The latest workplace news covering a range of topics such as HR, skills, training, compliance, gender pay discrimination and mental health at work. We also look at the latest workplace related research being carried out to improve staff productivity and reduce employee stress.
COVID-19 has changed the way we work - now more than ever organisations and the people that work for them are reconsidering their approaches to how and when they chose to travel to office spaces.
Kathryn Barnes, European Counsel, Globalization Partners, argues that as remote work becomes the norm, it is now essential to hire, onboard, and build trusted teams – virtually.
Chris Farmer, leadership and management training expert and founder of Corporate Coach Group, discusses the challenges presented to recruiters during a pandemic where remote recruiting is now, for many, the only viable option to growing teams.
Amy Robinson, senior brand development manager at Esendex, believes that the recruitment process could be changed forever, as it becomes more digitised. Here she looks at what businesses can do to adjust.
Amnesty International released an investigative report into the company's treatment of workers in the US, France, Poland and the UK - finding violations of worker's rights for Black Friday and beyond.
360 Resourcing conducted a survey on workplace bias and found that it is still experienced by 86% of employees. Here they explore what society is missing when it comes to creating an unbiased working environment.
Morten Petersen, CEO and Co-Founder, Worksome, discusses how COVID-19 has transformed the world of work and enabled employers to find the best talent wherever its location may be.
Clare Vale, managing director of Sign Solutions, explores how Deaf Awareness Training can help employers improve inclusivity for Deaf workers in the workplace.
Michele Don Durbin, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Evernote, explains how employees can stay productive and get the best out of themselves when working at home.
Researchers found that work stress and burnout can result in an increasingly desperate cycle, especially with a global pandemic increasing economic pressures.
Tushar Agarwal, Co-founder and CEO of HubbleHQ, discusses how flexible working has neutralised decades of work limitations that are often tangled up with race and socioeconomic status.