How businesses are treading the fine-line between employee support and overstimulation as internal comms steps up to the plate in crisis

?Employees feel less connected to their leaders, teammates and friends compared to their lives before the coronavirus pandemic.

The National Bereavement Service (NBS) has launched a grief support and counselling service to help its staff and customers.

Companies with comprehensive human resource management (HRM) practices and union relationships are more likely to survive a deep recession, say researchers.

?According to the latest ONS data, 3.3 million people in the UK are often or always lonely. Due to lockdown and the social restrictions put in place due to coronavirus, this figure is expected to rise...

?Not for profit Business Disability Forum has called on government to recommend the use of clear face coverings and help the 12 million people in the UK who are deaf or living with hearing loss.

?Employer discretion under new return to work guidance in England could put parents at risk.

The government's furlough scheme saw billions handed out, staving off the need for redundancies.

Almost half (45%) of UK businesses have reported feeling confused about what goals to prioritise during the pandemic, impacting motivation levels and teamwork.

One in five UK employees have said that they don’t trust the government’s return to work advice at all compared to one in 10 people who distrust their employer’s decisions about going back to the...

The majority (70%) of remote office workers in a Unipos survey said the thing they miss the most about work is face-to-face chats with colleagues.

So much of the storm that businesses are currently weathering is outside of their control. Keeping up with a plethora of government news, advice and guidelines; supporting employees with physical and...