns easing and the furlough scheme being wound down, data from the Office of National Statistics shows more people are going back to work, but unemployment is still 1% higher than before the pandemic
Workers reveal what they’ll miss about Work From Home
New study shows workers’ attitudes as we head back into office on July 19th
‘6.5 million women reconsidering career options for more flexibility’
A study of more than 2000 women showed 91% of those employed said they cannot choose their own work pattern while only 9% say they can.
Adult skills gap now a ‘capability chasm’
Research shows businesses resorted to recruitment of new employees to fill capability gaps but this does not ultimately solve the problem. We know the pandemic affected the abilities businesses require to function effectively. So, we chose to commission research on the skills gap to examine its current state and whether these turbulent times had made things worse. What we found shocked us; the skills gap has widened so significantly, it is now a capability chasm.
World’s largest 4-day week trial in Iceland ‘overwhelming success’
Study shows productivity stayed the same or improved in most places and has seen employees remain on the reduced timeframe

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