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Low-paid parents struggling to balance work and childcare

TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady said employers need to better support working parents

Parents concerned by lack of career advice

Parents feel careers advice in schools is too focused on academia, and children do not receive enough of it

Organisations focus too much on L&D platforms at the expense of content

Companies need to examine how best to invest in training to ensure the business achieves its learning goals

Older workers taking more work experience opportunities

Around 57,000 workers over the age of 50 have benefited from work experience since 2011

Staff look to employers for healthcare

Workers are increasingly turning to their employers to fund services that may not be quickly available on the NHS

Employees sacrifice wellbeing for company productivity

Research seen exclusively by HR magazine suggests businesses are not taking wellbeing seriously

Effective leadership and recognition can boost engagement

Managers should be encouraged and empowered to “celebrate the heck out of success”

Public sector returnships announced

?Four new returner schemes are to be established across the public sector

Government introduces new corporate reforms

All of the UK's listed companies will be required to annually publish and justify their CEO to worker pay ratios

HR needs to be more proactive on expat assignments

There are many considerations, including the impact moving abroad could have on an employee's mental health

Workers see retraining as their responsibility

Three in five (62%) said they are willing to learn a new skill to stay employable

Older workers unhappier at work

Older staff are less likely to view their colleagues as friends and more likely to feel under-appreciated