Strategic HR

HR may not have all the answers to the Coronavirus outbreak but being there is enough

What a month. It’s difficult to put into words the collective anxiety and unease we are all feeling at the moment.

Remote working putting strain on workers’ personal relationships

A survey of 3,800 people in the UK has found self-isolation is affecting personal relationships while remote working

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme furlough rules need clarification

On 26 March the UK government published its official guidance for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, but it has caused some confusion for employers

International Case Study: GfK SE revamps learning platform

GfK revamped an unsuccessful learning platform by making it simpler to use, introducing bite-sized information, and involving employees in co-creating content

UK government helps remote workers by removing broadband data caps

The government announced it will remove all broadband data caps to help combat isolation during the COVID-19 outbreak

It’s time for businesses to act to close the gender pay gap

It will take more than 100 years for the gender pay gap to close according to The World Economic Forum

Make sure your surveys aren't disengagement tools

Springing a pulse survey on your employees and then failing to feed back or act on the results quickly turns the survey into a disengagement tool

Remote working is not a silver bullet for the Coronavirus crisis

The COVID-19 crisis means that it’s inevitable most employees who can need to work from home. But Carlos Ruiz, managing director of Portas Global, warns that the practice is not the “Holy Grail”...

Employee mental health needs to be safeguarded

A large number of the working-age population have reported feeling stressed at work amid the growing uncertainty of Coronavirus, according to City & Guilds Group

Generation X needs more flexible workspaces

More than 10,000 flexible workspaces will be needed by 2030 as Generation X adopts the flex model and works for longer

HR future leader of the month: Sunil Purba

HR magazine speaks to the future leaders of the industry to discover what makes them tick

Features

Self employed workers need HR support

Nearly 500,000 people in the UK have applied for universal credit following the coronavirus outbreak, and self-employed workers have had to do so without the support of HR