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Organisational design | Post Office exploring employee-ownership model

Government ministers are exploring the option to move the Post Office to an employee-ownership model, according to a Sky News report on 21 October.

Employee relations | How can HR deal with annoying colleagues?

Two thirds (66%) of employees reported that colleagues not pulling their weight was the most annoying behaviour at work, according to research by workplace mediation service Acas.

Disciplinary action | Meta fires staff who misused company vouchers

Meta is firing staff who misused its company meal voucher system to buy “non-food items”, BBC News reported on 17 October.

Frontline workers | Frontline worker dissatisfaction costs UK £14bn per year

More than three quarters (77%) of frontline workers reported they were dissatisfied with something at work, according to research by workplace operations platform Safety Culture, published on 22...

Disability | Progress on the disability pay gap has flatlined over last decade

There has been no notable change in the pay gap between disabled and non-disabled employees since 2014, according to data from the Office for National Statistics, published on 17 October.

Gender | FTSE 350 female representation drops for first time

Female representation on FTSE 350 executive committees has fallen for the first time in eight years, according to research by gender parity consultancy The Pipeline.

Abuse | Supporting domestic abuse survivors: Three things HR should know

Employers do not have to be experts in domestic abuse, but they should understand how to support victim-survivors, said leaders at the Employers Initiative on Domestic Abuse conference (16 October...

Employment tribunal | Not saying 'hello' was unfair dismissal, tribunal rules

A recruitment manager won her unfair dismissal claim after a tribunal ruled that her manager behaved unreasonably by refusing to say ‘hello’ to her three times.

Wellbeing | Fines for unhealthy workplaces: HR responds

Employers who create unhealthy workplaces should be fined, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).

Strategic HR | Organisational velocity fuels business success, says Unily’s CPO

Jenny Shiers, Unily’s chief people officer, advised that organisational velocity should be a key priority for business leaders. She spoke exclusively to HR magazine at the employee experience...

Women's health | Dismissal of pain impacts women's careers

For a fifth (20%) of women, pain has held them back in their career, as they either had to take sick days or change careers due to their pain.

Communications | Internal communications is fast evolving, conference speakers explain

Internal communications (IC) is rapidly evolving from being a support function into being a strategic business partner, according to leaders at Unily’s Unite 24 conference (15 October).