Operational Efficiency

Lessons from Europe: Employee representatives at board level

The UK, together with nine other European Union (EU) countries, has no legislation requiring companies to have board level employee reps

Breaking the silence: Employee voice

Employees want their opinions and concerns heard at a strategic level, but there’s no one-voice-fits-all method

Employees struggle to meet living costs

Research from Thomsons Online Benefits finds that employers are not providing enough support to employees with financial issues

#MeToo and Time’s Up boost confidence to report sexual harassment

The social movements have encouraged employees to speak out, but employers could still do more to tackle the problem

Legal-ease: Dress codes

Should war be waged on working wardrobes?

Employers should support side hustlers

A panel at a Henley Business School event shared the benefits of encouraging staff to pursue other work alongside their day jobs

Organisations should focus on ‘resourcing’ rather than recruitment

Recruitment is reactive and focuses only on short-term needs, whereas resourcing is long term and strategic

Savers believe minimum pension contribution is ‘recommended amount’

80% aren’t confident they’re saving enough for retirement, according to new research

UK workers struggling to save

?UK employees say £361 more each month would allow them to save, equating to a national savings gap of £9.7 billion per month

Employers unsure how to hire for cultural fit

Firms recognise the potential of hiring for cultural fit but are struggling in practice, risking introducing bias into the recruitment process

Why we’re too afraid to report racism to HR

A culture in which racism is allowed to slide and consequently reoccur is just as damaging as the abuse itself