Operational Efficiency

Discrimination and mental health issues rife in tech

High levels of discrimination based on gender, ethnicity and neurodiversity persist in the technology sector, according to research

Legal-ease: Redundancy

The top five redundancy queries answered by our legal expert

Six-month Brexit extension: HR community reacts

HR will play a significant role in steering their organisations through further uncertainty, ?as a new deadline of 31 October is agreed by European Union leaders

HR not confident on financial wellbeing

While noting a rise in financial wellbeing issues among employees, HR professionals don't feel confident about how to tackle this

Is positive action always a positive thing?

Employers must be careful not to leave themselves open to discrimination claims from groups that haven't been prioritised in diversity efforts

Stress-related absence surge caused by poor management

?More training is needed to help managers better support staff wellbeing, research has found

HR stress levels could be costing organisations millions

Our exclusive research calculated the likely cost of stress-related presenteeism among HR practitioners

Payslips not given to workers

Research finds poor understanding of payslips means workers are unlikely to query pay, as new laws around payslips come into force

Reform Shared Parental Leave, urges the TUC

?The TUC is calling for an overhaul of Shared Parental Leave (SPL) in response to just 1% of eligible parents taking this up

The cost of migration in post-Brexit Britain

There are many fees and charges both employers and individuals need to be aware of

Pension auto-enrolment contributions rise

The move to up contributions is welcome but educating employees on saving must be a priority, say experts

Could HR cut cyber risk through employment terms?

Perhaps the profession needs to deal with cyber risk before rather than after the fact