Redundancy tops employee concerns as lockdown eases

Being made redundant is the number one concern for employees at the moment, followed by taking a pay cut or catching COVID-19 at work.

Mental health first aiders in the workplace - are they effective?

?The spotlight has been turned on mental wellbeing recently, not least through a world that is working in lockdown. Prior to the coronavirus crisis, many workplaces had begun taking the connect more...

Majority of HR to encourage remote working post lockdown

?Two thirds (67%) of UK chief HR officers plan to encourage employees to work remotely on a regular basis after lockdown.

Sustaining togetherness in uncertain times

It’s Men’s Health Week and it won’t come as a surprise that this year’s theme is to ‘Take Action on COVID-19’ – encompassing physical and mental health.

Returning to work could create a mental health concern for HR

As retailers and zoos re-open their doors this week, and the prime minister talks about plans to open restaurants and bars, there is economic optimism spreading into businesses.

Emotional intelligence to have upper hand in post-COVID-19 recruitment

Hiring managers will need to start promoting and recruiting workers for their emotional intelligence, not just technical ability, as we move towards a post-coronavirus culture

Keeping employees safe online during lockdown

On the 16 March the government lockdown came into action. I know, it feels as if we’ve aged 200 years.

HR responds to COVID-19: software firm Personio

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Germany’s response as a country has been used as an example to help other countries in their plans to control, contain and reduce the risk of infection

A third of employers do not provide financial support if staff are diagnosed with a serious illness such as cancer

?According to research from industry body Group Risk Development (GRiD), 9% of UK businesses said that providing financial support is not their responsibility

Annual leave bottleneck could cost UK SMEs £1,022 per employee

SMEs could be looking at a bill of up to £255,500 if employees don’t take their annual leave allowance this year, research by coworking company Instant Offices has revealed

Mental health named most common reason for employees to lie about sick days

New research by Aetna found a third (35.8%) of employees in the UK, the U.S., Singapore and the UAE admitted to having lied about sick days

Lack of clarity and uncertainty prompting workers to break furlough rules

Unclear guidance could be causing workers to break furlough as nearly 7 in 10 workers in a Censuswide study have admitted to checking their work inbox during their furlough period.