HR needs to be wary that the Christmas period can lead to employee loneliness and must offer effective mental wellbeing support, says medical care provider RedArc.
Sixty per cent of HR leaders have said they will encourage employees to get vaccinated against coronavirus, but will not make it mandatory.
The pandemic’s effect on job prospects and earning potential is causing concern among young people as fears that they will become the ‘lost generation’ grow.
A quarter of UK workers are reportedly considering a career change in 2021 according to a report from job site Adzuna.
COVID-19 and national lockdowns have stalled progress for working women as they have had to adapt their working lives more than men.
Lloyds Bank has become the first major UK bank to disclose its ethnicity pay gap, revealing black employees are being paid nearly 20% less than their colleagues.
?HR will need to properly communicate how and why pay freezes are being put in place in order to avoid scrutiny in the year ahead.
Employers are rushing their recruitment plans to bring EU hires into the UK by December 31 to avoid costly sponsorship fees.
HR teams have an important role to play to make sure that trans and non-binary staff are not discriminated against and that they feel comfortable at their place of work.
Three quarters (73%) of employees said they believe that their company’s leadership has been lacking during the COVID-19 pandemic.
One in eight UK adults over the age of 55 who expected to retire in the near future now plan to delay their retirement due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The pressure HR teams are under due to the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to continue into 2021.
